Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| semestrino IA | Oct 1, 2012 | Nov 21, 2012 |
| Semestrino IB | Nov 26, 2012 | Jan 23, 2013 |
| Semestrino IIA | Feb 25, 2013 | Apr 20, 2013 |
| Semestrino IIB | Apr 22, 2013 | Jun 7, 2013 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione invernale | Jan 24, 2013 | Feb 23, 2013 |
| Sessione estiva | Jun 10, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 |
| Sessione autunnale | Sep 2, 2013 | Sep 28, 2013 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione estiva - I appello | Jun 20, 2013 | Jun 20, 2013 |
| Sessione estiva - II appello | Jul 11, 2013 | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Sessione autunnale - I appello | Oct 17, 2013 | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Sessione autunnale - II appello | Nov 21, 2013 | Nov 21, 2013 |
| Sessione invernale | Mar 20, 2014 | Mar 20, 2014 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2012 | Nov 1, 2012 |
| Festa dell'Immacolata Concezione | Dec 8, 2012 | Dec 8, 2012 |
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 21, 2012 | Jan 6, 2013 |
| Vacanze di Pasqua | Mar 29, 2013 | Apr 2, 2013 |
| Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2013 | Apr 25, 2013 |
| Festa dei Lavoratori | May 1, 2013 | May 1, 2013 |
| Festa del Santo Patrono di Verona - San Zeno | May 21, 2013 | May 21, 2013 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2013 | Jun 2, 2013 |
| Vacanze estive | Aug 9, 2013 | Aug 16, 2013 |
Exam calendar
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Academic staff
Alizzi Antonio
antonio.alizzi@univr.it
Busch Bernard Walter
Cattapan Nico
nico.cattapan@univr.it
Cioffi Antonio
Leso Erasmo
erasmo.leso@univr.it +39 045802 8559
Ligas Pierluigi
pierluigi.ligas@univr.it +39 045 802 8408
Palma Paola
palma.paola@gmail.com
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University. Please select your Study Plan based on your enrolment year.
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2° Year
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Information Retrieval Systems (m) (2012/2013)
Teaching code
4S02367
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Language
Italian
Period
Semestrino IB dal Nov 26, 2012 al Jan 23, 2013.
Learning outcomes
introduction to fundamentals of the information retrieval systems, in particular to text analysis and web retrieval.
Program
Prerequisite: basic notions of computer science and computer technologies.
Coursework:
1.Information retrieval systems
- Introduction to information retrieval systems
- IR models
- retrieval metrics
2.Text analysis
- document preprocessing
- text indexing
- Zipf's law
- stemming and stop-lists
- thesauri
3.Introduction to multimedia information retrieval systems
- features and goals
- main issues
4.Introduction to user interfaces for search
- how user interface biases searches
- retrieval results display
5.Web retrieval
- Web, features and structure
- search engines
- basic notions and architecture
- search and ranking of web pages
- search engine user interaction
- Web spam
- Tecniche per il Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Motori di ricerca semantici (nozioni)
- Ricerca personalizzata
6.Structured text retrieval
- Basic notions about semistructured data
- Structured text retrieval models
- introduction to XML
- XML and digital libraries
7.Brief presentation of information retrieval systems and software
- WolframAlpha: a natural language search engine
- Eurovoc: the official European Union thesaurus
- Apache Lucene, Luke (Apache Lucene index toolbox), Apache Solr, Apache Nutch, DocFetcher
Teaching method: frontal lecture
Bibliografia
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materiale didattico | Appunti delle lezioni | 2021 | In italiano. Sufficienti alla preparazione dell'esame. | ||
| C. D. Manning, P. Raghavan, H. Schütze | Introduction to information retrieval (Edizione 1) | Cambridge University Press | 2008 | 9780521865715 | In inglese. Disponibile online http://informationretrieval.org |
| R. Baeza-Yates, B. Ribeiro-Neto | Modern Information Retrieval (Edizione 2) | Addison Wesley | 2011 | 978-0-321-41691-9 | In inglese. Libro principale. |
Examination Methods
written examination
Teaching materials
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Calendario delle lezioni (aggiornato il 16/01/2013)
(pdf, it, 37 KB, 16/01/13)
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Dispense 01 - Intro ai SI e SRI
(pdf, it, 267 KB, 08/11/12)
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Dispense 04 - Thesauri
(pdf, it, 160 KB, 20/11/12)
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Slide 01 - Intro al corso, ai SI e ai SRI
(pdf, it, 1389 KB, 08/11/12)
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Slide 02 - Tipi di Query
(pdf, it, 196 KB, 09/11/12)
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Slide 03 - Valutazione dei SRI (vers. 1.1)
(pdf, it, 998 KB, 22/11/12)
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Slide 04 - Analisi di testi
(pdf, it, 585 KB, 20/11/12)
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Slide 05 - SRI multimediali
(pdf, it, 2066 KB, 29/11/12)
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Slide 06 - SRI sul web
(pdf, it, 1798 KB, 05/12/12)
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Slide 07 - SEO
(pdf, it, 996 KB, 10/12/12)
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Slide 08 - Software per SRI
(pdf, it, 471 KB, 13/12/12)
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Slide 09 - Interfacce
(pdf, it, 1570 KB, 17/12/12)
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Slide 10 - Introduzione all'XML
(pdf, it, 202 KB, 09/01/13)
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Slide 11 - XML per l'editoria
(pdf, it, 825 KB, 09/01/13)
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Slide 12 - ricerca semantica
(pdf, it, 5222 KB, 16/01/13)
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Slide 13 - ricerca personalizzata
(pdf, it, 1139 KB, 16/01/13)
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Tema d'esame I appello - 31/01/2013
(pdf, it, 71 KB, 08/02/13)
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Tema d'esame II appello - 15/02/2013
(pdf, it, 71 KB, 21/02/13)
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Tema d'esame III appello - 12/06/2013
(pdf, it, 69 KB, 05/08/13)
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Tema d'esame IV appello - 05/07/2013
(pdf, it, 70 KB, 05/08/13)
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Tema d'esame V appello - 05/09/2013
(pdf, it, 71 KB, 02/10/13)
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Tema d'esame VI appello - 20/09/2013
(pdf, it, 69 KB, 02/10/13)
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Temi d'esame 2011/12 (con svolgimento di eventuali esercizi) - NB: gli esami 2012/13 differiranno in alcuni contenuti
(zip, it, 378 KB, 22/11/12)
Type D and Type F activities
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Student mentoring
Graduation
List of theses and work experience proposals
| theses proposals | Research area |
|---|---|
| Laureandi Editoria e Giornalismo: vademecum | Various topics |
| TESI SU COMUNICAZIONE DELL’AGROALIMENTARE | Various topics |
Linguistic training CLA
Gestione carriere
Further services
I servizi e le attività di orientamento sono pensati per fornire alle future matricole gli strumenti e le informazioni che consentano loro di compiere una scelta consapevole del corso di studi universitario.