NTCIR -8 Meeting and Project Evaluation Form

- Please take a few minutes to fill out the following questionnaire. It will help the future NTCIR workshops.
- Please answer in English or Japanese and send it by e-mail to ntc-secretariat at nii.ac.jp.

=== Questions for all participants (from Q1 to Q14) ===Q1. How did you hear about NTCIR?
a.

NTCIR Websiteb.

Mailing list [name:]c.

Conference [name:]d.

Journal [name:]e.

Other [please specify:]

Q2. Meeting schedule (4 days including Tutorial and EVIA workshop)a.

Goodb.

Too longc.

Too short

Comments:

Q3. Venue (e.g., Layout of rooms)a.

Goodb.

Can be improved(How:)

Comments:

Q4. Time tablea.

Goodb.

Can be improved(How:)

Comments:

Q5. Time schedule for oral/poster presentationsa.

Goodb.

Too longc.

b.

Can be improved

Too short

Comments:

Q6. Tutorialsa.

Good(How:c.

)

Not participate

Comments:

Q7. EVIA: The Third International Workshop on Evaluating Information Accessa.

Goodb.

(How:c.

Not participate

Comments:Can be improved)

Q8. Invited talksa.

Goodb.

Can be improved(How:)

Comments (including your recommending speakers for the next meeting)Q9. Equipments for presentationsa.

Goodb.

Can be improved(How:)

Comments:

Q10. Next NTCIR-9 ScheduleA) Cycle:

one yearc.

two yearsB) Date: a.

a.

December 2011

one and a half yearsb.

January 2012c.

others (C) Location:a.

b.

Elsewhere (please specify:NII, Tokyob.

d.

others ()))

Q11. Would you care to be called upon to serve on some volunteer positions for NTCIR, such as committee members, taskorganizers, advisers, and guest speakers?
a.

Yesb.

No

If yes, please give us your name, affiliation and e-mail address
Name:

Affiliation:

E-mail address:
Comments:

Q12.Would you care to be called upon as a sponsor or advertiser for NTCIR?
a.

Yesb.

No

If yes, please give us your name, affiliation and e-mail address
Name:

Affiliation:

E-mail address:
Comments:

Q13. General comments

Q14.Please tell us about your relationship to the NTCIR-8 workshop
You are:a.

A Registered NTCIR-8 task participant that submitted resultsb.

A Registered NTCIR-8 task participant that did not submit results(Why not?
c.

(Why not?
d.

)

A Past Task participant that did not participate in NTCIR-8)

never participated in NTCIR evaluation before(Why not?
e.

A NTCIR test collection userf.

NTCIR-8 Meeting Attendeeg.

Other (Please describe:))=== Questions for task participants (from Q15 to Q25) ===Please give your comments on the process of the NTCIR Project, not only on the meeting.
Q15 How did you hear about the Call for Participation to the task(s)?
a.

NTCIR Websiteb.

Mailing list [name:]c.

Conference [name:]d.

Journal [name:]e.

Other [please specify:]※From Q16 to Q22, please choose among your task(s). If you choose “Can be improved,” please fill out the comments.
Q16 Data Distributiona.

Good ( CCLQA,

IR4QA,b.

Can be improved ( CCLQA,GEOTIME,MOAT,

PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

IR4QA,GEOTIME,

MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,GEOTIME,

MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

IR4QA,GEOTIME,

MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,GEOTIME,

MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

IR4QA,GEOTIME,MOAT,

PATMN,PATMT,GEOTIME,MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

IR4QA,GEOTIME,MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,GEOTIME,MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

IR4QA,GEOTIME,MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

Comments:

Q17. Task designa.

Good ( CCLQA,IR4QA,b.

Can be improved ( CCLQA,CQA)

Comments:

Q18. Announcementa.

Good ( CCLQA,IR4QA,b.

Can be improved ( CCLQA,CQA)

Comments:

Q19. Evaluation method(s)a.

Good ( CCLQA,b.

Can be improved ( CCLQA,IR4QA,CQA)

Comments:

Q20. Task schedulea.

Good ( CCLQA,

IR4QA,b.

Can be improved ( CCLQA,CQA)

Comments:

Q21. Sharing raw submission data (submission results from other participants) in NTCIR-8
a.

Good ( CCLQA,b.

Can be improved ( CCLQA,

Comments:

IR4QA,GEOTIME,MOAT,

PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

IR4QA,GEOTIME,MOAT,PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

Q22. Did you use raw submission data for post submission analysis?
a.

Yes ( CCLQA,IR4QA,GEOTIME,

MOAT,b.

No ( CCLQA,

IR4QA,GEOTIME,

MOAT,

c.

Plan to use in future work ( CCLQA,IR4QA,PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

GEOTIME,MOAT, PATMN,PATMT,CQA)

Q23. Travel supporta.

Goodb.

Can be improved(How:)

Q24. Task proposal schedule for NTCIR-8
a.

Goodb.

Can be improved(How:)

Comments:

Q25. Other comments (If you can afford, please write up your name and contact address here.)Thank you very much.