41st European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2019), in Cologne, Germany, on 14th to 18th April 2019

1. 41st European Conference on Information Retrieval
in Cologne, Germany, on 14th to 18th April 2019
ecir2019.org @ecir2019

2. Organizers
General Chairs
– Norbert Fuhr (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
– Philipp Mayr (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social
Sciences, Germany)
Program Chairs
– Leif Azzopardi (University of Strathclyde, UK)
– Benno Stein (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany)
Short Paper & Poster Chairs
– Claudia Hauff (Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands)
– Djoerd Hiemstra (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Student Mentorship Chairs
– Laura Dietz (University of New Hampshire, USA)
– Ahmet Aker (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Demo Chairs
– Christina Lioma (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Dagmar Kern (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social
Sciences, Germany)
Workshop Chairs
– Diane Kelly (University of Tennessee, USA)
– Andreas Rauber (Vienna University of Technology,
Austria)
Tutorial Chairs
– Guillaume Cabanac (University of Toulouse, France)
– Suzan Verberne (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
Industry Day Chair(s)
– Udo Kruschwitz (University of Essex, UK)
Publicity Chair(s)
– Ingo Frommholz (University of Bedfordshire, UK)
● Workshops/Tutorials: 14th April 2019
● Main conference: 15th – 17th April 2019
● Industry day: 18th April 2019

3. How to reach Cologne
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4. Cologne Attractions
● Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)
● River Rhine
● Carnival
● Kölsch beer
● Museums:
○ Romano-Germanic,
○ Ludwig (Modern Art),
○ Chocolate (Norbert’s favorite)

5. Important dates
● Mentorship program deadline: 21 August 2018
● Workshop/Tutorial proposals: 11 September 2018
● Full papers: 9 October 2018
● Posters/Demos: 23 October 2018
● Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials: 19 October 2018
● Notification of acceptance for papers/posters/demos: 4 December 2018
● Open registration: mid December 2018
● Full papers/posters/demos camera ready: 15 January 2019
● Author registration: 15 January 2019
● Early registration end: 19 February 2019

6. Novelty
● Emerging Topics:
conversational and intelligent search agents, cultural and social informatics, early risk
prediction, digital text forensics, eHealth, incident streams, living lab evaluations, life and
biodiversity retrieval, search as learning, precision medicine.
● Extended Reproducibility Track
○ Replication experiments
○ Performance prediction: measures, performance analysis, application determinants,
performance models
● CLEF boaster + poster session planned (http://www.centre-eval.org/)
● Information Retrieval Journal (IRJ) - ECIR Partnership Agreement (official in
2020 - tested at ECIR 2019)

7. See you in Cologne!
ecir2019.org @ecir2019