WSDM 2011 Program Overview


The WSDM2011 Program is available here.


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Workshop Information

Tutorial Information

Time Description
8:30 - 10:00 Workshop 1

[Tang Room I, 3/F]
Workshop 2

[Ming Room II, 4/F]
Tutorial AM1

[Tang Room II, 3/F]
Tutorial AM2

[Ming Room I, 4/F]
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
10:30 - 12:00 Workshop 1

[Tang Room I, 3/F]
Workshop 2

[Ming Room II, 4/F]
Tutorial AM1

[Tang Room II, 3/F]
Tutorial AM2

[Ming Room I, 4/F]
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

[Oyster Bar & Sky Lounge, 18/F]
13:30 - 15:00 Workshop 1

[Tang Room I, 3/F]
Workshop 2

[Ming Room II, 4/F]
Tutorial PM1

[Tang Room II, 3/F]
Tutorial PM2

[Ming Room I, 4/F]
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
15:30 - 17:00 Workshop 1

[Tang Room I, 3/F]
Workshop 2

[Ming Room II, 4/F]
Tutorial PM1

[Tang Room II, 3/F]
Tutorial PM2

[Ming Room I, 4/F]
18:00 - 20:00 Welcome Reception

[Ching Room & Ching Terrace]

Thursday, February 10, 2011

All sessions will be held at the Grand Ballroom. The coffee break will be in the foyer outside of the Grand Ballroom.
Time Description
8:30 - 8:40 Opening Ceremony

Chair: Irwin King
8:40 - 9:40 Keynote I: Mining Billion-node Graphs: Patterns, Generators and Tools

Chair: Hang Li
9:40 - 10:30 Oral Session 1: Web Search I

Chair: Yoelle Maarek
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
10:50 - 12:30 Oral Session 2: Social Search and Mining I

Chair: Eytan Adar
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

[Oyster Bar & Sky Lounge, 18/F]
14:00 - 15:40 Oral Session 3: Web Search II

Chair: David Carmel
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
15:40 - 17:15 Poster Session I

Chair: Jie Tang

Friday, February 11, 2011

All sessions will be held at the Grand Ballroom. The coffee break will be in the foyer outside of the Grand Ballroom.
Time Description
8:30 - 9:30 Keynote II: Bing Dialog Model: Intent, Knowledge and User Interaction

Chair: Wolfgang Nejdl
9:30 - 10:20 Oral Session 4: Social Search and Mining II

Chair: Ravi Kumar
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
10:50 - 12:30 Oral Session 5: Web Search III

Chair: Nick Craswell
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

[Oyster Bar & Sky Lounge, 18/F]
14:00 - 15:40 Oral Session 6: Social Search and Mining III

Chair: Kevin Chang
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
15:40 - 17:15 Poster Session II

Chair: Jie Tang
17:15 - 19:15 Excursion

Peak Tram and Peak Terrace
19:15 - 20:00 Transit to Banquet Venue
20:00 WSDM2011 Awards Banquet

[Jumbo Floating Restaurant, Aberdeen]

Saturday, February 12, 2011

All sessions will be held at the Grand Ballroom. The coffee break will be in the foyer outside of the Grand Ballroom.
Time Description
9:00 - 10:40 Oral Session 7: Web Mining

Chair: Qiang Yang
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
11:00 - 12:40 Oral Session 8: Web Search IV

Chair: Ricardo Baeza-Yates
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch

[Oyster Bar & Sky Lounge, 18/F]
14:00 - 15:00 WSDM Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Chair: Ricardo Baeza-Yates
15:00 - 15:20 Coffee Break

[Grand Ballroom Foyer]
15:20 - 17:00 Oral Session 9: Social Search and Mining IV

Chair: Jaime Teevan
17:00 Closing Ceremony

Chair: Irwin King