Information Retrieval and the Internet
This teaching unit will be held online.
Introduction to IR problems; Boolean and Vector-Space models and variants; Evaluation; Indexing; Probabilistic models; Distributed IR; Cross-lingual IR; Web search and challenges;
The final mark is based on both a final written exam and the results of the practical exercises.
Details
Code | 32030 |
Type | Course |
ECTS | 5 |
Site | Neuchâtel |
Track(s) |
T3 – Advanced Information Processing |
Semester | A2020 |
Teaching
Learning Outcomes | The main objective of this course is to introduce the students to the problems of search engines and information retrieval (IR). IR deals with the representation, storage, organization of, and access to information items. These items could be references to real documents, documents themselves or even single paragraphs, as well as Web pages, spoken documents, images, pictures, music, video, etc.
Practical exercises will complete the theoretical presentation. |
Lecturer(s) |
Martin Braschler |
Language | english |
Course Page | The course page in ILIAS can be found at https://ilias.unibe.ch/goto_ilias3_unibe_crs_1841346.html. |
Schedules and Rooms
Period | Weekly |
Schedule | Wednesday, 14:15 - 18:00 |
Location | online |
Additional information
Comment | First Lecture |