SIMS 296a-3:
Current Topics in Information Access

Schedule and Lectures


 

Overview

Schedule & Lectures

Readings & Assignments

Pre-Requisites

Sept 2: Introduction  
    Discussion Leader: Marti Hearst
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    Readings: IS 202 Reader

Sept 9: IR Background  

Sept 16: UI Background  

    Discussion Leader: Marti Hearst
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    Readings: IS 202 Reader, esp. Bates 90
Sept 23: User Interfaces using Categories and Subject Codes
    Discussion Leader: Alison Brandt
    Readings: Borgman 96, Pollitt 97, Hearst 97

Sept 30: Aids for Source Selection

    Discussion Leader: Carol Butler
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    Readings: Sections 1-4 of UIIA chapter, Howe & Dreilinger 97, Kleinberg et al. 97, Chen et al. 97

Oct 7: Support for the Dynamic Process, History Mechanisms

    Discussion Leader: Vijayshankar Raman
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    Readings: Roth et al. 97, Cousins et al. 97, Hendry & Harper 97, Bederson et al. 98, Sections 5-9 of UIIA chapter

Oct 14: Intro to Automated Assistants

    Discussion Leader: Hao Chen
    Readings: Brenner, Zarnekow, and Wittig '98, Chs 3&4, Shneiderman '95.

Oct 21: (Agents for) Incorporating Personal Information

    Discussion Leader: Brent Chun
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    Readings: Freeman & Fertig 95, Kozierok & Maes 93, Sahami 98, Lieberman 95.

Oct 28: Tradeoffs between Automated and User Control

    Discussion Leader: Barbara Stone
    Readings: Bates 89, St. Amant 97

Nov 4: Text Data Mining: Intro

    Discussion Leader: Hao Chen
    Readings: Fayyad et al., Imielinski & Mannila, Hearst talk, skim Glymour et al.

Nov 11: TDM: Visualizing Large Collections

    Discussion Leader: Owen McGrath
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    Readings: Wise et al. 95, Eick 96, Mukherjea et al. 95, Rennison 94, Lagus et al. 96.

Nov 18: TDM: Chains and Associations

    Discussion Leader: Ketan Patel
    Readings: Dagan et al. 95, Swanson & Smalheiser 97

Nov 25: Image Retrieval I

    Discussion Leader: Ame Elliott
    Readings: Domashek & Kolodner 92, Layne 94, Gross et al. 94, Price 92.

Dec 2: Image Retrieval II

    Discussion Leader: Chad Carson
    Readings: Srihari 95, Smith et al. 97, Carson et al. 99 (ppt)
    Two more talks by Chad:
    A related talk on BlobWorld
    A related recent vision talk

Dec 9: Class Presentations. Schedule:
2:10-2:25 Ame Elliott User Interfaces for Architecture Databases
2:30-2:45 Brent Chun Recognizing Abuse in Collaborative Filtering Systems
2:50-3:20 (Advisor: M. Hearst) The LINDI Text Data Mining Project:
Ketan Mayer-Patel Overview and Data Structure Definition for a Text Data Mining System
Vijayshankar Raman Maintaining History of Interaction in a Text Data Mining System
Hao Chen A Java-Based User Interface for a Text Data Mining System
3:25-3:40 Owen McGrath Information Retrieval and Language/Literary Education
3:45-4:00 Carol Butler User Interface Website Design for an XML-based Investment Information System