The International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval (ICTIR) aims to provide a forum for discussion and interaction among those with theoretical and applicative research interests in mathematical/formal aspects of Information Retrieval (IR), including, for example, foundational issues, description or integration of models, retrieval applications, mathematical/formal techniques, existing and/or new theories and theoretical aspects.
The fourth ICTIR conference aims to continue in the same spirit, promoting research in the wider contexts of IR. Accordingly, in addition to the established fields and approaches in IR, research papers on new approaches (e.g., those inspired by other disciplines) are sought. Papers that demonstrate a high level of research adventure or which break out of the traditional IR paradigms are particularly welcome. Experimental and/or practical results, or any other means (including theoretical) that give support for innovative hypotheses are of interest.
Indicative topics of interest
METHODS/PARADIGMS
Vector-Space-based Models
Probabilistic Models
Logic-based Models
Information-Theoretic Models
Relevance-Feedback-Based Approaches
Machine Learning Methods (e.g., learning to rank)
Quantum Theory-inspired Methods
Natural Language Processing
Semantics-based Methods
Architectures, Algorithms and Complexity
TASKS
Retrieval (e.g., ad hoc, Web, enterprise , desktop, mobile, expert, cross-lingual, blog, legal, biomedical, book, federated, vertical, etc.)
Interactive Search
Forming Test Collections and Devising Evaluation Metrics
Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis
Experimentation
Recommendation
Search in Digital Libraries
Search in the Semantic Web
Classification, Categorization, and Clustering
Topic Modeling
Filtering (collaboratve, content-based, etc.)
Summarization
Data Mining
Evaluation methodologies, test collections, metrics
MEDIA
Text
Images
Video
Music, Speech and Sound
Human Gestures (e.g. eye movement)
Unstructured, Semi-Structured, and Structured DataWeb IR
USERS
User Modelling
Personal Interest Identification
Query Intent Identification
Contextual Search Issues
Social Networks and Media Tagging
Evaluation using User Studies
Human-Computer Interaction Issues
Important dates
April 22, 2013: Tutorial submissions due
April 22, 2013: Research paper submissions due
April 29, 2013: Poster submissions due
June 7, 2013: Notification of acceptance for papers, posters and tutorials
June 28, 2013: Final papers due
September 29, 2013: Tutorials
September 30 - October 2, 2013: Conference days
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS
General Guidelines
Authors are invited to submit research papers of up to 8 pages, or posters of up to 2 pages, representing original and previously unpublished work. Submissions must be written in English, and should be in the ACM Conference style. LaTeX and Word templates are available here (for LaTeX, use the "Option 2" style). This is also the style that will be required for final papers. Papers must be submitted as PDF files. Papers submitted to ICTIR must be original. Submissions that have been previously published, or are highly similar to previously published works, and papers that have been concurrently submitted to other venues are strictly prohibited. Submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Therefore, please anonymize your submission. This means that submissions should not contain any information identifying the author(s) or their organization(s): do not put the author(s) names or affiliation(s) at the start of the paper, anonymize citations to and mentions of own prior work in the paper, and do not include funding or other acknowledgments in papers submitted for review. Papers that do not follow the guidelines specified here will be rejected without review. All accepted papers and posters will be published by ACM in the Proceedings of ICTIR'13. Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair conference web site:
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Experimental Evaluation Policy
Experimental evaluation plays an important role in information retrieval. For this reason, it is important for papers to include experimental evaluations, when appropriate. Given the theoretical nature of ICTIR, there will be certain types of papers for which such evaluations do not make sense (e.g., papers focused on proofs, derivations, mathematical analyses, etc.). However, papers that propose new models or algorithms that can be empirically tested should include an experimental evaluation. For such papers, the goal of the evaluation is not to necessarily improve upon the state-of-the-art, but rather to provide an empirical comparison against existing techniques that will demonstrate the pros and cons of applying the new model or algorithm in practice. Reviewers will be explicitly instructed that negative results are acceptable, as long as: 1) the theoretical contribution is strong, and 2) the experimental evaluation is carried out in a meaningful (i.e., scientifically valid and reproducible) manner. The PC Chairs will ensure that this policy is consistently and fairly enforced.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
Submissions should include a cover sheet and an extended abstract. The cover sheet should specify: (1) the title and length of the tutorial (either half or full day); (2) the intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills required, if any; (3) complete contact information for the contact person and the other presenters; and, (4) a brief biography (max. 2 paragraphs) for each presenter. The extended abstract should be up to 3 pages. It should include an outline of the tutorial, description of the course objectives, specification of the relevance to the information retrieval community, and details regarding the course materials. Submissions should also have explicit mentioning of other venues in which all or parts of the tutorial have been or will be presented. In these cases, there should be an explanation of how the current proposal differs from those other editions of the tutorial. Tutorial proposals must be written in English, and should be in the ACM Conference style (for LaTeX, use the "Option 2" style) Only PDF files will be accepted. The proposal must be sent via email to the program chairs: Oren Kurland (kurland@ie.technion.ac.il) and Donald Metzler (metzler@google.com). All submissions will undergo peer review.
