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SIGIR 2017
Welcome from the
Program Committee Co-chairs
Arjen de Vries, Hang Li, Ryen White
WE THANK
• 66 SENIOR PROGRAM COMMITTEE (SPC) MEMBERS
• 216 PROGRAM COMMITTEE (PC) MEMBERS
• 70 ADDITIONAL REVIEWERS
• 1056 AUTHORS OF 362 SUBMISSIONS FROM 42
COUNTRIES AND 170 INSTITUTIONS
• GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
• MEMBERS OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR
• TRANSITIONED TO EASYCHAIR
• SIGNIFICANTLY BROADEN RANGE OF TOPICS
• INCREASED NUMBER OF WOMEN SPC MEMBERS (24%)
• INCREASED NUMBER SPC MEMBERS FROM ASIA (23%)
• MODIFICATION OF ROLE OF SPC
• FIRST SPC FOR META-REVIEW
• SECOND SPC FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW IN BORDERLINE CASE
• PC MEETING AT MICROSOFT
• SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING REVIEWERS AND OUTSTANDING
SENIOR REVIEWERS
STATISTICS ON SUBMISSIONS
• NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS = 362
• NUMBER OF ACCEPTED PAPERS = 78
• ACCEPTANCE RATE = 22%
• NUMBER OF REVIEWS = 1,227
SUBMISSIONS BY TOPICS
SUBMISSIONS BY COUNTRY
MOST LIKELY ACCEPTED TOPICS
LEAST LIKELY ACCEPTED TOPICS
OUTSTANDING REVIEWERS
• ALISTAIR MOFFAT
• AYA SOFFER
• BHASKAR MITRA
• CHENLIANG LI
• DEBORA DONATO
• EMRE VELIPASAOGLU
• EVANGELOS KANOULAS
• EVGENY KHARITONOV
• FILIP RADLINSKI
• FRANCO MARIA NARDINI
• GORDON CORMACK
• HONGNING WANG
• IOANNIS ARAPAKIS
• JULIA KISELEVA
• KAZUNARI SUGIYAMA
• KIRA RADINSKY
• LÉA LAPORTE
• MARCOS GONÇALVES
• THIBAUT THONET
• PERNILLA QVARFORDT
• RADU IONESCU
• ROI BLANCO
• SHANE CULPEPPER
• SHANGSONG LIANG
• TONYA CURTIS
• UDO KRUSCHWITZ
• YANYAN LAN
• YASHAR MOSHFEGHI
• ZHUMIN CHEN
OUTSTANDING SENIOR REVIEWERS
• DAVID ELSWEILER
• DOUGLAS OARD
• JAMIE CALLAN
• JAAP KAMPS
• IAN SOBOROFF
• JAIME TEEVAN
• JIYIN HE
• NICK CRASWELL
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ACM SIGIR 2017 - Opening - PC Chairs

  • 1. SIGIR 2017 Welcome from the Program Committee Co-chairs Arjen de Vries, Hang Li, Ryen White
  • 2. WE THANK • 66 SENIOR PROGRAM COMMITTEE (SPC) MEMBERS • 216 PROGRAM COMMITTEE (PC) MEMBERS • 70 ADDITIONAL REVIEWERS • 1056 AUTHORS OF 362 SUBMISSIONS FROM 42 COUNTRIES AND 170 INSTITUTIONS • GENERAL CO-CHAIRS • MEMBERS OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
  • 3. HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR • TRANSITIONED TO EASYCHAIR • SIGNIFICANTLY BROADEN RANGE OF TOPICS • INCREASED NUMBER OF WOMEN SPC MEMBERS (24%) • INCREASED NUMBER SPC MEMBERS FROM ASIA (23%) • MODIFICATION OF ROLE OF SPC • FIRST SPC FOR META-REVIEW • SECOND SPC FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW IN BORDERLINE CASE • PC MEETING AT MICROSOFT • SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING REVIEWERS AND OUTSTANDING SENIOR REVIEWERS
  • 4. STATISTICS ON SUBMISSIONS • NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS = 362 • NUMBER OF ACCEPTED PAPERS = 78 • ACCEPTANCE RATE = 22% • NUMBER OF REVIEWS = 1,227
  • 9. OUTSTANDING REVIEWERS • ALISTAIR MOFFAT • AYA SOFFER • BHASKAR MITRA • CHENLIANG LI • DEBORA DONATO • EMRE VELIPASAOGLU • EVANGELOS KANOULAS • EVGENY KHARITONOV • FILIP RADLINSKI • FRANCO MARIA NARDINI • GORDON CORMACK • HONGNING WANG • IOANNIS ARAPAKIS • JULIA KISELEVA • KAZUNARI SUGIYAMA • KIRA RADINSKY • LÉA LAPORTE • MARCOS GONÇALVES • THIBAUT THONET • PERNILLA QVARFORDT • RADU IONESCU • ROI BLANCO • SHANE CULPEPPER • SHANGSONG LIANG • TONYA CURTIS • UDO KRUSCHWITZ • YANYAN LAN • YASHAR MOSHFEGHI • ZHUMIN CHEN
  • 10. OUTSTANDING SENIOR REVIEWERS • DAVID ELSWEILER • DOUGLAS OARD • JAMIE CALLAN • JAAP KAMPS • IAN SOBOROFF • JAIME TEEVAN • JIYIN HE • NICK CRASWELL