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The document outlines the course 'Introduction to Information Retrieval' (CS276) taught by Christopher Manning and Pandu Nayak, detailing course logistics, required work, and evaluation methods. Students will engage in problem sets, programming assignments, and a final exam, with a focus on efficient text indexing, retrieval models, and web search techniques. The course aims to cover various topics including document clustering, classification, and evaluation of information retrieval systems.

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Lecture1 Course Intro

The document outlines the course 'Introduction to Information Retrieval' (CS276) taught by Christopher Manning and Pandu Nayak, detailing course logistics, required work, and evaluation methods. Students will engage in problem sets, programming assignments, and a final exam, with a focus on efficient text indexing, retrieval models, and web search techniques. The course aims to cover various topics including document clustering, classification, and evaluation of information retrieval systems.

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Introduction to Information Retrieval

Introduction to
Information Retrieval
CS276
Information Retrieval and Web Search
Christopher Manning and Pandu Nayak
Lecture 1: Introduction
Introduction to Information Retrieval

Course logistics in brief


 Instructors: Christopher Manning and Pandu Nayak
 TAs:
 Ashwin Paranjape (Head TA)
 Chris Chute
 Fei Jia
 Rohan Sampath
 Time: TuTh 4:30–5:50, Gates B01 ( SCPD video)
 Class webpage: http://cs276.stanford.edu/
 Will have office hours, etc. (starting next week)

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Introduction to Information Retrieval

Work for the class


 Required work:
 2 problem sets @ 10% = 20%
 3 programming assignments, 3rd one larger than first two:
 @ 13%, 13%, 20% = 46%
 Final exam: 30%
 Class participation: 4%
 2% for (on-campus) attending guest lectures in person or (SCPD,
unavoidable absences) writing reaction paragraph
 2% for Piazza participation, mid-quarter survey completion, and/or
being present and active in class
 Problem sets and assignments
 Due at: 4pm, either Tue (early in course) or Thu (later on)
 Assignments in Python this year
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Introduction to Information Retrieval

What do we hope to teach?


 How to do efficient (fast, compact) text indexing
 Retrieval models: Boolean, vector-space, probabilistic,
and machine learning models
 Evaluation and IR interface issues
 Document clustering and classification
 Search on the web, including crawling, link-based
algorithms, indirect feedback, metadata, and
personalization

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