Schedule, notes, etc.

Notes are provided as 2-up PDF copies of the PowerPoint slides. The topics shown on each day are tentative and may shift depending on the needs of the class.

Class#

Date

Topic

1

Tues, Sept 4

Administrivia and introduction, including a very simple version of language models to ground the class.

2

Thurs, Sept 6

Basics of evaluation of IR systems, including recall, precision, the E&F measures, and various averages.

3

Tues, Sept 11

Boolean and language model retrieval models. HW1 due (on paper in the professor's mailbox by 5pm).

4

Thurs, Sept 13

Vector space and LSI retrieval models.

Mon, Sept 17 P1a due

5

Tues, Sept 18

Indexing model, including term weighting.

6

Thurs, Sept 20

Estimating term probabilities, start file organization. P1b due

7

Tues, Sept 25

Finish file organization, how to do an IR experiment with Indri.

8

Thurs, Sept 27

Compression and Zipf's and Heap's laws.

9

Tues, Oct 2

Complete compression

10

Thurs, Oct 4

Creating clusters, HW2 due.

1

Tues, Oct 9

Monday schedule followed. No class. P1c due.

11

Thurs, Oct 11

Using clusters for IR.

12

Tues, Oct 16

Cross-language IR.

13

Thurs, Oct 18

Relevance feedback, P1d due.

14

Tues, Oct 23

Question answering, quick list of topics that might be on midterm. HW3 due

15

Thurs, Oct 25

In-class, open notes midterm.

16

Tues, Oct 30

Classic probabilistic model and relevance models.

17

Thurs, Nov 1

Interactive IR. Mark Smucker talked about TREC ciQA, and then there was a presentation on visualization and interactive IR.

18

Tues, Nov 6

No class. P1e due.

19

Thurs, Nov 8

No class.

20

Tues, Nov 13

MapReduce and its ilk. P2a due

21

Thurs, Nov 15

Ben Carterette guest lecture on minimal test collections (on-line slides contain more material than was covered in class). P1f due

22

Tues, Nov 20

Project part 1 presentations (P1g)

Weds, Nov 21 Not a class day. P1h (project write-up) due by noon.

Thurs, Nov 22

Thanksgiving Day. No class.

23

Tues, Nov 27

Issues in Web retrieval

24

Thurs, Nov 29

Spoken document retrieval

25

Tues, Dec 4

Learning to rank; a bit of review material

26

Thurs, Dec 6

Guest presentation by Manmatha on multimedia issues

Tues, Dec 11
No class.

27

Thurs, Dec 13

P2b presentations. Class will start at 11:00 (note unusual starting time). It ended when the presentations were complete, roughly 2:00, despite the snowstorm.

Fri, Dec 14 Not a class day. P2c due.

Take-home Final exam and HW4

Class#	Date	Topic
1	Tues, Sept 4	Administrivia and introduction, including a very simple version of language models to ground the class.
2	Thurs, Sept 6	Basics of evaluation of IR systems, including recall, precision, the E&F measures, and various averages.
3	Tues, Sept 11	Boolean and language model retrieval models. HW1 due (on paper in the professor's mailbox by 5pm).
4	Thurs, Sept 13	Vector space and LSI retrieval models.
	Mon, Sept 17	P1a due
5	Tues, Sept 18	Indexing model, including term weighting.
6	Thurs, Sept 20	Estimating term probabilities, start file organization. P1b due
7	Tues, Sept 25	Finish file organization, how to do an IR experiment with Indri.
8	Thurs, Sept 27	Compression and Zipf's and Heap's laws.
9	Tues, Oct 2	Complete compression
10	Thurs, Oct 4	Creating clusters, HW2 due.
1	Tues, Oct 9	Monday schedule followed. No class. P1c due.
11	Thurs, Oct 11	Using clusters for IR.
12	Tues, Oct 16	Cross-language IR.
13	Thurs, Oct 18	Relevance feedback, P1d due.
14	Tues, Oct 23	Question answering, quick list of topics that might be on midterm. HW3 due
15	Thurs, Oct 25	In-class, open notes midterm.
16	Tues, Oct 30	Classic probabilistic model and relevance models.
17	Thurs, Nov 1	Interactive IR. Mark Smucker talked about TREC ciQA, and then there was a presentation on visualization and interactive IR.
18	Tues, Nov 6	No class. P1e due.
19	Thurs, Nov 8	No class.
20	Tues, Nov 13	MapReduce and its ilk. P2a due
21	Thurs, Nov 15	Ben Carterette guest lecture on minimal test collections (on-line slides contain more material than was covered in class). P1f due
22	Tues, Nov 20	Project part 1 presentations (P1g)
	Weds, Nov 21	Not a class day. P1h (project write-up) due by noon.
	Thurs, Nov 22	Thanksgiving Day. No class.
23	Tues, Nov 27	Issues in Web retrieval
24	Thurs, Nov 29	Spoken document retrieval
25	Tues, Dec 4	Learning to rank; a bit of review material
26	Thurs, Dec 6	Guest presentation by Manmatha on multimedia issues
	Tues, Dec 11	No class.
27	Thurs, Dec 13	P2b presentations. Class will start at 11:00 (note unusual starting time). It ended when the presentations were complete, roughly 2:00, despite the snowstorm.
	Fri, Dec 14	Not a class day. P2c due.
	Take-home	Final exam and HW4