Call for Papers: QUAERO/ImageCLEF Workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval Evaluation

Following the success of MUSCLE/ ImageCLEF Workshop on Image and Video Retrieval Evaluation in 2005, 2006, and 2007, we are happy to announce the

QUAERO/ImageCLEF Workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval Evaluation

Date: September 16, 2008
Location: Aarhus, Denmark

Website: http://www.imageclef.org/2008/preWorkshop

Workshop Chairs

• Thomas Deselaers, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
• Henning Müller, University of Applied Sciences Sierre and University and Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland

Discussion Topics

• Evaluation in multimedia and image information retrieval
• Evaluation campaigns
• Datasets, topics, and relevance judgement
• Evaluation of particular effects in any of the relevant disciplines

  Other contributions on topics in the scope of image and video retrieval evaluation are also welcome.

  Presentation

  Participants are encouraged to present papers on topics related to the evaluation of multimedia, image, and information retrieval systems. Please send titles and abstracts of papers you wish to present to Thomas Deselaers. Proceedings of the workshop will be published in electronic form.

  Deadline for paper submission is July 15, 2008.

  Registration

  If you wish to attend the workshop, please register by sending an e-mail to Thomas Deselaers.
  There is no registration fee due to sponsorship by the Quaero Project.

  Related events

  The following events take place in Aarhus at this time:

  • CLEF workshop from September 17 to September 19 (i.e. from the day after this workshop, including sessions on ImageCLEF)
  • ECDL 2008 (European Conference on Digital Libraries) from September 14 to September 19.