**** NEWS: Another edition of this workshop is be organized at SIGIR 2018. Details available at: sigir-ecom.github.io ****
The SIGIR Workshop on eCommerce will serve as a platform for publication and discussion of Information Retrieval and NLP research & their applications in the domain of eCommerce. This workshop will bring together practitioners and researchers from academia and industry to discuss the challenges and approaches to product search and recommendation in eCommerce.
SIGIR eCom is a full day workshop and will take place on Friday August 11, 2017.
The SIGIR Workshop on eCommerce will serve as a platform for publication and discussion of Information Retrieval and NLP research & their applications in the domain of eCommerce. This workshop will bring together practitioners and researchers from academia and industry to discuss the challenges and approaches to product search and recommendation in eCommerce.
SIGIR eCom is a full day workshop and will take place on Friday August 11, 2017.
Papers and PostersWe invite quality research contributions, position and opinion papers addressing relevant challenges in the domain of eCommerce.
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Invited talksSIGIR eCom will feature invited talks by leading researchers from academia and industry.
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Panel Discussions and Break-out SessionWorkshop will feature panel discussions covering a wide range of topics in eCommerce. Break-out session would be helpful in identifying important areas of research and setting a research agenda.
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Open Data Access to Facilitate Scholarly ResearchWe will examine building of a benchmark dataset to facilitate research into this fascinating topic. This will provide industry and academia a platform to discuss topics such as evaluation metrics over the benchmark dataset, privacy etc.
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Important Dates
SIGIR Workshop on eCommerce will be held at SIGIR 2017, on Friday August 11, 2017, in Tokyo, Japan.
LOCATION
Keio Plaza Hotel, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
