Intelligent Information Access, Cagliari, December 9-11, 2008

Intelligent Information Access tries to overcome limitations of current search devices:

• by providing personalized information items and products/services recommendations. They usually take advantage of input coming directly or indirectly from users and, based on their needs, preferences and usage patterns, make easier the information search and decision processes
• by leveraging the search process from a lexical to a semantic level

Information Filtering systems, specifically recommender systems, have been revolutionizing the way information seekers find what they want, because they effectively prune large information spaces and help users in selecting items
that best meet their needs and tastes. Recommender systems strongly rely on the use of various machine learning tools
and algorithms for learning how to rank items or predict the user evaluation on items.

Information Retrieval systems, on the other hand, are also trying to address similar filtering and ranking problems for information items, such as links, pages, and documents. But they generally focus on the development of global
retrieval techniques, often neglecting the individual needs and preferences of users.

This workshop has a mixed emphasis– researchers from leading companies will offer their vision of the future, while researchers from academia will focus on challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

The topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:

• Intelligent Information Access
• Information Filtering
• Information Retrieval
• Access to Multimedia Content
• Recommender Systems
• User Modelling
• Semantic multimedia indexing and retrieval
• Personalized multimedia retrieval
• Semantic content management and personalization
• Context-driven retrieval and personalization
• Recommender systems in real-world applications
• Social tagging, ontologies and multimedia content
• Metadata management for multimedia content
• Integration of multimedia processing and Semantic Web
• Web 2.0 technologies for Information Access
• Language technologies for Information Access
• Multimedia ontologies and infrastructures
• Use of Open Standards: MPEG-7, MPEG-21, IEEE P1599
• Assistive technologies in Information Access
• Multimodal techniques for Information Access
• Serendipity in Information Access