HW5 (optional) is posted.
HW4 rubric updated to match the Boston site.
Homework 4 is posted.
This course provides an overview of the important issues in information retrieval, and how those issues affect the design and implementation of search engine software. The course emphasizes the technology used in Web search engines and the information retrieval theories and concepts that underlie all search applications. Mathematical experience including basic probability is strongly desirable.
CS6200 36745 INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SEC 02 SPRING 2015 SEMESTER GRADUATE [SEA-2-HY] ROOMLecture notes and suggested further readings are available here.
Videos of the Boston lectures are available in the Dropbox Data link above. Contact a TA if you need the password.
There will be approximately six homework assignments. Each assignment will be worth the number of points specified in its rubric. Your grade will be the fraction of points obtained out of the total number possible.
You will submit your work by copying it into a Dropbox folder shared with the instructors and TAs. You will then meet with the TAs in person or online to demonstrate your code and answer questions about it. Your grade will be determined shortly after this demonstration.
important Please read and follow the Homework Instructions as soon as possible.
Assignments should be submitted by 10pm EST on the announced due date. Late submissions will be penalized by 20% per day late.
You may turn in one assignment late with no penalty during the semester. The penalty will automatically be waived for your first late assignment, no questions asked. However, no late assignment will be accepted after the beginning of the following lecture.
If you believe you have a valid reason for turning in an assignment late, please see the instructor in advance to obtain full credit.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the university's Academic Integrity Policy. You can find it at the OSCCR web site.
Please ensure that the work you submit is your own. If you're having trouble with the material, please ask questions on Piazza or come to our office hours for help. If you submit someone else's work as your own, or if you allow someone else to submit yours, you will get zero credit for that assignment and everyone involved will be reported to the university ethics board.
You may discuss the homework problems or projects with your classmates, the TA, and the instructor. You must acknowledge the people with whom you discussed your work, and you must write up your own solutions.
If you use any code copied from the Internet (e.g. Stack Overflow), you must provide proper attribution in a comment in your code. Any code not properly attributed will recieve zero credit. Any written sources used (apart from the text) must also be acknowledged.
If you have a disability-related need for reasonable academic accommodations in this course and have not yet met with a Disability Specialist, please visit http://www.northeastern.edu/drc and follow the outlined procedure to request services.
If the Disability Resource Center has formally approved you for an academic accommodation in this class, please present the instructor with your “Professor Notification Letter” during the first week of the semester, so that we can address your specific needs as early as possible.