CLEF 2011
Conference on Multilingual and Multimodal Information Access Evaluation 19-22 September 2011, Amsterdam |
CLEF 2011 LabsNotebook Papers are now available Call for Labs proposal ![]() CLEF 2011 Lab Flyer with CFP ![]() The laboratories are aimed at continuing and expanding on the traditional CLEF track philosophy. Two different forms of labs are offered: benchmarking activities proposing evaluation tasks and comparative performance analyses, and workshop-style labs that explore issues of information access evaluation and related fields. BENCHMARKING ACTIVITIESSix benchmarking activities are proposed: PAN Organizers:
ImageCLEF Cross Language Image Retrieval Track A benchmarking activity on the experimental evaluation of image retrieval, focusing on the combination of textual and visual retrieval, including multilingual retrieval and language-independent information access. Organizers:
QA4MRE: Question Answering for Machine Reading Evaluation A benchmarking activity on the evaluation of Machine Reading systems through Question Answering and Reading Comprehension Tests.
A benchmarking activity on Multilingual Log File Analysis: Language identification, query classification, success of a query. Organizers:
A benchmarking activity on the Evaluation of music search engines that are based both on audio content and on multilingual textual descriptions. Organizers:
A benchmarking activity on intellectual property. Organizers:
WORKSHOPCHiC 2011
Cultural Heritage in CLEF: From Use Cases to Evaluation in Practice for Multilingual Information Access to Cultural Heritage The CHiC 2011 workshop aims at moving towards a systematic and large-scale evaluation of cultural heritage digital libraries and information access systems and helping to shape a possible roadmap for it. Organizers: |
NewsRegistration
The registration desk will be open throughout the conference, on the first floor of Casa 400. Additional opening hours are: Fee waiversCLEF 2011 receives last-minute sponsorship for student registration fee waivers. Apply (with motivation + proof of stud. status) at clef2011[at]list.uva.nl Schedule ChangeThe notifications of acceptance of CLEF 2011 conference paper is postponed to Monday 13 CLEF 2011 RegistrationsThe CLEF 2011 registrations are now open.
ContactsGeneral chairsMaarten de RijkeJulio Gonzalo Program chairsJaana KekäläinenMounia Lalmas Lab chairsVivien PetrasPaul Clough Organization chairEmanuele PiantaResource and Publicity chairKhalid ChoukriTechnical managementPamela FornerGiovanni Moretti Local organizersRichard BerendsenBouke Huurnink Edgar Meij Wouter Weerkamp |