Information Retrieval

Catalog description

An introduction to the theories and techniques used to construct search engines. Topics include search interfaces, traditional retrieval models (e.g., TF-IDF, BM25), modern retrieval techniques (e.g., neural reranking and retrieval), search engine evaluation, and search applications (e.g., conversational IR, enterprise search). Students will also review current IR research, provide written summaries of current research papers, and complete a group project in which they will design and execute experiments for search engine components.