Table of Contents

Keynote Papers.- A Probabilistic Logic for Information Retrieval.- Applications of Web Query Mining.- Peer-to-Peer.- BuddyNet: History-Based P2P Search.- A Suite of Testbeds for the Realistic Evaluation of Peer-to-Peer Information Retrieval Systems.- Federated Search of Text-Based Digital Libraries in Hierarchical Peer-to-Peer Networks.- Information Retrieval Models (I).- ‘Beauty’ of the World Wide Web—Cause, Goal, or Principle.- sPLMap: A Probabilistic Approach to Schema Matching.- Encoding XML in Vector Spaces.- Text Summarization.- Features Combination for Extracting Gene Functions from MEDLINE.- Filtering for Profile-Biased Multi-document Summarization.- Automatic Text Summarization Based on Word-Clusters and Ranking Algorithms.- Comparing Topiary-Style Approaches to Headline Generation.- Information Retrieval Methods (I).- Improving Retrieval Effectiveness by Using Key Terms in Top Retrieved Documents.- Evaluating Relevance Feedback Algorithms for Searching on Small Displays.- Term Frequency Normalisation Tuning for BM25 and DFR Models.- Information Retrieval Models (II).- Improving the Context-Based Influence Diagram Model for Structured Document Retrieval: Removing Topological Restrictions and Adding New Evaluation Methods.- Knowing-Aboutness: Question-Answering Using a Logic-Based Framework.- Modified LSI Model for Efficient Search by Metric Access Methods.- PIRE: An Extensible IR Engine Based on Probabilistic Datalog.- Text Classification and Fusion.- Data Fusion with Correlation Weights.- Using Restrictive Classification and Meta Classification for Junk Elimination.- On Compression-Based Text Classification.- User Studies and Evaluation.- Ontology as a Search-Tool: A Study of Real Users’ Query Formulation With and Without Conceptual Support.- AnAnalysis of Query Similarity in Collaborative Web Search.- A Probabilistic Interpretation of Precision, Recall and F-Score, with Implication for Evaluation.- Exploring Cost-Effective Approaches to Human Evaluation of Search Engine Relevance.- Information Retrieval Methods (II).- Document Identifier Reassignment Through Dimensionality Reduction.- Scalability Influence on Retrieval Models: An Experimental Methodology.- The Role of Multi-word Units in Interactive Information Retrieval.- Dictionary-Based CLIR Loses Highly Relevant Documents.- Multimedia Retrieval.- Football Video Segmentation Based on Video Production Strategy.- Fractional Distance Measures for Content-Based Image Retrieval.- Combining Visual Semantics and Texture Characterizations for Precision-Oriented Automatic Image Retrieval.- Web Information Retrieval.- Applying Associative Relationship on the Clickthrough Data to Improve Web Search.- Factors Affecting Web Page Similarity.- Boosting Web Retrieval Through Query Operations.- Posters.- Terrier Information Retrieval Platform.- Físréal: A Low Cost Terabyte Search Engine.- Query Formulation for Answer Projection.- Network Analysis for Distributed Information Retrieval Architectures.- SnapToTell: A Singapore Image Test Bed for Ubiquitous Information Access from Camera.- Acquisition of Translation Knowledge of Syntactically Ambiguous Named Entity.- IR and OLAP in XML Document Warehouses.- Manipulating the Relevance Models of Existing Search Engines.- Enhancing Web Search Result Lists Using Interaction Histories.- An Evaluation of Gisting in Mobile Search.- Video Shot Classification Using Lexical Context.- Age Dependent Document Priors in Link Structure Analysis.- Improving Image Representation with Relevance Judgements from the Searchers.- Temporal ShotClustering Analysis for Video Concept Detection.- IRMAN: Software Framework for IR in Mobile Social Cyberspaces.- Assigning Geographical Scopes To Web Pages.- AP-Based Borda Voting Method for Feature Extraction in TRECVID-2004.