Announcing the BCS Search Industry Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce this year’s Search Industry Awards, celebrating the best search innovations of 2022. Presented by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS, these awards recognize people, projects, and organizations around the world that have excelled in the design of search and information retrieval products and services.

If you know of any people, projects, or products that deserve recognition, let us know by submitting a nomination. Alternatively, if you’re involved with something special yourself, you can submit an application today.

Categories

This year we are offering five awards:

• Best search user experience (of a web site / mobile app /  information resource, etc.)
• Most promising start up (or new enterprise)
• Best open source project (of all shapes & sizes)
• Search professional of the year (who is your unsung hero?)
• Best paper / presentation (at Search Solutions)

The last award is open only to presenters at Search Solutions, and will be judged on the day of the event. For all others, apply today!

Judging Panel

Winners will be selected by our panel of judges (details to be announced shortly).

Awards Ceremony

The awards ceremony will take place during Search Solutions on 23-Nov-2022. Winners will receive a framed certificate and a public listing on the IRSG Awards site.

Apply

We’ve designed the application process to be simple to complete. If you are unsure which category to apply for, or have questions about the application process, contact us via the address below. Nominations will remain open until 1st November.

For further details, see https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/bcs-search-industry-awards/

Contact

If you have any questions on the above, please contact Tony Russell-Rose at tgr2uk+irsg AT gmail.com

About IRSG

The IRSG is a Specialist Group of BCS. Its mission is to provide a focus for the European IR community, facilitate communication between researchers and practitioners and promote the adoption of IR research within industry. We host a major European conference (ECIR) and provide an associated programme of workshops, seminars and events. The IRSG is free to join via the BCS website, which provides access to further IR articles, events and resources.

BCS is the industry body for IT professionals. With members in over 100 countries around the world, BCS is the leading professional and learned society in the field of computers and information systems.

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