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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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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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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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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Search Solutions 2021: lineup announced

I know the official publicity may not have reached your inbox just yet, but here’s a sneak peek at this year’s lineup for Search Solutions 2021. For those unfamiliar with the event, it is described as:

… the premier UK forum for presentation of the latest innovations in search and information retrieval.  The programme includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval.

Here is the provisional programme thus far:

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New Informer – Autumn 2021

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 a variety of upcoming events and news items. For further details see the Informer website. If you fancy becoming a contributor, get in touch!

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New Informer – Summer 2021

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 the IRSG’s awards programme and a variety of upcoming events and news items. For further details see the Informer website. If you fancy becoming a contributor, get in touch!

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New Informer – Spring 2021

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 15 articles including conference reviews, feature articles, news and updates from the world of search and information retrieval. This one features an extended review of the many faces of ECIR 2021 and a first announcement of the upcoming Search Industry Awards program for 2021. For further details see the Informer website. If you fancy becoming a contributor, get in touch!

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