Program Co-Chairs
Prof. Dr. Peter Bruza (Queensland Uni. of Technology, Australia) Prof. Dr. Alan F. Smeaton (Dublin City Uni., Ireland)
Program Committee by Area:
(A) IR Models and Theories
Area Co-Chairs
- Prof. Dr. Peter Bruza (Queensland Uni. of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
- Prof. Dr. Zainab Abu Bakar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
Area Committee Members
- Abdulaziz Almaktoom (Wichita State Uni., UNITED STATES)
- Alan Smeaton (Dublin City Uni, NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Ali Seman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Andrew Trotman (Uni. of Otago, NEW ZEALAND)
- Azizah Jaafar (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Charles Clarke (Uni. of Waterloo, CANADA)
- Chintan Bhatt (Charotar Uni. of Science and Technology, INDIA)
- Fadzilah Siraj (Uni. Utara Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Fatimah Dato Ahmad (Uni. Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Gabriella Pasi (Uni. degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, ITALY)
- Ibrahim Mohamed (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Jianyun Nie (Uni. of Montreal, CANADA)
- Jun Xu (Huawei Technologies, CHINA)
- Mas Rina Mustaffa (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Matthias Hagen (Bauhaus-Uni. Weimar, GERMANY)
- Mohammad Rajib Hasan (Uni. Utara Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Muhamad Taufik Abdullah (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Muthukkaruppan Annamalai (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nazlena Mohamed Ali (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nurazzah Abd Rahman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nursuriati Jamil (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Peter Bruza (Queensland Uni. of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
- Qi Haoliang (Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, CHINA)
- Qinmin Hu (East China Normal Uni., CHINA)
- Rabiah Abdul Kadir (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Roslina Othman (International Islamic Uni. Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- S. a. r Al-Haddad (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Saidah Saad (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Sharifah Yasin (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shereena Mohamad Arif (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shyamala Doraisamy (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Siti Salwa Salleh (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Zainab Abu Bakar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
(B) IR Evaluation, User Study and Interactive IR
Area Co-Chairs
- Prof. Dr. Fabio Crestani (Uni. della Svizzera italiana, SWITZERLAND)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azizah Jaafar (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Masnizah Mohd (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
Area Committee Members
- Andrew Trotman (Uni. of Otago, NEW ZEALAND)
- Changsheng Chen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HONG KONG)
- Faaizah Shahbodin (Uni. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA)
- Hyowon Lee (Singapore Uni. of Technology and Design, SINGAPORE)
- Ian Ruthven (Uni. of Strathclyde, UNITED KINGDOM)
- Ibrahim Mohamed (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Kasturi Dewi (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Leong Kew (Nationaul University of Singapore, SINGAPORE)
- Luis Barreto (Instituto Politécnico de Viana do, PORTUGAL)
- Maizatul Akmar Ismail (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Mark Sanderson (RMIT Uni., AUSTRALIA)
- Monica Landoni (University of Lugano, SWITZERLAND)
- Muhamad Taufik Abdullah (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nor Aniza Abdullah (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Noraidah Sahari (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Noraini Seman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Norasiken Bakar (Uni. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA)
- Norhayati Mohd Ali (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nurul Hashimah Ahamed Hassain Malim (Uni. Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Paul Thomas (CSIRO, AUSTRALIA)
- Pavel Braslavski (Ural Federal Uni., NETHERLANDS)
- Rita Zaharah Wan Chik (Uni. Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA)
- Shyamala Doraisamy (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Siti Salwa Salleh (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Sri Devi Ravana (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Tetsuya Sakai (Microsoft Research Asia, CHINA)
- Wan Fatimah Wan Ahmad (Uni. Teknologi Petronas, MALAYSIA)
- Zalinda Othman (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
(C) Web IR, Scalability and IR in Social Media
Area Co-Chairs
- Prof. Dr. Alistair Moffat (Uni. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
- Dr. Azreen Azman (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
Area Committee Members
- Adam Bermingham (Dublin City Uni., NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Alan Smeaton (Dublin City Uni., NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Alistair Moffat (Uni. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
- Andrew MacFarlane (City Uni., UK)
- Andrew Trotman (Uni. of Otago, NEW ZEALAND)
- Azizah Jaafar (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Azreen Azman (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Chintan Bhatt (Charotar Uni. of Science and Technology, INDIA)
- Fadzilah Siraj (Uni. Utara Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Iadh Ounis (Uni. of Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM)
- Ibrahim Mohamed (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Ichiro Ide (Nagoya Uni., JAPAN)
- James Thom (RMIT Uni., UNITED STATES)
- Jianyun Nie (Uni. of Montreal, CANADA)
- Maizatul Akmar Ismail (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Mark Sanderson (RMIT Uni., AUSTRALIA)
- Mas Rina Mustaffa (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Matthias Hagen (Bauhaus-Uni. Weimar, GERMANY)
- Muthukkaruppan Annamalai (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nasiroh Omar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nazlena Mohamed Ali (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nurazzah Abd Rahman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nurfadhlina Mohd Sharef (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nursuriati Jamil (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Paul Thomas (CSIRO, Australia)
- Pavel Braslavski (Ural Federal Uni., NETHERLANDS)
- Peter Bruza (Queensland Uni. of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
- Qinmin Hu (East China Normal Uni., CHINA)
- Quan Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA)
- Rabiah Abdul Kadir (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- S. a. r Al-Haddad (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Saidah Saad (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shereena Mohamad Arif (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shyamala Doraisamy (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Siti Salwa Salleh (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Yun Huoy Choo (Uni. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA)
- Zainab Abu Bakar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
(D) Multimedia IR
Area Co-Chairs
- Prof. Dr. Joemon Jose ( Uni. of Glasgow, U.K )
- Prof. Dr. Fatimah Dato’ Ahmad (Uni. Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
Area Committee Members
- Alan Smeaton (Dublin City Uni, NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Andrew MacFarlane (City Uni., UK)
- Azizah Jaafar (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Chintan Bhatt (Charotar Uni. of Science and Technology, INDIA)
- Faaizah Shahbodin (Uni. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA)
- Fatimah Dato’ Ahmad (Uni. Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Fatimah Khalid(Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Hamid Jalab (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Ibrahim Mohamed (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Ichiro Ide (Nagoya Uni., JAPAN)
- James Thom (RMIT Uni., UNITED STATES)
- Leong Kew (Nationaul University of Singapore, SINGAPORE)
- Lilly Suriani Affendey (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Mas Rina Mustaffa (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Matthias Hagen (Bauhaus-Uni. Weimar, GERMANY)
- Muthukkaruppan Annamalai (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nazlena Mohamed Ali (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Norasiken Bakar (Uni. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA)
- Nurazzah Abd Rahman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nursuriati Jamil (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Peter Bruza (Queensland Uni. of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
- Qinmin Hu (East China Normal Uni., CHINA)
- Rabiah Abdul Kadir (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- S. a. r Al-Haddad (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Saidah Saad (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shereena Mohamad Arif (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shyamala Doraisamy (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Siti Salwa Salleh (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Wenyu Liu (Huazhong Uni. of Science and Technology, CHINA)
- Zainab Abu Bakar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
(E) Natural Language Processing for IR
Area Co-Chairs
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atsushi Fujii (Uni. of Tsukuba, JAPAN)
- Dr. Rabiah Abdul Kadir (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
Area Committee Members
- Aida Mustapha (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Alan F. Smeaton (Dublin City Uni., NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Azreen Azman (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Cheah Yu-N (Uni. Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Deyi Xiong (Institute for Infocomm Research, SINGAPORE)
- Fatimah Ahmad (Uni. Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Gabriella Pasi (Uni. degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, ITALY)
- Jianyun Nie (Uni. of Montreal, CANADA)
- Mas Rina Mustaffa (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Masnizah Mohd (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Masrah Azrifah Azmi Murad (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Matthias Hagen (Bauhaus-Uni. Weimar, GERMANY)
- Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab (Uni.Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Mohd Yunus Sharum (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nazlena Mohamad Ali (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nazlia Omar (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Noraini Seman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Norwati Mustapha (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nurazzah Abd Rahman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nurfadhlina Mohd Sharef (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nursuriati Jamil (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Qi Haoliang (Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, CHINA)
- Qinmin Hu (East China Normal Uni., CHINA)
- Partha Pakray (Norwegian Uni. of Science and Technology, NORWAY)
- Rabiah Abdul Kadir (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shereena Mohd Arif (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shyamala Doraisamy (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Siti Khaotijah Mohammad (Uni. Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Sujeeth Bharadwaj (Uni. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UNITED STATES)
- Tan Tien Ping (Uni. Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Tengku Mohd Tengku Sembok (Uni. Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Timothy Baldwin (Uni. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
- Waidah Ismail (Uni. Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Yi Guo (East China Uni. of Science & Technology, CHINA)
- Yunqing Xia (Tsinghua Uni., CHINA)
- Zainab Abu Bakar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
(F) Machine Learning and Data Mining for IR
Area Co-Chairs
- Prof. Dr. Alan F. Smeaton (Dublin City Uni., IRELAND)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muthukkaruppan Annamalai (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
Area Committee Members
- Abdul Razak Hamdan (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Adam Bermingham (Dublin City Uni., NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Aida Mustapha (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Alan Smeaton (Dublin City Uni, NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Azizah Jaafar (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Charles Clarke (Uni. of Waterloo, CANADA)
- Chintan Bhatt (Charotar Uni. of Science and Technology, INDIA)
- Chiung Ching Ho (Multimedia Uni., MALAYSIA)
- Deyi Xiong (Institute for Infocomm Research, SINGAPORE)
- Fadzilah Siraj (Uni. Utara Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Gabriella Pasi (Uni. degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, ITALY)
- Hamid Jalab (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Hamido Fujita (Iwate Prefectural Uni., JAPAN)
- Iadh Ounis (Uni. of Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM)
- Ibrahim Mohamed (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Jun Xu (Huawei Technologies, CHINA)
- Kiran Kaur a/p Gurmit Singh (Uni. of Malaya, MALAYSIA)
- Mark Sanderson (RMIT Uni., AUSTRALIA)
- Mas Rina Mustaffa (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Matthias Hagen (Bauhaus-Uni. Weimar, GERMANY)
- Mazidah Puteh (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Mohammad Abu Alsheikh (Nanyang Technological Uni., SINGAPORE)
- Muthukkaruppan Annamalai (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Naomie Salim (Uni. Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer (Uni. Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA)
- Nasiroh Omar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nazlena Mohamed Ali (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Noor Hasimah Ibrahim Teo (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Norita Md Norwawi(Uni. Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nurazzah Abd Rahman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nursuriati Jamil (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Peter Bruza (Queensland Uni. of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
- Qi Haoliang (Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, MALAYSIA)
- Qinmin Hu (East China Normal Uni., CHINA)
- Quan Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA)
- Rabiah Abdul Kadir (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- S. a. r Al-Haddad (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Saidah Saad (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Sazilah Salam (Uni. Teknnikal Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Sharifalillah Nordin (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Shereena Mohamad Arif (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shuzlina Abdul-Rahman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Shyamala Doraisamy (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Wenyu Liu (Huazhong Uni. of Science and Technology, CHINA)
- Yun Huoy Choo (Uni. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA)
- Zainab Abu Bakar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
(G) IR Applications
Area Co-Chairs
- Prof. Dr. Kazunari Sugiyama (National Uni. of Singapore, SINGAPORE)
- Prof. Dr. Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
Area Committee Members
- Aixin Sun (Nanyang Technological Uni. , SINGAPORE)
- Alan Smeaton (Dublin City Uni, NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Andrew MacFarlane (City Uni., UK)
- Andrew Trotman (Uni. of Otago, NEW ZEALAND)
- Azizah Jaafar (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Charles Clarke (Uni. of Waterloo, CANADA)
- Chenliang Li (Wuhan Uni. , CHINA)
- Chintan Bhatt (Charotar Uni. of Science and Technology, INDIA)
- Chiung Ching Ho (Multimedia Uni., MALAYSIA)
- Fadzilah Siraj (Uni. Utara Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Gabriella Pasi (Uni. degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, ITALY)
- Hyowon Lee (Singapore Uni. of Technology and Design, SINGAPORE)
- Ibrahim Mohamed (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Ichiro Ide (Nagoya Uni., JAPAN)
- In-Su Kang (Kyungsung Uni., SOUTH KOREA)
- Kazuhiro Seki (Konan Uni., JAPAN)
- Kazunari Sugiyama (National Uni. of Singapore, SINGAPORE)
- Kenji Hatano (Doshisha Uni., JAPAN)
- Jun Xu (Huawei Technologies, CHINA)
- Lailatulqadri Zakaria (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Laure Soulier (IRIT- Paul Sabatier Uni. , FRANCE)
- Leong Kew (National Uni. of Singapore, SINGAPORE)
- Liangchai Gao (Peking Uni., CHINA)
- Marcos Cintra (Uni. of San Paulo, SPAIN)
- Mark Sanderson (RMIT Uni., AUSTRALIA)
- Mas Rina Mustaffa (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Matthias Hagen (Bauhaus-Uni. Weimar, GERMANY)
- Miao Chen (Indiana Uni. Bloomington, UNITED STATES)
- Mike Joy (Uni. of Warwick, UNITED KINGDOM)
- Mohammed Al-Kabi (Zarqa Uni., JORDAN)
- Muhamad Taufik Abdullah (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Muthukkaruppan Annamalai (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Naomie Salim (Uni. Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nazlena Mohamed Ali (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Norita Md Norwawi (Uni. Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nurazzah Abd Rahman (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Nurfadhlina Mohd Sharef (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Nursuriati Jamil (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)
- Paul Thomas (CSIRO, Australia)
- Pavel Braslavski (Yandex, NETHERLANDS)
- Peter Bruza (Queensland Uni. of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
- Qi Haoliang (Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, CHINA)
- Qinmin Hu (East China Normal Uni., CHINA)
- Rabiah Abdul Kadir (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- S. a. r Al-Haddad (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Saidah Saad (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shereena Mohamad Arif (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Shyamala Doraisamy (Uni. Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah (Uni. Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA)
- Xiaozhong Liu (Indiana Uni. Bloomington, UNITED STATES)
- Yi Yu (National Uni. of Singapore, SINGAPORE)
- Yin Zhang (Zhejiang Uni., CHINA)
- Yiqun Liu (Tsinghua Uni., CHINA)
- Yu Suzuki (Nagoya Uni., JAPAN)
- Zainab Abu Bakar (Uni. Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA)