Publications

2013

  • G.Ramirez, WANTED: Focused Queries for Focused Retrieval. In Proceedings of the 35th European Conference in Information Retrieval (ECIR 2013).

2012

  • Q. Wang, J. Kamps, G.Ramirez Camps, M. Marx, A. Schuth, M. Theobald, S. Gurajada, and A. Mishra, Overview of the INEX 2012 Linked Data Track. In CLEF 2012 Evaluation Labs and Workshops, Online Working Notes. ISBN: 978-88-904810-3-1.
  • P. Bellot, T. Chappell, A. Doucet, S. Geva, J. Kamps, G. Kazai, M. Koolen, M. Landoni, M. Marx, V. Moriceau, . Mothe, . Ramirez, M. Sanderson, E. Sanjuan, F. Scholer, X. Tannier, M. Theobald, M. Trappett, A. Trotman, and Q. Wang, Report on INEX 2011. In SIGIR Forum, 46(1):33-42, June 2012. [PDF] [summary]
  • Q. Wang, G. Ramirez, M. Marx, M. Theobald, J. Kaamps, Overview of the INEX 2011 Data-Centric Track. In Proceedings of the Tenth Workshop of the INitiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval (INEX 2011). [PDF] [summary]
  • G. Ramirez, UPF at INEX 2011: Books and Social Search Track and Data-Centric Track. In Proceedings of the Tenth Workshop of the INitiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval (INEX 2011). [PDF] [summary]

2011

  • G. Ramirez, UPF at INEX 2010: Towards Query-Type Based Focused Retrieval. In Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop of the INitiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval (INEX 2010). [PDF] [summary]

2009

  • G. Ramirez, Processing Overlaps. In Encyclopedia of Database Systems, 2009. Özsu, M. Tamer; Liu, Ling (Eds.). ISBN: 978-0-387-35544-3. [PDF] [summary]

2008

  • R. van Zwol, V. Murdock, Ll. Garcia Pueyo, and G. Ramirez, Diversifying Image Search with User Generated Content. In Proceedings of the 1st ACM Conference on Multimedia Information Retrieval, (MIR 2008).
  • R. van Zwol, Ll. Garcia, G. Ramirez, B. Sigurbjornsson, and M. Labad, Video Tag Game . In Proceedings of the 17th ACM International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2008).

2007

  • G. Ramirez, Structural Features in XML Retrieval. PhD thesis. University of Amsterdam, 2007. ISBN 978-90-9022410-7. [PDF] [summary] [BIBTeX]

2006

  • G. Ramirez and A.P de Vries, Relevant Contextual Features in XML Retrieval . In Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on Information Interaction in Context (IIiX 2006). [PDF] [abstract][BIBTeX]
  • G. Ramirez, The Role of Non-Content Features in XML Retrieval . In 1st Symposium on Information Interaction in Context (IIiX 2006) - Doctoral Forum. [PDF] [abstract]
  • G. Ramirez, T. Westerveld, and A.P de Vries, Using Small XML Elements to Support Relevance. Poster paper in Proceedings of the 29th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2006). [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • H.E. Blok, V. Mihajlovic, G. Ramirez, T. Westerveld, D. Hiemstra, and A.P de Vries, The TIJAH XML Information Retrieval System. Demo paper in Proceedings of the 29th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2006). [PDF] [BIBTeX]
  • G. Ramirez, T. Westerveld, and A.P de Vries, Using Structural Relationships for Focused XML Retrieval. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems (FQAS 2006). [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • V. Mihajlovic, G. Ramirez, T. Westerveld, D. Hiemstra, H.E. Blok and A.P de Vries, TIJAH Scratches INEX 2005: Vague Element Selection, Image Search, Overlap, and Relevance Feedback. In Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop of the INitiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval (INEX 2005). [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • H. Rode, G. Ramirez, T. Westerveld, D. Hiemstra and A.P de Vries, The Lowlands' TREC Experiments 2005. In Proceedings of the 14th Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2005). [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]

2005

  • G. Ramirez, User Needs and Strategies in Structured Information Retrieval. In ECDL 2005 - Doctoral Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 2005. [PDF] [abstract] [Extended Abstract]
    A slightly improved version, called Search Tasks and Retrieval Strategies in Structured Information Retrieval, can be found in the TCDL Bulletin, volume 2 issue 2, 2006. [TCDL version]
  • G. Ramirez and T. Westerveld and A.P. de Vries, Structural Features in Content Oriented XML Retrieval. Poster at CIKM 2005, Bremen, Germany, 2005. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • G.Ramirez and A.P. de Vries, XML and Context: Structural Features Relevant to Search Tasks. In Information Retrieval in Context, IRiX'05, SIGIR 2005 Workshop. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • T.Westerveld and A.P. de Vries and G.Ramirez, Surface features in video retrieval. In 3rd International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, AMR'05, Glasgow, UK, 2005. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • J. List and V.Mihajlovic and G.Ramirez and A.P. de Vries and D. Hiemstra and H.E. Blok, TIJAH: Embracing IR Methods in XML Database. In Information Retrieval journal, volume 8, number 4, December 2005, pages 547-570. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • G. Ramirez and T. Westerveld and A.P. de Vries, Structural Features in Content Oriented XML Retrieval. Technical Report, INS-E0508, CWI, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam, 2005. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • V. Mihajlovic and G. Ramirez and A. P. de Vries and D. Hiemstra and H. E. Blok, TIJAH at INEX 2004: Modeling Phrases and Relevance Feedback. In Advances in XML Information Retrieval. Third Workshop of the INitiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval (INEX 2004), Springer-Verlag, volume 3493, 1005. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]

2004

  • G. Ramirez and A.P de Vries, Combining Indexing Schemes to Accelerate Querying XML on Content and Structure. In Proceedings of the Twente Data Management Workshop (TDM 2004), pp 44-51, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 2004. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]
  • J. List and V. Mihajlovic and A. P. de Vries and G. Ramirez and D. Hiemstra, The TIJAH XML-IR system at INEX 2003. In Proceedings of the 2nd Initiative on the Evaluation of XML Retrieval (INEX 2003)), ERCIM Workshop Proceedings, pages 102-109, 2004. [PDF] [abstract] [BIBTeX]