SIGIR 2007

This week had all the extremes! Organizing an event such as SIGIR takes a lot of preparation and, even then, things don't always work out the way they should. Projectors breaking down, electricity not working, student volunteers not showing up, and so on. But it was also a fantastic week, with attendance numbers skyrocketing, excellent papers, beautiful locations, and a lot of happy, very happy participants. Time was something I didn't have enough of over the last weeks. Besides co-organizing SIGIR, I did also submit a paper and three TREC runs. With little sleep I'm now happy that it's all over. Almost time for holidays.. Can't wait until Singapore..