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LBSC 796/CMSC 828o
Information Retrieval Systems
Spring 2004
Syllabus

For each session this syllabus shows the top-level topics that we plan to cover, the chapter in the text (Interactive Information Access) and links to other required readings that should be read by all students before class and the assignments that students registered for LBSC 796 or CMSC 828o are required to complete. All homework and programming assignments are due at the beginning of class. The slides link will take you to the Powerpoint slides for the indicated session, and a link to video for each session will provided when possible (sometimes the RealVideo recording does not work).
Session Date Topic Instructor Required
Reading 		Recommended
Reading 		LBSC 796
Assignment
Due Today 		CMSC 828o
Assignment
Due Today 		Slides Video
1
Jan 26
 Cancelled!              
2
Feb 2
 Structure of IR Systems
Evidence from Terms 		Resnik
2
2
    
2
2
3
Feb 9
 Vector Space Models Oard
3
3
    
3
3
4
Feb 16
 Language Models Oard
4
4
    
4
4
5
Feb 23
 Evidence from Behavior Oard
5
5
H1
P1
5
5
6
Mar 1
 Evidence from Metadata Oard
6
6
H2
P2
6
6
7
Mar 8
 User Interaction He
7
7
    
7
7
8
Mar 15
 Evaluation Oard
8
8
    
8
8
 
Mar 22
 Spring Break              
9
Mar 29
 Indexing Oard
9
9
H3
P3
9
9
10
Apr 5
 Cross-Language Retrieval Wang
10
10
    
10
10
11
Apr 12
 Document Image Retrieval Oard
11
11
    
11
11
12
Apr 19
 Speech and Music retrieval Oard
12
12
    
12
12
13
Apr 26
 Photograph and Video Retrieval Oard
13
13
    
13
13
14
May 3
 Project Reports Oard    
T
T
  
14
15
May 10
 Final Exam              

Key:
H = homework assignment
P = programming assignment
T = term project

Doug Oard
Last modified: Sun Apr 18 19:15:32 2004