Information Retrieval is the science behind search technology. Certainly, the most visible instances are the large Web Search engines, the likes of Google and Bing, but information retrieval appears everywhere we have to deal with unstructured data (e.g. free text). The focus of this lecture will be on text IR and music IR.
The objective of this course is to teach students the basics (only a brief introduction) and advanced concepts of Information Retrieval. More specifically, the students should:
Differences to the Grundlagen des IR Course (188.977)
Lectures (20 h)
Exercises (40 h)
Exam (15 h)
Total (75 h)