CSC 9010: Search Technologies & Personal Information Management

Fall 2008



Date

Topic:
 readings and other resources

Assignment
Presenters
and materials
Aug. 27
Class overview
Academic Integrity

What is PIM? Some resources

Search: An information retrieval task. 
A brief overview of the Web Search model
Introduction to the principles of information retrieval.  Broad introduction to be continued after you have read about the subject.
Do the online
academic integrity quiz
Read Chapter 10 Information Retrieval and Descriptive Metadata  William Arms

Dr. Cassel
Intro to Information Retrieval
Sept. 3
Review and discussion of the William Arms chapter on Information Retrieval.
Examples and exercises relative to the Vector Model in information retrieval

Project team formations and planning for the semester projects
Read
Web Search Engines: Part 1 and Part 2
by David Hawking
They appear in IEEE Computer Magazine
Volume 39 Issues 6 and 8
Find them through the Villanova Library
Keep a record of your experience getting to these articles through the Falvey Library interface
Information Description and IR Concepts
Sept. 10
Web Search -- what we know

Preliminary project plans presented

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Sept. 17



Sept. 24



Oct. 1



Oct. 8



Oct. 15
Fall Break

Oct. 22



Oct. 29



Nov. 5



Nov. 12



Nov. 19



Nov. 26
Thanksgiving Break


Dec. 3



Dec. 10



Dec. 17
Finals week



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