1st CFP: Opinion Extraction and Question Answering from CryptoCurrency-Related Youtube Posts (CryptOQA): FIRE 2025 track

[Kripa Ghosh]

Apologies for multiple posting

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 Opinion Extraction and Question Answering  from CryptoCurrency-Related YouTube Posts (CryptOQA)

https://sites.google.com/view/cryptoqa-2025/

Track in conjunction with the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation (FIRE 2025 - http://fire.irsi.org.in/), IIT BHU

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We are thrilled to announce the CryptoQA track, hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, at FIRE 2025 – the 17th annual meeting of the prestigious Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation.

The CryptoQA track aims to identify different categories of posts published on social media related to CryptoCurrencies. Further, it will try to find out the answers to cryptocurrency-related questions.

This track presents a unique opportunity for researchers, students, and professionals to showcase their expertise in IR, natural language processing, and machine learning. Join us at FIRE 2025 and be part of this exciting endeavor. We look forward to your participation and contributions to this exciting track! 

The competition comprises two distinct tasks, each focusing on a specific aspect of the problem:
Task 1: Classify social media posts into either subjective or objective categories
Task 2: Identify whether a post’s sentiment is positive, negative, or neutral.

This track presents a unique opportunity for researchers, students, and professionals to showcase their expertise in IR, natural language processing, and machine learning. Join us at FIRE 2025 and be part of this exciting endeavor. We look forward to your participation and contributions to this exciting track!

*** Organizers ***

Koustav Rudra, IIT Kharagpur

Somrupa Sarkar, IIT Kharagpur

Kripabandhu Ghosh,  IISER Kolkata

Kind Regards,

Kripabandhu Ghosh 

Assistant Professor,

Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS),

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata

Mohanpur, Nadia-741246, West Bengal
INDIA

Adjunct Faculty,

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT),

DA-IICT Road, Gandhinagar-382 007, Gujarat 

INDIA

Adjunct Professor,

West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS),

12, LB Block, Sector III, Salt Lake City Kolkata – 700106

INDIA

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