Description: Study of information retrieval and question answering techniques, including document classification, retrieval and evaluation techniques, handling of large data collections, and the use of feedback.

Textbooks:

This course did not require a textbook.

::: See bookshelf for all texts :::

Concepts:

  • Retrieval and Filtering
  • Information, Info Use, Decision Making, and Fiction
  • Media & Collections
  • Probability, logic, inference and deduction
  • Indexing
  • Retrieval Performance
  • Similarities
  • Term & Feature Dependence
  • Clustering
  • Natural Language for IR
  • Relational Databases & IR
  • Browsing
  • Web Navigation
  • Digital Libraries
  • Distributed Data & Searching
  • Image & Audio IR
  • Information Representation
  • Security & Cryptography
  • Knowledge Management, IR in Business, and Managing IR Systems