SIGIR 2027 Tutorials CFP
The annual ACM SIGIR Conference is the premier international forum for presenting new research results and showcasing innovative systems and techniques in the broad field of Information Retrieval (IR). The 50th ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval will take place in July 2027 in San Jose, California, USA.
SIGIR 2027 invites tutorial proposals for half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours) sessions that provide attendees with in-depth introductions to specific topics within the field of IR. Tutorials should engage attendees with current and emerging themes. The topics generally align with those outlined in the SIGIR 2027 call for papers; with proposals on other topics related to IR also welcome.
Tutorials will be held in person at the main US event only. Presenters are expected to attend and deliver their tutorials in person. Satellite presentation is not available for tutorials.
Important dates
Deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE; UTC−12) on the stated date.
Submission guidelines
Submissions should include a cover sheet and an extended abstract. The cover sheet should include:
- Title and length (half-day or full-day) of the tutorial.
- Tutorial format: SIGIR 2027 will be a fully in-person event. The presenters are expected to attend in person, as are attendees. Tutorials will be held at the main US event only. Satellite presentation is not available for tutorials.
- Intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills.
- Detailed contact information of all presenters, including the main contact person.
- Brief biographies (maximum 2 paragraphs) of all presenters, highlighting their expertise and prior experience in presenting tutorials, teaching, or organizing related events.
- Indicate whether and where the tutorial has been presented before. Include substantially similar versions, and list the venue/event and date of each previous presentation.
The extended abstract (no longer than 4 pages) should include the following sections:
- Motivation: Explain the importance of the tutorial topic.
- Objectives: Clearly state what attendees will learn and achieve.
- Relevance: Demonstrate the tutorial’s significance to the IR community, referencing relevant tutorials from SIGIR or other leading conferences (e.g., WSDM, WWW, KDD, ACL, EMNLP, RecSys, ICML).
- Format and Schedule: Provide a detailed agenda, including breaks and interactive components.
- Materials: Describe any supporting materials that will be provided to attendees (e.g., slides, datasets, code).
Tutorial proposals should be prepared in the current ACM two-column conference format. Suitable LaTeX, Word, and Overleaf templates are available from the ACM Website (use the sigconf proceedings template).
Proposals will be evaluated based on their relevance, timeliness, technical depth, clarity, and potential for attendee engagement. Tutorial presenters are expected to deliver high-quality sessions that foster interactive learning.
The organizers of accepted tutorials will be invited to submit a camera-ready summary of the tutorial, which will be included in the conference proceedings.
Other Submission Requirements
Submitting to this track indicates your agreement to and compliance with the common ACM and SIGIR 2027 Policies and Requirements. These policies and requirements include (but are not limited to) authorship, ethics, the use of AI, ACM author open access page charges, and at least one author registering for and attending the conference.
Submission System
Proposals should be submitted as a PDF file through the EasyChair system, selecting the “SIGIR 2027 Tutorials” track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigir2027
Tutorial Chairs
tutorials@sigir2027.org
- Udo Kruschwitz, University of Regensburg, Germany
- Wei Ai, University of Maryland, USA