Aug 27 | Topic: Course Introduction; Overview of How the Internet Works |
| Prof. Marti Hearst Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) |
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Sept 3 | -- No class meeting -- |
| Campus Holiday |
| Read Chapters 1-2 of The Search. Read this article from the New York Times: Google Keeps Tweaking its Search Engine Saul Hansell, June 3, 2007. |
Sept 10 | Topic: Search Quality |
| Dr. Jan Pedersen: Yahoo Search Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3)Read (optional, it's technical, but maybe skim it): The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine, by Page and Brin pdf html |
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Sept 17 | Topic: What People Think About When Searching |
| Dr. Daniel Russell: Google Lecture notes: (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) Read Chapters 3-4 of The Search.
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Sept 24 | Topic: Search Technology Review |
| Prof. Marti Hearst Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) Read: Rose & Levinson paper, selections from the Google Guide. Assignment: Assignment 1 (Due at 9am on Oct 10.) |
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Oct 1 | Topic: The Economics of Internet Search |
| Prof. Hal Varian: Chief Economist, Google, and Professor, UCB Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) Read: Chapters 5-7 of Battelle. |
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Oct 8 | Topic: Combating Web Spam |
| Dr. Marc Najork: Microsoft Research Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) (No readings assigned.) |
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Oct 15 | Topic: Privacy and Online Information |
| Chris Hoofnagle, J.D.: Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Lecture notes: (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) Read: Pew Internet Report, and CDT report, and Chapter 8 of Battelle. |
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Oct 22 | Topic: Lecture Review; Difficult Searches |
| Prof. Marti Hearst Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) Read: NYTimes article Assignment: Assignment 2 (Due at 9am on Nov 5.) |
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Oct 29 | Topic: Multimedia Search |
| Dr. Lynn Wilcox: FXPal Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) |
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Nov 5 | Topic: Intellectual Property and Search |
| Jason Schultz, J.D.: Intellectual Property Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Lecture notes: (ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (second part of lecture only) (rm) (mp3) Assignment: Assignment 3 (Due at 9am on Nov 19.) |
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Nov 12 | -- No class meeting -- |
| Campus holiday |
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Nov 19 | Topic: Personalization and Search |
| Dr. Jaime Teevan: Microsoft Research Lecture notes: (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) Assignment:Final Project Proposal Assigned (Project proposal due at 9am on Dec 3, project due on Dec 16.) |
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Nov 26 | Topic: How Search Engines Shape our View of Cyberspace |
| Dr. Geoff Nunberg: Adjunct Professor, UCB School of Information Lecture notes: (Dr. Nunberg was ill and missed class. Here are his notes from two years ago, that accompany the video: pdf Here are those notes he intended to present: pdf) Webcast from two years ago: (rm) Prof. Hearst's Lecture Notes: Computer Processing of Natural Language (ppt) (pdf) Podcast of Prof Hearst's lecture: (rm) (mp3)
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Dec 3 | Topic: The Future of Search |
| John Battelle: SearchBlog and Battelle Media Lecture notes:(ppt) (pdf) Podcast: (rm) (mp3) Read: Battelle, Chapters 10 and 11. |
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Dec 10 | Topic: Search for the Developing World; Course Summary; Course Evaluations |
| Prof. Marti Hearst Lecture notes:Course Summary (ppt) (pdf) Notes by Amasinghe & Thies on Search for Developing world (ppt) (pdf) Final Projects (Online version of project due at 9am on Dec 16.) |