Program Overview

CET 09:00-12:45

Tutorial 1:
Question Answering over Curated and Open Web Sources

(Chair:  Shane Culpepper )

CET 17:00-21:00

Tutorial 2:
Modern Query Performance Prediction: Theory and Practice

(Chair:  Grace Hui Yang )

CET 09:00-09:15

Conference Opening

CET 09:15-10:15

Keynote 1:
Modeling search engine performance measurement
Mark Sanderson
( Chair: Krisztian Balog )

CET 10:15-10:30

Break

CET 10:30-12:00

Paper Session 1:
Ranking

(Chair:  Yiqun Liu )

CET 12:00-12:30

Discussion Block

CET 17:00-18:15

Industry Session 1

(Chair:  Heri Ramampiaro )

CET 18:15-18:30

Break

CET 18:30-20:00

Paper Session 2:
Query Models

( Chair: Charles Clarke )

CET 20:00-20:30

Discussion Block

CET 09:00-10:00

Keynote 2:
Personalising and diversifying the listening experience
Mounia Lalmas
(Chair:  Vinay Setty )

CET 10:00-10:15

Break

CET 10:15-11:45

Paper Session 3:
User Interaction

(Chair:  Klaus Berberich )

CET 11:45-12:15

Discussion Block

CET 17:00-18:15

Industry Session 2

( Chair: Harrie Oosterhuis )

CET 18:15-18:30

Break

CET 18:30-20:00

Paper Session 4:
Recommendation

( Chair: Rishiraj Saha Roy )

CET 20:00-20:30

Discussion Block

CET 09:00-10:15

Paper Session 5:
Conversational

(Chair:  Faegheh Hasibi )

CET 10:15-10:45

Discussion Block

CET 10:45-12:15

Paper Session 6:
Learning to Rank 

( Chair: Nicola Ferro )

CET 12:15-12:45

Discussion Block

CET 17:00-18:40

Paper Session 7:
Evaluation

( Chair: Jaap Kamps )

CET 18:40-19:15

Discussion Block

CET 19:15-19:30

Conference Closing