• Web Search Engine Metrics: Direct Metrics to Measure User Satisfaction (PDF) – Tuesday, 2:00–5:30 PM
Chairs:
 Ali Dasdan, Yahoo! (USA)
Kostas Tsioutsiouliklis, Yahoo! (USA)
Emre Velipasaoglu, Yahoo! (USA)
  • Introduction to Social Recommendation – Monday, 9:00 AM–12:30 PM
Chairs:
 Irwin King, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
Michael R. Lyu, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
Hao Ma, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
  • Recent Progress on Inferring Web Searcher Intent (PDF) – Tuesday, 9:00 AM–12:30 PM
Chair:
 Eugene Agichtein, Emory University (USA)
  • Linking Content in Unstructured Sources (PDF)– Tuesday, 9:00 AM–12:30 PM
Chair:
 Marie-Francine Moens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
  • SPARQL By Example - Unlocking the Semantic Web – Tuesday, 2:00–5:30 PM
Chair:
 Eric Prud’hommeaux, W3C (USA)
  • Optimal Marketing and Pricing Over Social Networks – Monday, 2:00–5:30 PM
Chairs:
 Vahab Mirrokni, Google (USA)
Nicole Immorlica, Northwestern University (USA)
  • Applications of Open Search Tools – Monday, 2:00–5:30 PM
Chairs:
 Rosie Jones, Yahoo! (USA)
Ted Drake, Yahoo! (USA)
  • Web Search/Browse Log Mining: Challenges, Methods, and Applications – Monday, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM
Chairs:
 Daxin Jiang, Microsoft (China),
Jian Pei, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Hang Li, Microsoft (China)
  • Enterprise and Desktop Search – Tuesday, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM
Chairs:
 Pavel Dmitriev, Yahoo! (USA)
Pavel Serdyukov, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Sergey Chernov, L3S Research Center (Germany)
  • RESTful Web Services: Principles, Patterns, Emerging Technologies – Tuesday, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM
Chairs:
 Cesare Pautasso, Università di Lugano (Switzerland)
Erik Wilde, University of California at Berkeley (USA)
  • How to Consume Linked Data on the Web – Monday, 9:00 AM–12:30 PM
Chairs:
 Olaf Hartig, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany)
Juan Sequeda, University of Texas at Austin (USA)
Jamie Taylor, Metaweb Technologies (USA)
Patrick Sinclair, British Broadcasting Corporation (UK)