CSC 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Information Retrieval

4 credits (Fall)

Information retrieval (IR) is a field concerned with the structure, analysis, organization, storage, searching, and retrieval of information (Salton, 1968). The goal of an IR system is to retrieve relevant information based on the task (user needs) with minimum information overload and retrieval time. In this course, we plan to address the basic concepts and modeling tools in IR and study some recent research trends in the field: e.g., web search engine, link analysis, query expansion, question-answering, keyphrase extraction. Work will include programming assignments, written exercises, exams, and a group research project.

Prerequisite: CSC 161, STA 209, and CSC 208, MAT 208, or MAT 218.
Instructor: Hamid