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 has alternated between the United Kingdom and continental Europe. To mark the metamorphosis from 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 discussion of 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.
Dublin, 2023
Stavanger, 2022
Lucca (online only), 2021
Lisbon (online only), 2020
Cologne, 2019
Grenoble, 2018
Aberdeen, 2017
Padova, Italy, 2016
Vienna, Austria, 2015
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2014
Moscow, Russia, 2013
Barcelona, Spain, 2012
Dublin, Ireland, 2011
Milton Keynes, 2010
Toulouse, 2009
Glasgow, 2008
Rome, 2007
London, 2006
Santiago, 2005
Sunderland, 2004
Pisa, 2003
Glasgow, 2002 *
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
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