Undergraduate Course: Text Technologies (Level 10) (INFR10025)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Informatics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Informatics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/tts |
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| Course description |
The course deals with retrieval technologies behind search engines, such as Google. The course will aim to strike a balance between theoretical and system-related aspects of the field. The course will cover:
1. Theoretical aspects, including properties of text, queries, relevance, major retrieval models and evaluation;
2. System-related aspects, including crawlers, text processing, index construction and retrieval algorithms; and
3. Applications, including cross-language and multi-media search.
The same material will be covered in the level 10 and level 11 versions of the course. Level 11 students should expect more challenging assignments and an increased programming load. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Informatics 2A - Processing Formal and Natural Languages (INFR08008)
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
Students MUST NOT also be taking
Text Technologies (Level 11) (INFR11027)
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Other requirements |
For Informatics PG and final year MInf students only, or by special permission of the School.
This course has the following mathematics prerequisites:
1. Probability theory: random variables, expectation, joint and conditional probabilities; discrete and continuous univariate distributions. [at the level of MI1 and MI4]
2. Algebra: definition of vectors and matrices; vector addition and inner product; matrix multiplication. [at the level of MI2]
3. Calculus: functions of several variables, univariate integrals and derivatives, univariate maxima and minima. [at the level of MI1]
4. Special functions: log, exp [at the level of MI1]
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 12:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Room 2.13, Old Infirmary Building, High School Yards |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 12:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Room 2.13, Old Infirmary Building, High School Yards |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Describe the main algorithms for processing, storing and retrieving text.
2 - Show familiarity with theoretical aspects of IR, including the major retrieval models.
3 - Discuss the range of issues involved in building a real search engine
4 - Evaluate the effectiveness of a retrieval algorithm |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 70
Assessed Assignments 30
Oral Presentations 0
Assessment
There will be a final exam, contributing 70% of the course mark. The remaining 30% will be assessed through a combination of problem sets and programming exercises involving application of existing algorithms and evalution techniques.
If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Amos Storkey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1208
Email: A.Storkey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Kate Weston
Tel: (0131 6)50 2701
Email: Kate.Weston@ed.ac.uk |
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