Topic Detection and Tracking (TDT) research program started by the CIIR (jointly with DARPA, CMU, and Dragon Systems)

1997

Topic Detection and Tracking research program started in 1997 by the CIIR (jointly with DARPA, Carnegie Mellon University, and Dragon Systems) and continues to be an important research program. It investigates methods for organizing streams of broadcast news stories by the topics they discuss. The CIIR went on to become the lead site for organizing additional work in the area.