Announcing the winners of the 2022 Search Industry Awards

On Wednesday last week I had the honour of co-chairing the 17^th Search Solutions conference, at BCS London. As in previous years, the event included presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval. And in keeping with tradition, we were delighted to be able to announce the winners of this year’s BCS Search Industry Awards. In a special session held at the close of Search Solution 2022, it was my honour to announce the winners for the following categories:

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BCS Search Industry Awards 2022 – FINAL CALL

Final call – nominations close at the end of the month!

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.

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New Informer – Summer 2022

In case you missed it, here are details of the latest issue of Informer, which just came out this week. This is again one of our bigger issues, with over a dozen articles including conference reviews, feature articles, news and updates from the world of search and information retrieval. Of particular note is the call for a new editor – this is a great opportunity so if you’re interested or would like to know more, drop us a line. For further details see the Informer website. If you fancy becoming a contributor, get in touch!

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Research Associate in information retrieval / user experience

I am currently hiring for the following position. If you know of anyone suitable, please encourage them to apply!

Research Associate in the field of information retrieval / user experience (0.5 FTE)

This role is part of a Google-funded research project that aims to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) and data visualization to facilitate more efficient and effective approaches to information retrieval through the development of alternative approaches to search strategy formulation. This has the potential to minimize error and inefficiency in scientific research and facilitate more efficient and effective research workflows for the broader scientific community.

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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.

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Search Solutions 2022: Call for speaker proposals

In case you hadn’t heard, Search Solutions is back in London this year as a face to face event (although see below for possible remote participation). So I’m delighted to share with you the call for presentations below. If you’re thinking of presenting and would like feedback on a potential presentation idea feel free to reach out to any of us on the committee. Hope to see you there!

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New Informer – Spring 2022

In case you missed it, here are details of the latest issue of Informer, which just came out this week. This is again one of our bigger issues, with over a dozen articles including conference reviews, feature articles, news and updates from the world of search and information retrieval. This one features extended coverage of ECIR 2022 and CHIIR 2022 and news of new features, specialist groups and training courses. For further details see the Informer website. If you fancy becoming a contributor, get in touch!

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PhD project topics 2022

I am recruiting sponsored or self-funded PhD students who wish to undertake projects in natural language processing and UX with focus on information retrieval, including the projects listed below.

Note that these topics are based on MSc level project proposals, but most have the scope and ambition to be scalable to PhD level work. Moreover, they are merely ideas at this stage, so feel free to adapt / enhance them to accommodate your own ideas and interests. Note also that this list is not exhaustive: we have other project ideas and proposals which aren’t quite ready for public dissemination.

If you are a self-funded student considering a PhD in any of the topics below please take a look at the further information and/or email me to discuss.

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New Informer – Winter 2022

In case you missed it, here are details of the latest issue of Informer, which just came out this week. This is again one of our bigger issues, with around a dozen articles including conference reviews, feature articles, news and updates from the world of search and information retrieval. This one features extended coverage of Search Solutions 2021 and the Industry Awards along with feature articles on text extraction from PDFs and empirical studies of enterprise search. For further details see the Informer website. If you fancy becoming a contributor, get in touch!

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Announcing the winners of the 2021 Search Industry Awards

On Wednesday last week I had the honour of co-chairing the 16^th Search Solutions conference, hosted online. As before, the event included presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval. And in keeping with previous events, we were delighted to be able to announce the winners of this year’s BCS Search Industry Awards. In a special session held at the close of Search Solution 2021, it was my honour to announce the winners for the following categories:

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