ECE 495B - Information Extraction, Retrieval and Security
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
This is an experiential learning course.
Counts as:
Experimental Course Offered:
Fall 2000, Fall 2001, Fall 2002
Catalog Description:
This course will introduce the student to the algorithms used for the processing and protection of information. Specifically, it will introduce fundamental concepts in the area of data mining, text-based information retrieval, content-based image retrieval, web-based search engines and information security/privacy.
Required Text(s):
- Course notes
Recommended Text(s):
- Machine Learning , Tom Mitchell , McGraw Hill , 1996 , ISBN No. 0070428077
- Managing Gigabytes , 2nd Edition , Lam H. Witten , Morgan Kaufmann , 1999 , ISBN No. 1558605703
- Security in Computing , 2nd Edition , Charles Pfleger , Prentice Hall , 1997 , ISBN No. 0133374866
Learning Outcomes:
A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated:
- an ability to implement and design basic text and image based information retrieval systems, including web-based search engines. [b,j]
- an ability to implement and apply fundamental data mining algorithms. [b,j]
- an understanding of the issues and basic technical solutions to information security/privacy. [f,j]
Lecture Outline:
Weeks | Topic |
---|---|
4 | Text-Based Information Retrieval |
1 | Web-Based Search Engines |
3 | Content-Based Image Retrieval |
3 | Information Security/Privacy |
4 | Data Mining |
Assessment Method:
none