CS848: Advanced Topics in Database Systems
Information Retrieval
Fall 2011


Instructor

Charles Clarke
Department of Computer Science
DC2597D
(519) 888-4567 x32184
claclark@plg.uwaterloo.ca
http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~claclark


Topics

The first half of the course provides a general introduction to information retrieval, including indexing, ranking and evaluation. In the second half of the course, we will focus on specific topics in information retrieval, particularly topics related to web search and data mining. Material presented by the instructor will be supplemented by student presentations.

Grading

Course text

Information Retrieval
Last Modified: August 29, 2010