INST 734
Information Retrieval Systems
Spring 2018
Module 13: Monday April 30 to Sunday May 6

This module focused on images, and in particular on photographs and video. 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:
  1. View the introductory video for this module.
  2. Make progress on your project! This is a two-week module, the first week of which includes the Thanksgiving break. Only 5 hours of work is expected from you in that first partial week, all of which should be allocated to your project.
  3. Read chapter 3 of Rueger's book. Section 3.7 contains only exercises, which you can skip.
  4. View the first reading commentary video.
  5. Read chapter 3 of Snoek and Worring's book.
  6. View the second reading commentary video.
  7. Read the Over et al. overview paper on TRECVid.
  8. View the third reading commentary video.
  9. Check ELMS to see if you have an additional reading summary assigned to you this week. If so, complete that summary by midnight Thursday December 4 and submit it using ELMS.
  10. View the Image Retrieval lecture video.
  11. View the Video Retrieval lecture video.
  12. View the Multimedia Retrieval lecture video.
  13. On Friday December 4 (or later), read the additional reading summaries that were prepared by your classmates for this module.
  14. Don't forget to post at least one substantive comment to this module's discussion forum.
  15. Read Project Assignment P11 if you are doing an instructor-designed batch project or Project Assignment P13 if you are doing an instruor-designed user study project.
  16. Watch the exercise explanation video for Project Assignment P11 or P13 if you are doing an instrutor designed project.
  17. Complete Project Assignment P11 if you are doing an instructor-designed batch project or Project Assignment P13 if you are doing an instructor-designed user study project. Submit your results using ELMS.
  18. If you want to hear some of the topics in this module presented differently, consider viewing parts of the optional supplementary videos.

Readings

This week we have three reading assignments.

Summaries of Additional Readings

 Additional readings are assigned to five students. All students should read the five summaries once they are posted to ELMS.

Videos

Here are the videos for this module:

Project Assignment P13

Finally, complete Project Assignment P13. Like all assignments that you are asked to turn in, this is due at midnight on the last day of the module.
Doug Oard
Last modified: Sat Apr 28 12:39:35 2018