INST 734
Information Retrieval Systems
Fall 2015
Module 7: Monday October 12 to Sunday October 18
This module focused on how behavior can be leveraged in a way that
indicates which documents a user might wish to see. The module is
designed to be completed in 12 hours over 7 days. As with every
module, you must complete all componentents of this module by midnight
on the evening of the indicated end date for the module.
Module Checklist
The recommended order for completing the activities in this module is:
Check ELMS to see if you have an additional reading summary assigned to you
this week. If so, complete that summary by midnight Thursday and
submit it using ELMS.
I
Love Alaska. This is a documentary, made in part to
illustrate the risks to online privacy, in which the only
spoken words are the queries of one AOL user. The trailer
starts to play when you load the page; the full video is
available below that, in segments. An ars technica story on "2006
AOL Search Data Snafu Spawns "I Love Alaska" short films"
explains the background.