FDIA, the Future Directions in Information Access symposium, will take place along the ELLIS ESSIR Summer School. They are calling for papers: https://2025.essir.eu/fdia
From: @bcs_irsg
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BCS IRSG
The BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group (IRSG) of the Chartered Institute for IT (BCS).
ELLIS ESSIR 2025, the European Summer School on Information Retrieval, is taking place in Wolverhampton, UK, July 7–11. Don't miss exciting lectures and tutorials around IR, AI, UX, etc!
More info 👉 https://2025.essir.eu
🔍 Call for proposals: BCS Search Solutions 2025, the UK’s leading forum on Search & IR, is back 26 Nov @ BCS London! We’re seeking talks related to Search research and practice (AI, bias, UX, LLMs & more). Submit by 11 July. Details: https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/conferences-and-events/search-solutions/ #SearchSolutions #IR #AI #UX #LLM
@iaugenstein.bsky.social has been crowned last year’s winner of the Karen Spärck Jones Award. Her well-deserved trophy was awarded after delivering a highly insightful keynote at ECIR 2025. Read our article in BCS Informer. https://medium.com/bcs-irsg-informer/bcs-irsg-karen-spärck-jones-ksj-award-2024-prize-giving-and-keynote-at-ecir-2025-4875c2759961 We're seeking nominations for the next KSJ Award!
You know someone who deserves the Karen Spärck Jones Award? Or want to nominate yourself? There will be a new round of nominations soon. More info https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/karen-spaerck-jones-award/nominations/
Many congratulations to the Karen Spärck Jones Award winner @iaugenstein.bsky.social, who gave an exciting keynote on "Understanding the Interplay between LLMs’ Utilisation of Parametric and Contextual Knowledge"! 👏 🎉
We also thank our sponsor Bloomberg!
As always, BCS Search Solutions was accompanied by some insightful tutorials. Here's a recap of the tutorials even. Get in touch with us if you want to give a tutorial at the next Search Solutions in November!
BCS Search Solutions in London is one of our most popular events, featuring a variety of talks from industry and academia. Search Solutions 2025 is coming back to London in November. Here’s a recap of the 2024 event.
https://medium.com/bcs-irsg-informer/looking-back-at-search-solutions-2024-a97780b0916e
Meet the newly elected BCS IRSG committee! We have a new chair, treasurer and several other new committee members. Interested in shaping the future of the British and European IR community while meeting wonderful people? Join us in this year's election!
https://medium.com/bcs-irsg-informer/meet-the-newly-elected-bcs-irsg-committee-d4627ffab919
BCS Search Solutions will take place in London November 26 (Tutorial Day) and November 27 (Main Conference). You don't want to miss this if Search, IR, GenAI and RAG tell you something and you'd like to discuss this with practitioners in the field!
Fancy giving a tutorial at BCS Search Solutions? We are calling for tutorials for our Tutorial Day on Tuesday Nov 26 (the day before the BCS Search Solutions event). More info at https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/conferences-and-events/search-solutions/search-solutions-2024/search-solutions-2024-call-for-tutorials/
Need shelter from wind and rain? We can provide it - and even more! Register for BCS Search Solutions and its tutorials 21-22 November in London:
Conference:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/search-solutions-2023-conference-tickets-739298691287
Tutorials:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/search-solutions-2023-tutorials-tickets-739261911277
More info at
https://irsg.bcs.org/informer/2023/10/search-solutions-2023-tutorials-london-21-november-2023/ (tutorials)
and
https://irsg.bcs.org/informer/2023/10/search-solutions-2023-conference-london-22-november-2023/ (conference).
BCS Search Solution is back with exciting talks and tutorials! Read more in the latest Informer issue - https://irsg.bcs.org/informer/2023/10/search-solutions-2023-conference-london-22-november-2023/
The nights get longer, the days get colder - but there’s hope! The Autumn edition of BCS Informer is out - https://irsg.bcs.org/informer/
Happy reading!
We are calling for one-day information retrieval event proposals, supported by IRSG. Please find the call at https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/call-for-one-day-event-proposals/
We are pleased to announce @IadhOunis and Ryen White as the joint winners of the prestigious international 2022 Tony Kent Strix Memorial Award. They are chosen for their prolific and significant contributions to Information Retrieval research. More info at https://www.cilip.org.uk/members/group_content_view.asp?group=201314&id=712682. Congratulations 👏🏻!
BCS Search Solutions happened this week in London. Please see Martin White’s report of the main event on Wednesday.
http://intranetfocus.com/search-solutions-2022-conference-report-part-1-the-morning-sessions/
Happening next week - BCS Search Solutions plus tutorials (Nov 22+23 in London). Still places available - more at https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2022/november/search-solutions-2022-inc-tutorials-information-retrieval-sg/.
BCS IRSG boosted:
RT @craig_macdonald@twitter.com
PyTerrier 🐍🐕 on 🇬🇧 tour. @ntonellotto@twitter.com, @macavaney@twitter.com and myself will be giving our PyTerrier tutorial at the @bcs_irsg@twitter.com Search Solutions, in London, one week today.
Tickets still available from https://irsg-ss2022.eventbrite.co.uk/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/craig_macdonald/status/1592596395844063232
BCS Search Solutions is our annual event to discuss issues around Search and Information Retrieval as well as related topics. We offer tutorials and talks by leading industry experts and academics. Search Solutions will take place 22 (tutorials) and 23 (main event) November 2022 in our London offices. There’s still time to register!
More info and registration link at https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2022/november/search-solutions-2022-inc-tutorials-information-retrieval-sg/
Hope to see you in London!
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