Year of foundation

2007

Status

Non-profit society

Founding members

9 of the top IR scientists* worldwide and Matrixware GmbH

Scientific Board

• C.J. “Keith” van Rijsbergen* (Chairman), University of Glasgow, UK
• Yves Chiaramella* (Vice-Chairman), Université Joseph Fourier, FR
• Maristella Agosti, University of Padova, IT
• Gerhard Budin, University of Vienna, AT
• Jamie Callan*, Carnegie Mellon University, US
• Kilnam Chon*, Korea Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, KR
• W. Bruce Croft*, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US
• Hamish Cunningham*, University of Sheffield, UK
• Norbert Fuhr*, Universität Duisburg-Essen, DE
• David Hawking*, Funnelback Internet & Enterprise Search, AU
• Noriko Kando, National Institute of Informatics, JP
• Arcot Desai Narasimhalu*, Singapore Management University, SG
• John Tait, Information Retrieval Facility, AT
• Benjamin T’sou, City University of Hong Kong, HK
• Gerhard Budin, Center for Translation Studies, University of Vienna,  AT

Executive Board

• Francisco E. de Sousa Webber (Chairman)
• Daniel Schreiber (Treasurer)