Fall 2009 North East DB/IR Day on Friday, October 23 at NYU Poly, Brooklyn, NYC

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce the Fall 2009 North East DB/IR Day, to be held on the campus of NYU Poly in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday 10/23/2009. The goal of the North East DB/IR Day is to bring together researchers and students in Databases, Information Retrieval, and related areas from both academic and research institutions in the Northeastern United States. It is a semi-annual workshop that features invited speakers, a student poster session, and opportunities for informal discussion with colleagues. The last DB/IR Day was hosted at the University of Pennsylvania in Fall 2008. After a hiatus in Spring 2009, the Fall 2009 DB/IR Day will be held in New York City, on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. We are located in downtown Brooklyn and a 17-minute subway ride from Penn Station. Registration is FREE, and students attending the workshop are encouraged to bring posters describing their research for participation in a poster session and competition. For more information, see http://cis.poly.edu/dbir2009/ Preliminary Workshop Program: 10:00 - 10:30am Registration and Breakfast 10:30 - 10:50am Group Introductions 10:50 - 12noon Invited Talk: Kevin Chang (UIUC) 12:00 - 1:50pm Lunch and Poster Session 1:50 - 3:00pm Invited Talk: Zachary Ives (University of Pennsylvania) 3:00 - 3:30pm Coffee Break 3:30 - 4:40pm Invited Talk: Graham Cormode (AT&T Labs) 4:40 - Best Poster Award and Conclusion Organizers: Torsten Suel (suel at poly.edu) Local and Program Maria Christoforaki (christom at cis.poly.edu) Web Site and Registration Web Site: http://cis.poly.edu/dbir2009/ Sponsors: IBM Research