We invite you to participate in the ECIR 2024 Workshop on Open Web Search.

Since much of the web search technology stack is closed source, and many even basic pieces of technology for building a scalable web search engine are missing, the WOWS workshop aims to promote, discuss, and develop an open web search ecosystem.

The workshop encourages submissions of scientific papers and implementations of retrieval components. For the practical part of submitting (parts of) retrieval pipelines, we offer mentoring of (early-stage) participants (e.g., bachelor/master students).

Learn more at https://opensearchfoundation.org/wows2024

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now open: Pre-Registration to coordinate implementation efforts at https://www.tira.io/t/pre-registration January 24, 2024: Early Bird Submission deadline February 14, 2024: Submission deadline March 13, 2024: Peer review notification March 20, 2024: Camera-ready papers submission March 28, 2024: Workshop (co-located with ECIR 2024 in Glasgow)

Best regards, WOWS team