Computer Science 791U - S-Adv Topics in Info Retrieval
Spring
2020
02
1.00
Razieh Rahimi
TU 2:30PM 4:00PM
UMass Amherst
52285
Computer Science Bldg rm 142
rrahimi@umass.edu
52248
A seminar in which students will read, present, and discuss research papers on recent and advanced topics in Information Retrieval. Students are expected to lead one or more discussions throughout the semester. This seminar covers recent research in Information Retrieval including neural IR, explainability and interpretability, conversational search, product and multimedia recommendation, and other research that is published within the past few years.
Open to Computer Science graduate students only. SECT 01=3 CR; SECT 02=1 CR. THE OPTION FOR 3 CREDITS INCLUDES A PROJECT WITH PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
Participants will be expected to read up to two papers per week. One or more attendees will be responsible for presenting a 10-15 minute summary of each paper and help lead discussion of the papers. When possible, researchers will be asked to relate their work to the papers. A prerequisite for this seminar is CMPSCI 646, the Information Retrieval course, or its equivalent. Contact Razieh Rahimi (rahimi@cs.umass.edu) if you are uncertain whether you have the necessary background. A project option is available for 3 credits with permission of instructor.
Participants will be expected to read up to two papers per week. One or more attendees will be responsible for presenting a 10-15 minute summary of each paper and help lead discussion of the papers. When possible, researchers will be asked to relate their work to the papers. A prerequisite for this seminar is CMPSCI 646, the Information Retrieval course, or its equivalent. Contact Razieh Rahimi (rahimi@cs.umass.edu) if you are uncertain whether you have the necessary background. A project option is available for 3 credits with permission of instructor.
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