Information Retrieval Symposium, Vienna
31 May 2010 - 4 June 2010
Austria
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The 3rd IRF Symposium is placed under the motto “Benchmarking Relevance” and will especially focus on methodology and evaluation in patent searching and retrieval, introducing a scientific approach in the evaluation of the underlying technologies behind the search engines and the results produced. The first findings of this systematic evaluation will be presented.
Additionally, the 3rd IRF Symposium will give participants the opportunity to discover and test prototypical versions of the most innovative technologies in the market.
For the first time, a Strategic Seminar about analysing the performance of IP and R&D strategies will be collocated with the symposium (June 1, 2010).
The IRF Symposium will be preceded by the 1st IRF Scientific Conference (May 31, 2010).
Objectives
* Foster the dialogue between Science and Industry
o Expose the specific challenges of patent information retrieval
o Present results from research projects bringing potential solutions
* Align research activities with the real needs of end-users
* Initiate new research projects in the field of patent information retrieval
* Contribute to the development of more efficient technologies for professional information retrieval
Target audience
* Intellectual Property specialists:
o Head of IP departments, patent searchers, industrial researchers and analysts, information professionals
o Consulting & professional service firms, patent attorneys
o Governmental and non-governmental organisations, e.g. patent offices
* Researchers working actively in the fields of:
o Information retrieval
o Semantic web technologies
o Natural Language Processing
o Large-scale or distributed computing
The keynote presentation of James Boyle, one of the Creative Commons co-founders, promises to be an unusual encounter: the principle of an open information society meets the paradigm of the commercial, or rather industrial use of intellectual property. During the course of his multi-faceted activities, James Boyle has followed a critical approach to intellectual property and the information society’s social, cultural and scientific aspects. Within the scope of projects such as “Science Commons” and “Public Knowledge” he clearly advocates a free access to cultural and scientific content as furthering the development of innovative and open educational resources.
One of the IRF missions is to bridge the gap between demanding an open access to knowledge and protecting intellectual property by overcoming rigid patterns of thought and pointing towards alternative approaches to stimulate the innovation cycle of industry and research alike.
The 3rd IRF Symposium is placed under the motto “Benchmarking Relevance” and will especially focus on methodology and evaluation in patent searching and retrieval, introducing a scientific approach in the evaluation of the underlying technologies behind the search engines and the results produced. The first findings of this systematic evaluation will be presented.
Additionally, the 3rd IRF Symposium will give participants the opportunity to discover and test prototypical versions of the most innovative technologies in the market.
For the first time, a Strategic Seminar about analysing the performance of IP and R&D strategies will be collocated with the symposium (June 1, 2010).
The IRF Symposium will be preceded by the 1st IRF Scientific Conference (May 31, 2010).
Objectives
* Foster the dialogue between Science and Industry
o Expose the specific challenges of patent information retrieval
o Present results from research projects bringing potential solutions
* Align research activities with the real needs of end-users
* Initiate new research projects in the field of patent information retrieval
* Contribute to the development of more efficient technologies for professional information retrieval
Target audience
* Intellectual Property specialists:
o Head of IP departments, patent searchers, industrial researchers and analysts, information professionals
o Consulting & professional service firms, patent attorneys
o Governmental and non-governmental organisations, e.g. patent offices
* Researchers working actively in the fields of:
o Information retrieval
o Semantic web technologies
o Natural Language Processing
o Large-scale or distributed computing
The keynote presentation of James Boyle, one of the Creative Commons co-founders, promises to be an unusual encounter: the principle of an open information society meets the paradigm of the commercial, or rather industrial use of intellectual property. During the course of his multi-faceted activities, James Boyle has followed a critical approach to intellectual property and the information society’s social, cultural and scientific aspects. Within the scope of projects such as “Science Commons” and “Public Knowledge” he clearly advocates a free access to cultural and scientific content as furthering the development of innovative and open educational resources.
One of the IRF missions is to bridge the gap between demanding an open access to knowledge and protecting intellectual property by overcoming rigid patterns of thought and pointing towards alternative approaches to stimulate the innovation cycle of industry and research alike.
Keywords
open science