Assignments
Assignments will be posted when assigned.
MiniTREC materials (login and password required)
- FT Database (gzipped tar file - over 200Mb.)
- Test Queries (gzipped file)
- Test QRELS (gzipped file)
- trec_eval source code (gzipped tar file)
- MiniTREC Queries (text file -- use "save link as file" to download)
MiniTREC Written Report
- In-Class Presentations April 29th
- No class during RRR week
- Written report due by or before May 15th (During Final Exam week) – 5-10 pages
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Content
- System description
- What approach/modifications were taken?
- results of official submissions (Mailed to you)
- results of “post-runs” – new runs with results using MINI_TREC_QRELS and trec_eval
Final Term Paper
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Should be about 8-15 pages on:
- some area of IR research (or practice) that you are interested in and want to study further
- Experimental tests of systems or IR algorithms
- Build an IR system, test it, and describe the system and its performance
- Due May 15th (Final exam Week)