IR and IE

Course Introduction (1.5 hours)

Part I -- Information Extraction

• Introduction to Information Extraction (2 hours)
• Semi-structured Web IE (3 hours)
• Free Text IE (3 hours)
• Annotation Free IE (3 hours)
• References

Project I -- Design and Implementation of an Information Extraction System

• Demo date: 10/28 -- 11/4
• Report: 11/18

Part II -- Information Retrieval

• Introduction to Conventional Text-Retrieval Systems: Chapter 1
• Evaluation: Chapter 3
• Text Operations: Chapter 7
• Indexing and Searching (File Structures): Chapter 8
• Modeling: Chapter 2
• Query Operations: Chapter 5
• IR on the WWW
• References

Project II -- Design and Implementation of an IR System

• Presentation: 12/16 -- 12/23
• Report Due: 12/30

Final Exam: 12/30 or 1/6