Information Retrieval, ir10A course in Computer Science focusing on basic theory, models, and methods for information retrieval.NewsMay 31: The course analysis can now be found under Course Analysis in the menu to the right. March 11: Thank you for a successful poster session with interesting discussions! The grades on the project will be communicated to you via email in the coming week. When you are ready to present the remaining assignments, contact either Hedvig or Johan via email. March 3: New information about the poster presentation is now added to the Project page. The time of the poster session is changed to February 21: There is only one talk today at 13.15, by Jussi Karlgren. The second talk today, by Hercules Dalianis, is cancelled due to illness. February 4: You can now reserve a time for examination of Assignment 3 (and, if you would like, for Assignments 1 and 2). Please book a 20 min time slot for examination, using this Doodle web form. Book one time slot for each assignment you would like to show. February 2: An article has been appended to the reading list of Lecture 11. Details about the articles can be found under Literature below. January 10: We urge all students to complete Assignments 1 and 2 as soon as possible. Please book a 20 min time slot for examination, using this Doodle web form. If you are unsure which assignments you have left, look in rapp.nada.kth.se/rapp. The reason why we want all students to be on time with the assignments, is that the examination of the project following the assignments will involve a great deal of student interaction. March 11 is therefore a very hard deadline. January 4: The projects have now been posted on the homepage. Please have a look at the instructions, and notify Hedvig via email about I) who are in your project group, II) what project you would like to work with. Several groups can work on the same project. Please plan your time so that the projects are ready (well) before March 11. Late projects have to wait to the next poster presentation (in the worst case, May 2012). January 3: The date for the final project presentations has changed. The presentations will now take place on Friday, March 11, 8.00-12-00 in room 304. January 3: Assignment 3 is now posted on the homepage, and will be examined February 8. December 16: The exam results are now published in rapp.nada.kth.se/rapp and will soon be available in LADOK. December 14: The exam, together with answer suggestions, is now available on the homepage, under Written Exam in the menu. Correction is under way, results to be expected by the end of this week. December 9: We urge all students to complete Assignments 1 and 2 before period 3 starts. Please send an email to Hedvig to set up a time for examination of the assignments. If you already showed assignments to Johan and were asked to make completions, please contact him instead. If you are unsure which assignments you have left, look in rapp.nada.kth.se/rapp. The reason why we want all students to be on time with the assignments, is that the examination of the project following the assignments will involve a great deal of student interaction. March 11 is therefore a very hard deadline. December 7: Assignment 2 will be examined December 9. Please book a 20 min time slot for examination, using this Doodle web form. Read the instructions before booking a time! December 7: The exam will only cover Manning Chapters 1-9, see Written Exam in the menu. November 30: Sub-assignment 2.2 is now posted on the homepage. November 24: Sub-assignment 2.1 is now posted on the homepage. Sub-assignment 2.2, the last part of Assignment 2, will be posted adfter the weekend. Assignment 2 will be examined December 9. November 16: Assignment 1 can be examined, either November 18 or November 25. Please book a 20 min time slot for examination, using this Doodle web form. Read the instructions before booking a time! November 15: Please re-read the instructions for sub-assignment 1.3, as there was an important piece of information missing before (now indicated in blue). November 11: Sub-assignment 1.3 will be posted on the homepage later today. We are sorry for the late announcement. Please contact Hedvig Kjellström or Johan Boye if you have any questions about the sub-assignment. Assignment 1 will be examined next Thursday, November 18, 8.00-10.00 in computer hall Grå. November 10: On Tuesday there is a talk of interest to you: Bending the curse of dimensionality. Björn Jónsson, Reykjavík University (www.ru.is/faculty/bjorn). Room Q26, November 16, 16.00. October 28: You can now start with Assignment 1. Please go to Computer Assignments in the menu. October 20: CSC has an administration system, Rapp, linked with LADOK. There, you can keep track of individual examination results before they are reported into LADOK. Please go to rapp.nada.kth.se/rapp and register as soon as possible. Learning OutcomesAfter completing the course you will be able to:
ContentBasic and advanced techniques for information systems: information extraction; efficient text indexing; indexing of non-text data; Boolean and vector space retrieval models; evaluation and interface issues; XML, structure of Web search engines; clustering, classification; spectral methods, random indexing; data mining.
Other ResourcesTo get an idea of state-of-the-art in Information Retrieval research and development, take a look at the program of the annual conference ACM SIGIR.ExaminationAssignmentsThe examination in the course is performed through:
GradingCourse grades are assigned according to the following (CA = computer assignment grade, WE = written exam grade, PA = project assignmnent grade):If CA = F, WE = F or PA = F, that part of the course has to be re-examined, until CA = P, WE >= E and PA >= E. The course grade is the average of WE and PA, according to the following:
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