In 2016 the UK eInformation Group (UKeiG), in partnership with the International Society for Knowledge Organisation UK (ISKO UK), the Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group (RSC CICAG) and the British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) was delighted to announce that the winner of the prestigious Tony Kent Strix Award was Maristella Agosti, Professor in Computer Science, Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padua, Italy. The Award is given in recognition of an outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of information retrieval.
Maristella Agosti is a Professor in Computer Science, Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padua, Italy. She has built a worldwide reputation for her work in many aspects of information retrieval and digital libraries. She was one of the first people to work in information retrieval in Italy where she acted as a catalyst for creating a vibrant and internationally recognised IR research community.
The annual lecture series is sponsored by Google. The lecture will be given at The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London on 20 October. The event is free to attend but advanced bookings are required as spaces are limited.
For more information about UKeiG and the Tony Kent Strix Award see the UKeiG website.