DD2477 Search Engines and Information Retrieval Systems
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Completed courses in
- basic computer science, equivalent to one of the courses DD1338/DD1320/DD1321/DD1325/DD1327/ID1020/ID1021
- linear algebra, equivalent to one of the courses SF1624/SF1684/SF1672.
Active participation in a course offering where the final examination is not yet reported in LADOK is considered equivalent to completion of the course.
Registering for a course is counted as active participation. The term 'final examination' encompasses both the regular examination and the first re-examination.
Basic and advanced technologies for information retrieval, indexing and ranking; indexing of non-textual data; boolean models and vector space models for search; evaluation and user interface issues; the structure of Internet search engines.
After passing the course, the student shall be able to
- explain and use concepts in information retrieval such as indexing, ranking, boolean search model, vector space model
- implement methods for indexing, search, and ranking of a very large number of documents with hyperlinks
- use tools and software libraries for information retrieval
- be able to evaluate algorithms and systems for information retrieval
in order to be able to
- work for companies that specialise in information retrieval
- carry out a master's degree project in computer science with a specialisation in information retrieval
- be an important link between systems designers, programmers, and interaction designers in industry as well as in research projects.
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