Scotland to host European conference including Google and Spotify

’s leading conference on information retrieval for the first time since 2008 as hundreds of computer scientists make their way to Glasgow.

Information retrieval is the field of computer science and artificial intelligence that underpins a range of essential technologies such as search engines and digital libraries. Dr Graham McDonald said: “I’m thrilled to be welcoming information retrieval researchers back to the city for the first time since 2008.

Professor Iadh Ounis added: “I’m delighted that we are presenting the first Keith van Rijsbergen award this year. Keith helped build the foundations of information retrieval as we know it today and I’m proud that we are able to recognise his contributions."We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.

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