The final project (which will be due April 29) is to identify an issue in information retrieval, and to address it. While I do not expect original research, you should think of this as a research project - identify a problem, discuss how you will go about solving it, and how you will evaluate your success.
What you need to do right now is write a one to two page proposal (not more than two pages, minimum 11pt type.) I will read this and provide feedback. Questions you should address in your proposal (adapted from Heilmeier's Catechism):
done manually, but explain what this means.)
livesystem demonstration, a written report, a (taped) oral presentation, or some combination of the above.
Projects could involve implementing and testing a novel idea,
comparing existing ideas from the research literature
(including a implementation/experiment), or something as
basic as validating an existing approach from the research
literature (reproducibility
) - for example, showing
that the result in a paper holds on different data.
Please submit the proposal through Blackboard by 7amEST on 3/26. My goal is to provide feedback (through blackboard) by 3/30, so you will have over four weeks to work on the project.