instructor: Dave Kauchak
e-mail: [first_initial][last_name]@middlebury.edu
office hours: MBH 635
M/W 2:45-3:45pm
T 2-3pm
Th 1-2pm
and by appointment
time: T/Th 11am-12:15
location: MBH 632
web page: http://www.cs.middlebury.edu/~dkauchak/classes/cs458/ (or go/cs458)
textbook:
summary:
In this course we will explore how search engines work and will cover: basic text processing, index construction, text similarity, evaluation, and searching of other types of media. In addition, we will examine related application areas including language modeling, clustering, classification and e-commerce.
Other information:
We will use our final exam slot for project material on Friday, December 14 7-10pm.