This is a list of topics that should be covered in class, in approximately the order that they will be discussed. Minor changes may occur, and should be announced in class in advance. This is available from the textbook annex. This is available on the Web here . Other papers will be made available during the course.
All homeworks are to be handed in on time, unless other arrangements are made in advance.
The text assigned for the course is Readings in Information Retrieval , edited by Karen Sparck Jones and Peter Willet, published in 1997 by Morgan Kaufmann. This book contains reprints of many classic IR papers, as well as chapter overviews providing perspective on different areas of the field. Additional Readings Readings in Information Retrieval does not cover everything we will teach. You are also responsible for the following additional readings, which are on reserve in the Physical Sciences library. The UMass papers and van Rijsbergen's book are also available via the Web .