Browse Hierarchy ECS736P: Information Retrieval

The field of information retrieval (IR) aims to provide techniques and tools to support effective and efficient access to large amounts of textual information (e.g. stored on the web, digital libraries, intranets). This involves representation, retrieval, presentation and user issues. The following topics will be covered: 1. Application of representation and retrieval approaches described in the Foundations of Information Retrieval module, Semester A, in the context of structured documents, in particular web documents, and digital libraries. 2. Databases & information retrieval, and logical models for information retrieval. 3. The organisation of documents according to categories (e.g. Yahoo directory) or their content to provide more effective presentation of the collection to the users. 4. The design of interfaces and visualisation tools that aim at supporting end-users in their search tasks. 5. User aspects, including the evaluation of IR systems according to user satisfaction, and the incorporation of user information seeking behaviour in the search task. The module consists of 3 hours per week of lectures for 12 weeks, including labs and tutorials.