ISP 433/533 Week 1 Class Orientation

Get to Know Each Other About instructor: –Huahai Yang, Ph.D. (Michigan, 2003), Assistant Professor About you? –Talk a few sentences about yourself Self-introducing (optional) –Refresh my memory

Information Storage and Retrieval What is this class about? An introductory course to the field of Information Retrieval (IR)

Concepts What is Information Retrieval? –Anyone?

Essence Get what I want when I need it! –What do you want? (information needs) –How do you express your needs? (query language & interface) –Where to get it? (information storage) –How to get it? (search) –Is what you get really what you want? (relevance)

It is not… Not a traditional library science course –Algorithms and data structures –A little bit math. Not a computer science course –Library science –Psychology –Research methodology

It is not…(cont.) Not an advanced course in IR Students are encouraged to take CSI550 taught by Prof. Tomek Strzalkowski in the fall –Can substitute for this course

It is… All materials about the course are online at SP433 SP433 –Syllabus –Readings –Schedule –Announcements –Slides –Homework –Exams