Module Number

INFO-4271 		Module Title

Modern Search Engines 		Lecture Type(s)

Lecture, Tutorial
ECTS 6
Work load
- Contact time
- Self study
Workload:
180 h
Class time:
60 h / 4 SWS
Self study:
120 h
Duration 1 Semester
Frequency In the summer semester
Language of instruction English
Type of Exam

Final Project Presentation and Report
Content

Search engines are the main interface between people and humankind's massive globally distributed repositories of knowledge. In this practice-focused course, we will review information retrieval basics such as web crawling, content indexing, index compression, query processing, and result ranking, before moving on to advanced techniques for personalization, (dense) neural retrieval, and stochastic ranking. The capstone to this class will be a practical project in which students design and build their own search engines that will be evaluated in a retrieval competition.
Objectives

In this project-oriented practical course, students learn how to design and implement modern search engines.
Allocation of credits / grading
Type of Class
Status
SWS
Credits
Type of Exam
Exam duration
Evaluation
Calculation
of Module (%)
Prerequisite for participation There are no specific prerequisites.
Lecturer / Other Eickhoff
Literature

Verwendete Programmiersprache: Python.
Last offered unknown
Planned for Sommersemester 2025
Assigned Study Areas INFO-INFO, INFO-PRAK, MEDI-APPL, MEDI-INFO, MEDI-MEDI, MEDI-WEB, ML-CS