Proseminar meant as “Practice Lab”
DIY: Literature Research, Oral Presentation, Scientific Writing
Abstract task:
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Choose a topic on “query understanding” (options on next slide)
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Literature research to find 1–3 influential / important papers
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Give a short talk motivating your topic and paper choice (5 minutes)
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Present the ideas of the selected papers in a longer talk (25–30 minutes)
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Write a report similar to a scientific publication
(not more than 10 pages, LATEX style will be provided)
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Proseminar Introduction
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Proseminar meant as “Practice Lab”
Possible Topics (but focus on queries!)
Starting point: my input / Daniel Tunkelang’s blog
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Query types
(not in the blog, ask me what is meant!)
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Spelling correction
Query segmentation
Entity recognition / linking
Query autocompletion
Query expansion
Query relaxation
Query suggestion
[https://queryunderstanding.com/]
Clarification
q Click models
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(not in the blog, ask me what is meant!)
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Relevance feedback
Personalization
Faceted search
Search result snippets
Search result clustering
Question answering
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Maybe you have further ideas?!
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(not in the blog, ask me what is meant!)
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Task-based search, sessions, missions
(not in the blog, ask me what is meant!)
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Proseminar Introduction
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Proseminar meant as “Practice Lab”
First Steps and Priorities
1. Choose a topic
(today . . . as in “now”!)
2. Read Tunkelang’s post or get input from me to start from
(next 2–3 weeks)
3. Find interesting papers
(next 2–3 weeks)
4. Prepare a short talk on the topic
(next 2–3 weeks)
5. Short talks
6. Start preparing long talk
7. Start writing the report
8. Submit report
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Tutorial
(in 4–5 weeks)
(exact schedule in 2–3 weeks)
(Deadline for “Introduction”: before Christmas)
(Deadline: end of semester but earlier is better!)
© Hagen 2020
Proseminar meant as “Practice Lab”
Assignments
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Query types
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Spelling correction
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Query segmentation
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Entity recognition / linking
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Query autocompletion
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Query expansion
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Query relaxation
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Query suggestion
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Question answering
N.N.
N.N.
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Search result clustering
N.N.
N.N.
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Search result snippets
N.N.
N.N.
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Faceted search
N.N.
N.N.
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Personalization
N.N.
N.N.
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Relevance feedback
N.N.
N.N.
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Click models
N.N.
N.N.
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Clarification
Task-based search, sessions, missions
N.N.
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Tutorial
Maybe you have further ideas?!
© Hagen 2020