SIGIR (Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval)

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

SIGIR provides a global community and forum for information retrieval researchers and practitioners, offering conferences, awards, travel grants, SIGIR Academy, Early Career Researcher Awards, and artifact badging to promote reproducibility.

Target Customer

{"Academic researchers and faculty in information retrieval","Graduate and Ph.D. students in IR and related fields","Conference organizers and program committees","IR practitioners and researchers in technology companies","Members and volunteers within the SIGIR community"}

Key Differentiator

Open artifact review and badging program with guidelines and packaging standards; cross-venue collaboration for artifact badging (SIGIR, CHIIR, ICTIR, TOIS); dedicated SIGIR Academy and Early Career Researcher Awards; broad, multi-venue conference sponsorship and student travel funding.

Implementation Timeline

{"notes":"SIGIR operates on annual conference cycles and related events. Artifact badging requests are expected to occur within 3 years of paper publication; review processes involve both junior and senior AEC members and can be triggered at any time, with typical review effort described as very short (a few hours)."}

Pain Points

1Need for reproducibility and verifiability of research artifacts (datasets, code, experiments)
2Barriers for students and researchers to attend conferences due to travel and funding constraints
3Recognition and career development for early-stage researchers and contributors in IR

Key Features

1Sponsorship and organization of major IR conferences (SIGIR) and related events (ICTIR, CHIIR, WSDM, CIKM, JCDL, AFIRM, etc.)
2Travel Grants and student support programs (e.g., SIGIR Student Travel Grants, Donald B. Crouch Grants)
3Awards program including Gerard Salton Awards, Best Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Short Paper, Doctoral Consortium Awards, SIGIR Test of Time Award, and SIGIR Academy
4SIGIR Academy and Early Career Researcher Awards to recognize cumulative contributions and leadership
5ACM SIGIR Artifact Badging with OpenReview submission, detailed artifact packaging guidelines, and a focus on reproducibility and reusability

Target Customer Industries

Decision Makers

1Chair
2Vice-Chair
3Junior AEC Member
4Senior AEC Member
5AEC Chair
6TOIS/SIGIR/CHIIR/ICTIR representative

Client Results

1Increased recognition for IR research through awards and Academy programs
2Promotion of reproducibility and reuse of artifacts via the OpenReview-based badging process
3Expanded opportunities for students and researchers to participate in and attend conferences through travel grants
4Strengthened IR community through cross-venue collaboration, regional chapters (e.g., Tokyo), and ongoing SIGIR Forum publications

Competitive Advantages

1Open, cooperative artifact review and badging to promote replicability without prejudging scientific quality
2Integrated ecosystem of conferences, awards, travel grants, and professional development (SIGIR Academy, ECR Awards)
3Broad collaboration across IR-related venues (TOIS, SIGIR, CHIIR, ICTIR) and a robust set of resources (SIGIR Forum, SIG-IRList, Friends of SIGIR, Tokyo Chapter)

Key Benefits

1Access to premier IR conferences and events

2Funding and travel support for students and researchers

3Recognition through prestigious awards and the SIGIR Academy

4Promotion of reproducible research via artifact badging and OpenReview workflows

5Community resources and networks (SIGIR Forum, regional chapters, Friends of SIGIR)

Additional Product Information

Product Description

ACM SIGIR is the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval, promoting research, development, and education in search and information access technologies. It sponsors or co-sponsors conferences (SIGIR, ICTIR, CHIIR, CIKM, JCDL, WSDM, AFIRM), publishes SIGIR Forum, maintains SIGIR-list, and runs programs like SIGIR Student Travel Grants and artifact badging.

Target Market

Academic researchers, graduate students, conference organizers, IR developers and practitioners, and institutions supporting IR research

Unique Value Proposition

A long-standing, global IR community that combines research dissemination, career development, funding support, and reproducibility initiatives across multiple high-profile conferences and venues.

Technical Requirements

Artifact Badging relies on submission via OpenReview (group id: ACM.org/SIGIR/Badging). Guidelines cover packaging for datasets, code, and user-oriented materials, including documentation, licensing considerations, and deployment/readme requirements. Open review is used for artifact evaluation and badge decisions.

Pricing Model

Membership-based access to SIGIR; note: you may join SIGIR without joining ACM; pricing details are not provided in the content.

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