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).
History 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 is presented below.
Lucca, 2025 Glasgow, 2024 Dublin, 2023 Stavanger, 2022 Lucca (online only due to COVID-19 pandemic), 2021 Lisbon (online only due to COVID-19 pandemic), 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*
*as the Annual Colloquium on Information Retrieval Research
References
External links Official page at the website of the British Computer Society