58306310 Information Retrieval Research (3 cp) - seminar
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http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/linden/teaching/irr06/Teacher: University Lecturer Greger Lindén
Time: 7 Sep - 7 Dec 2006, Thu 10-12
Location: C222
Results
Results with some motivations.Information retrieval
The seminar will take up some research in information retrieval (IR). IR is the art and science of finding information, in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases.Selected topics from Moffat, Zobel and Hawking: Recommended Reading for IR Research Students. Presented at SWIRL '04. Url: http://www.sigir.org/forum/2005D/2005d_sigirforum_moffat.pdf
Also suggestions by students are taken into account.
Prerequisites: The course Information Retrieval Methods (6 cp) or corresponding.
Teaching forms
The seminar will meet once a week to listen to and discuss presentations by the students about information retrieval research. The seminar language is English. Each student writes a ten-page summary/survey of his or her subject. The paper should be returned two weeks before the seminar in electronic format (pdf). Two other students will review the paper and the student makes a final version for the presentation. The final paper will be published on the seminar page. The student gives a presentation of the paper and four other students act as opponenst. All other students are expected to take part in the discussion.Reviewers make comments on and corrections to draft papers.
Opponents are required to ask questiosn during the seminars. Other students should active, too.
Schedule
- 7 Sep: First meeting, topics, working forms, schedule
- 14 Sep, 28 Sep, 19 Oct, 26 Oct: No (scheduled) meetings
- 21 Sep: Short presentations à 10 minutes: What is your topic about.
Comments from others.
Presentations and topics
- 5 Oct: Miro Lehtonen: Similarity browsing
- 12 Oct: Free slot: if somebody suddenly shows up
- 2 Nov: Fredrik Boström: Personal Information Retrieval
- 9 Nov: Jussi Heinonen: Retrieving documents with no relevance information
- 16 Nov: Anna Pienimäki: Organised Evaluation in (Music) Information Retrieval: TREC and MIREX
- 23 Nov: Johan Brunberg: Geometric Methods for Music Information Retrieval Information Retrieval
- 30 Nov: Petteri Huuhka: Google: data structures and algorithms
- 7 Dec: Leena Salmela: Relevance Judgements
| Student | Reviewers | Opponents | Draft paper due | Comments due | Presentation |
| Miro | Petteri, Anna | Fredrik, Jussi H., Johan B. Leena | Draft paper | 28 Sep | Paper 5 Oct |
| Fredrik | Leena, Johan B. | Miro, Jussi, Anna, Petteri | Draft paper | 26 Oct | Paper 2 Nov |
| Jussi H. | Miro, Petteri | Fredrik, Anna, Johan B., Leena | Draft paper | 2 Nov | Paper 9 Nov |
| Anna | Fredrik, Leena | Miro, Jussi H., Johan B., Petteri | Draft paper | 9 Nov | Paper 16 Nov |
| Johan B. | Jussi H., Miro | Fredrik, Anna, Petteri, Leena | Draft paper | 16 Nov | Paper 23 Nov |
| Petteri | Anna, Fredrik | Miro, Jussi H., Johan B., Leena | Draft paper | 23 Nov | Paper 30 Nov |
| Leena | Johan B., Jussi H. | Miro, Fredrik, Anna, Petteri | Draft paper | 30 Nov | Paper 7 Dec |
Reviewers and opponents might change if additional students attend the seminar.
Registration
Registration is closed. Please contact the teacher..Assessment
Students will be graded based on a) their written work, b) their oral presentation, c) their activity (commenting on other students' work, participating in the discussion)Resources