This year the school is co-organized by the Russian Information Retrieval Evaluation Seminar (ROMIP), and representatives of Russian and international Universities and research labs on the premises of the Higher School of Economics. Traditionally the school concentrates on information retrieval. RuSSIR 2020 will have an additional focus on Conversational AI and conversational search, but course proposals should not be limited to it. RuSSIR 2020 welcomes course proposals on any aspect of information retrieval and related disciplines, either generally on latest methodologies in the field or with a particular emphasis on conversational interfaces. Each course should consist of four or five 90 minute-long sessions. Courses may include lectures and/or practical hands-on exercises.

Summer school organizers will cover travel and accommodation expenses for one lecturer per course; no additional honorarium will be paid to the lecturer (s). The school organizers would highly appreciate if, whenever possible, lecturers could find alternative funding to cover their travel and accommodation expenses, and indicate this possibility in their proposals.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Course proposals submission deadline February 29, 2020 (anywhere on Earth)
Notification March 21, 2020
School August 24-28, 2020 (Mon-Fri)


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Course proposals must be submitted in PDF format to the submission website, by February 29, 2020 (anywhere on Earth).


A course proposal should contain the following:

- Title and keywords.

- Description of teaching and research experience, and contact information of the lecturer (s).

- Relevance of the course to the school's scope and objectives.

- Brief description of the course (up to 300 words suitable for inclusion inВ school materials).

- Full description (1-2 pages, to be used for evaluation).

- Target audience and expected prerequisite knowledge of the audience.

- Relevant references to support proposal evaluation.

- Preferred schedule and necessary equipment.

All proposals will be evaluated by the program committee according to the school's goals, the clarity of presentation, and the lecturers' qualification and experience.

Early informal inquiries about the school or the proposal evaluation process are encouraged (please send an email to school@romip.ru).