Original papers on the following topics, but not limited to, are welcome to be submitted:

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

• IR Theory and Formal Models

• Cross-language retrieval, Multilingual retrieval, Machine translation for IR

• Web IR and Social media search

• Semi-structured information retrieval and Semantic search

• Interactive IR, Task-based IR

• User studies and models, User interfaces and visualisation

• Multimedia IR

• Language technologies for IR

• Text Mining, Machine Learning for IR

• Domain-specific IR

• Distributed IR and Mobile IR

• Fusion/Combination and Aggregated search

• Tools for IR

• Semantic Web and ontologies

• Semi-structured data processing, XML filtering and routing

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

• Knowledge engineering

• Digital Libraries, enterprise search, intranet search, and desktop search

• Social network

• Knowledge Intelligence

• Knowledge and privacy

• Knowledge synthesis and visualization

• Web and Social Knowledge Management

• Metadata and structured documents

• Collaboration and information sharing

• Impact measurement of knowledge management

• Knowledge management projects

• e-learning, e-training, and executive training

• Organisational memories

• Organisational semiotics

• Learning organisation and organisational learning

• Content management and digital rights management

• Social networks and the psychological dimension

• K-Economy, K-community, and K-enterprise

• Studies, metrics and benchmarks, and innovation facilitation

• KM strategies and implementations

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTIC

• Text representation, text analysis, text summarisation

• Collaborative filtering

• Text categorisation

• Text clustering

• Question answering, lexical acquisition

• Dialog system

• Machine translation

• Text-to-Speech

• Language Technology (semantic)

• Information extraction

• Intelligent spelling checking

• Intelligent web searching

• Speech recognition

• Cognitive models of human language acquisition and processing