CSCE 410/810

Class Schedule

 

Fundamentals

Week 1

Chapter 1: Introduction

 

Week 1, 2

Chapter 2: IR Models

Homework 1 assigned

Week 3

Chapter 3: Retrieval Evaluation

 

Week 4

Chapter 4: Query Languages

Chapter 5: Query Operations

Homework 1 due

Week 5

Chapter 7: Text Operations

 

Week 6

Chapter 8: Indexing and Searching

Homework 2 assigned

Week 7

Review

 

February 25

EXAM

 

           

Advanced Topics

Week 8

TREC, Handouts

Final Project assigned

Presentation assigned

Homework 2 due

Week 8

Chapter 9: Parallel and Distributed IR

Chapter 10: Multimedia IR

 

Week 9

Digital Libraries, Chapters 14 & 15, Handouts

Visual Information Retrieval, Handouts

 

Week 10

SPRING BREAK

 

Week 11

Chapter 13: Web Searches

Google

Spiders and Web Crawling, Handouts

 

 

Interdisciplinary Topics

Week 12, 13

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Handouts

Semantic Web, Handouts

Supporting Exploratory Search, Handouts

 

 

Seminar-based Presentations

Week 13, 14

Student Presentations

 

Week 14

Review of Final Project

 

 

May 5, 3:00 pm

 

Final Project due