BMI 731 - BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

College of Medicine

Credits: 3

This class is an introductory information retrieval class that is focused on biomedical information search engines. Basic IR concepts such index construction, optimization, visualization, and evaluation will be covered. In addition to core IR contexts, students will have an opportunity to learn about search engines, web crawling, and some Web 2.0 technologies based on hands-on exercises and assignments with a focus on techniques that can be used to access, retrieve, organize, and present information. Students will employ an open source indexing engine (e.g., Lemur or Lucene or something similar) to understand how back-end of retrieval engine is effectively and efficiently structured.

Approved for Distance Learning.