EVIA 2013 - The Fifth International Workshop on Evaluating Information Access

The Fifth International Workshop on Evaluating Information
Access (EVIA 2013), a Satellite Workshop of NTCIR-10
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/evia2013/
June 18, 2013 at NII, Tokyo, Japan.
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Information Access technologies provide the interface between human information needs and digital information resources. The reliable evaluation of these technologies has been recognized for decades as central to the advancement of the field. As information retrieval becomes more pervasive, the forms of retrieval more diverse, and retrieval tools richer, the importance of effective, efficient, and innovative evaluation grows as well.
In recognition of the need for a forum dedicated to the intensive discussion of evaluation issues, we have held four successful sesquiannual International Workshops on Evaluating Information Access (EVIA2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011). Proceedings and reports can be found below:
EVIA 2007 online proceedings:
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/workshop/OnlinePro...
EVIA 2008 online proceedings:
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/workshop/OnlinePro...
EVIA 2010 online proceedings:
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/workshop/OnlinePro...
EVIA 2011 online proceedings:
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/workshop/OnlinePro...
Following these successes, we are happy to announce the Fifth International Workshop on Evaluating Information Access (EVIA2013) on June 18, 2013 (coinciding with Day 1 of the NTCIR-10Workshop Meeting) at the National Institute of Informatics (NII),Tokyo, Japan. We invite papers addressing one or more of the
following topics:
- Test collection formation, evaluation metrics, and evaluation environments
- Statistical issues in retrieval evaluation
- User studies and the evaluation of human-computer interaction in information retrieval (HCIR)
- Evaluation methods for multilingual, multimedia, or mobile information access- Novel information access tasks and their evaluation- Evaluation and assessment using implicit user feedback, crowdsourcing, living labs, or inferential methods
- Evaluation issues in industrial and enterprise retrieval systems
*** SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ***
Submissions will be subject to double-blind reviewing. Accepted papers will be included in the EVIA 2013 online proceedings.
We invite submissions of regular papers (up to 8 pages) and short papers (up to 4 pages). Format and submission details will be announced on the EVIA 2013 website:
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/evia2013/
*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
- March 20, 2013 *submissions due*
- April 24, 2013 notification of acceptance
- May 8, 2013 final manuscripts due
- June 18, 2013 EVIA 2013-AT-NII, Tokyo, Japan
- June 18-21, 2013 NTCIR-10-AT-NII, Tokyo, Japan