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*Call for Tutorial* *FIRE 2024: 16th meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation* 12th - 15th December 2024 DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India *Submission Deadline: 15th November 2024* Website: fire.irsi.org.in Submission Link : https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FIRE2024 ------------------------------

The 16th meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation 2024 will be held at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, India. It will be an in-person conference. We are inviting proposals for half-day tutorials covering topics relevant to information retrieval (IR) and its applications. We welcome topics that range from the theoretical foundations of IR to practical applications, as well as tutorials on IR and machine learning (ML) systems. Each tutorial should cover a single topic in depth. Tutorial proposals should include details according to guidelines below.

*Submission Guidelines*

Proposals should be *at most 4 pages (excluding references) * must follow ACM SIG's template available on https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-w.... The only accepted format of submissions is PDF. We strongly encourage the proposers to attend and present in-person. Submissions should include:

- Title and abstract - Duration: Half Day - Proposed content of the tutorial - Target Audience - Speaker's bio: Name, affiliations, contact and short bio.

Submissions are not anonymous (reviewing will be *single-blind*) and should contain speaker details. Proposals which do not conform to the requirements are likely to be rejected without review.

All proposals should be submitted via Microsoft CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FIRE2024

*Important dates* Tutorial proposal due *Nov 15, 2024 * Tutorials notification *Nov 20, 2024 * Camera ready due *Nov 30, 2024 * Tutorial day *Dec 12-15, 2024*

Note: All submission deadlines are 11:59 PM AoE Time Zone (Anywhere on Earth).

*Presentation Requirements*

If accepted, at least one author will have to register for the conference and present tutorial in-person.

For queries related to conference please email us at [ clia@isical.ac.in ] For latest updates subscribe the FIRE mailing List [ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fire-list ]