TREC 2003 Conference

November 18-21, 2003

Green Auditorium
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD

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Agenda

Tuesday, November 18
Green Auditorium


12 noon
NIST bus from Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to NIST
Please be prepared to show photo ID upon entering the NIST bus. If you plan to drive to NIST please be prepared to stop at Main Gate A and show photo ID

12-1:30 p.m.
Conference check-in

1:30-3 p.m.
Introduction to TREC (targeted for new participants, but all are welcome)

3-3:15 p.m.
Break

3:15-5:30 p.m.
available for track meetings, coordinator planning sessions, etc.

5:30 p.m.
NIST bus to Gaithersburg Holiday Inn



Wednesday, November 19
Green Auditorium


8 a.m.
NIST bus from Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to NIST
Please be prepared to show photo ID upon entering the NIST bus. If you plan to drive to NIST please be prepared to stop at Main Gate A and show photo ID
Conference check-in
Continental Breakfast served in NIST West Square Cafeteria

8:30-9 a.m.
Welcome

9-10 a.m.
TREC 2003 Overview

10-10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m., QA plenary talks:
10:30-11 a.m., Overview
11-11:20 a.m., BBN
11:20-11:40 a.m., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (Prager)
11:40 a.m.-12 noon, Language Computer Corporation
12 noon-12:20 p.m., National University of Singapore (Yang)

12:20-1 p.m.
report outs from CLEF 2003 and TRECVID (20 minutes each)

1-2 p.m.
Lunch served in the NIST West Square Cafeteria

2-3:30 p.m., HARD plenary talks:
2-3:30 p.m., Overview
2:30-2:50 p.m., Microsoft Research Ltd. (Robertson)
2:50-3:10 p.m., Rutgers (Belkin)
3:10-3:30 p.m., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3:30-4:15 p.m.
Boasters

4:15-5:30 p.m.
Demos/Posters (refreshments served at beginning of session)

5:30 p.m.
NIST bus to Gaithersburg Holiday Inn

6 p.m.
NIST bus from Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to the Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg, MD

Cash bar followed by buffet-style barbecue dinner (dress casually)

9 p.m. (approximately)
NIST bus from Smokey Glen Farm to Gaithersburg Holiday Inn


Thursday, November 20
Green Auditorium


8:30 a.m.
NIST bus from Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to NIST
If you plan to drive to NIST please be prepared to stop at Main Gate A and show photo ID
Continental Breakfast served in NIST West Square Cafeteria

9-10:30 a.m., Novelty plenary talks:
9-9:30 a.m., Overview
9:30-9:50 a.m., Center for Computing Science and the University of Maryland
9:50-10:10 a.m., Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-NLPR)
10:10-10:30 a.m., Tsinghua University

10:30-11 a.m.
Break

11 a.m.-1 p.m., Genome plenary talks:
11-11:40 a.m., Overview
11:40-12 noon, University of California, Berkeley
12 noon-12:20 p.m., Erasmus MC
12:20-12:40 p.m., National Library of Medicine and the University of Maryland
12:40-1 p.m., University of Waterloo

1-2 p.m.
Lunch served in the NIST West Square Cafeteria

2-3:30 p.m.
Workshops in parallel I
HARD, QA, and Web

3:30-4 p.m.
Break

4-5:30 p.m.
Workshops in parallel II
Genome, Novelty, Robust, Terabyte (proposed new track)

5:30 p.m.
NIST bus to Gaithersburg Holiday Inn



Friday, November 21
Green Auditorium


8:30 a.m.
NIST bus from Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to NIST
If you plan to drive to NIST please be prepared to stop at Main Gate A and show photo ID
Continental Breakfast served in NIST West Square Cafeteria

9-10 a.m., Robust plenary talks:
9-9:20 a.m., Overview
9:20-9:40 a.m., Queens College, CUNY
9:40-10 a.m., Fondazione Ugo Bordoni

10 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Web plenary talks:
10-10:30 a.m., Overview

10:30-10:50 a.m.
Break

Web plenary talks (continued):
10:50-11:10 a.m., CSIRO (Interactive)
11:10-11:30 a.m., University of Glasgow
11:30-11:50 a.m., IBM Labs in Haifa
11:50-12:10 p.m., Microsoft Research Asia

12:10-1 p.m.
Wrap-Up

1-2 p.m.
Lunch served in the NIST West Square Cafeteria

Conference End

2 p.m.
NIST bus from Building 101 to Main Gate A and to Gaithersburg Holiday Inn
If you have arranged to be picked-up by cab or shuttle please take this bus to NIST Main Gate A.






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Date created: Monday, 06-October-03
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