European Conference on Information Retrieval explained

The European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) is the main European research conference for the presentation of new results in the field of information retrieval (IR).It is organized by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the British Computer Society (BCS-IRSG). The event started its life as the Annual Colloquium on Information Retrieval Research in 1978 and was held in the UK each year until 1998 when it was hosted in Grenoble, France. Since then the venue hasalternated between the United Kingdom and continental Europe. To mark the metamorphosisfrom a small informal colloquium to a major event in the IR research calendar, the BCS-IRSG later renamed the event to European Conference on Information Retrieval. In recent years,ECIR has continued to grow and has become the major European forum for the discussionof research in the field of Information Retrieval.

Some of the topics dealt with include:

• IR models, techniques, and algorithms
• IR applications
• IR system architectures
• Test and evaluation methods for IR
• Natural Language Processing for IR
• Distributed IR
• Multimedia and cross-media IR

Time and Location

The ECIR is generally held in Spring, near the Easter weekend. A list of locations and planned venues are presented below.

• Glasgow, 2024^[1]
• Dublin, 2023^[2]
• Stavanger, 2022^[3]
• Lucca (online only due to COVID-19 pandemic), 2021^[4]
• Lisbon (online only due to COVID-19 pandemic), 2020^[5]
• Cologne, 2019 http://www.ecir2019.org/
• Grenoble, 2018 http://www.ecir2018.org/
• Aberdeen, 2017 http://www.ecir2017.org/
• Padova, Italy, 2016 http://ecir2016.dei.unipd.it/
• Vienna, Austria, 2015 http://www.ecir2015.org/
• Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2014 http://ecir2014.org/
• Moscow, Russia, 2013 http://ecir2013.org/
• Barcelona, Spain, 2012 http://ecir2012.upf.edu/
• Dublin, Ireland, 2011 http://www.ecir2011.dcu.ie/
• Milton Keynes, 2010 http://kmi.open.ac.uk/events/ecir2010/
• Toulouse, 2009 http://ecir09.irit.fr/
• Glasgow, 2008 http://ecir2008.dcs.gla.ac.uk/
• Rome, 2007 http://ecir2007.fub.it/
• London, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070126002042/http://ecir2006.soi.city.ac.uk/
• Santiago, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20070529152525/http://www-gsi.dec.usc.es/ecir05/
• Sunderland, 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20070423052659/http://ecir04.sunderland.ac.uk/
• Pisa, 2003 http://ecir03.isti.cnr.it/
• Glasgow, 2002 http://irsg.bcs.org/past_ecir.php*
• Darmstadt, 2001* (organized by GMD)
• Cambridge, 2000* (organized by Microsoft Research)
• Glasgow, 1999*
• Grenoble, 1998*
• Aberdeen, 1997*
• Manchester, 1996*
• Crewe, 1995* (organized by Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Drymen, Scotland, 1994* (organized by Strathclyde University)
• Glasgow, 1993* (organized by Strathclyde University)
• Lancaster, 1992*
• Lancaster, 1991*
• Huddersfield, 1990*
• Huddersfield, 1989*
• Huddersfield, 1988*
• Glasgow, 1987*
• Glasgow, 1986*
• Bradford, 1985*
• Bradford, 1984*
• Sheffield, 1983*
• Sheffield, 1982*
• Birmingham, 1981*
• Leeds, 1980*
• Leeds, 1979*

*as the Annual Colloquium on Information Retrieval Research

External links

• Official page at the website of the British Computer Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: ECIR 2024 – Glasgow, Scotland – 24th-28th March 2024 . 2024-03-09 . en-US.
2. Web site: ECIR2023 . 2024-03-09 . ecir2023.org.
3. Web site: 2022-04-15 . ECIR 2022 – 44th European Conference on Information Retrieval . 2024-03-09 . en-US.
4. Web site: ECIR 2021 – 43rd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION RETRIEVAL . 2024-03-09 . en-US.
5. Web site: 2020-03-11 . Home . 2024-03-09 . ECIR 2020 Online 14–17 April 2020 . en-US.