| Wk | Topics | Deliverables | Notes | Readings |
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| Fundamentals, Interfaces, and Evaluation | ||||
| 1 | Search Interface and Engine Overview |
First Class: Tues. Aug. 27th |
Hearst Chs. 1 & 5 Croft et. al, Chs. 1 & 2 |
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| 2 | Search Engine Evaluation |
Assign 1 due (Fri 5pm) |
Croft Ch. 8 Manning Ch. 8 |
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| 3 | Information Seeking Models | Hearst Ch. 3 |
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| 4 | Boolean Search Inverted Indices | Assign 2 due | Thurs: Behrooz (TA) Lectures | Manning Chs. 1 & 2 Croft 5.3 |
| 5 | Text Processing and Analysis | Tu/Th: Behrooz (TA) Lectures Thurs: Career Fair Interviews |
Croft Ch. 4 Hearst Ch. 11 |
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| 6 | Interface Design & Evaluation |
Hearst Ch. 2, Ch. 7 [opt: skim Chs. 4-6 ] |
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| 7 | Indexing | Assign 3 due Proj 1 assigned |
Manning Ch. 4, 5 Croft. Ch. 5.4-5.7 |
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| Ad-hoc Text Search | ||||
| 8 | Indexing, cont'd | Tues: No class | ||
| 9 | Query expansion and results presentation |
Proj 1 due Thurs: Proj1 presentations |
Croft Ch. 6 | |
| 10 | Retrieval models | Croft Ch. 7 | ||
| 11 | Retrieval models, cont'd | Proj 2 assigned | ||
| 12 | Retrieval models, cont'd | Assign 4 due | ||
| Machine Learning for IR and Research Topics | ||||
| 13 | Classification | Thurs: Proj2 presentations |
Croft Ch. 9 | |
| 14 | Research topics, I | Proj 2 due Proj 3 assigned |
Thurs: No Class (Thanksgiving) | |
| 15 | Research topics, II | Assign 5 due | Last Class: Thurs. Dec. 5th | |
| 16 | (Exams: no classes) | Friday: Proj3 presentations | Project presentations ('exam') Friday, Dec. 13, 1:30-4pm (regular classroom) |
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| 17 | (Exams: no classes) | Monday: Project 3 due | ||