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 |
|---|---|---|
| First half of Semester 1 | Sep 25, 2017 | Nov 11, 2017 |
| Second half of Semester 1 | Nov 13, 2017 | Jan 20, 2018 |
| First half of Semester 2 | Feb 26, 2018 | Apr 21, 2018 |
| Second half of Semester 2 | Apr 23, 2018 | Jun 9, 2018 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione d'esame invernale | Jan 22, 2018 | Feb 24, 2018 |
| Sessione d'esame estiva | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 28, 2018 |
| Sessione d'esame autunnale | Aug 27, 2018 | Sep 22, 2018 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione estiva | Jul 16, 2018 | Jul 21, 2018 |
| Sessione autunnale | Nov 12, 2018 | Nov 17, 2018 |
| Sessione invernale | Apr 1, 2019 | Apr 6, 2019 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| All Saints Day | Nov 1, 2017 | Nov 1, 2017 |
| Immaculate Conception | Dec 8, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 |
| Christmas break | Dec 22, 2017 | Jan 7, 2018 |
| Easter break | Mar 30, 2018 | Apr 3, 2018 |
| Liberation Day | Apr 25, 2018 | Apr 25, 2018 |
| Labour Day | May 1, 2018 | May 1, 2018 |
| Patron Saint Day | May 21, 2018 | May 21, 2018 |
| Republic Day | Jun 2, 2018 | Jun 2, 2018 |
| Summer break | Aug 13, 2018 | Aug 18, 2018 |
Exam calendar
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Academic staff
+39 045802 8465
Bellomo Leonardo
alessandro.bigardi@univr.it
Cioffi Antonio
maurizio.corte@univr.it
luca.digiovanni@univr.it
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simonevillani@tiscali.it
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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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) (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S02367
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Period
First half of Semester 1 , Second half of Semester 1
Learning outcomes
During the course, we will study and analyze the main and fundamental aspects the information retrieval systems (IRSs) are based on. In particular, the course will focus on web-based IRSs.
Different kinds of IRSs will be studied, providing an as much as possible complete and up-to-dated picture of the IRS services now available and used by all of us. These IRSs will be analyzed and compared, showing their pros and cons, differences and similarities.
Several examples of actual and commonly used IRSs will be provided, showing how previously studied theoretical principles are applied and how current systems are evolving including new and peculiar features.
Program
Contents and studying materials are the same for attending and non-attending students.
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
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Semantic search engines (notions)
• Search based on user profile
• Hidden/deep web and anonymous networks
• Federated search and metasearch
• Aggregators and web feeds
• Recommender systems
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
Teaching method: frontal lecture.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| de leo domenico | Appunti delle lezioni | 2019 | |||
| Robert R. Korfhage | Information Storage and Retrieval | Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |||
| C. D. Manning, P. Raghavan, H. Schütze | Introduction to information retrieval (Edizione 1) | Cambridge University Press | 2008 | 9780521865715 | |
| R. Baeza-Yates, B. Ribeiro-Neto | Modern Information Retrieval (Edizione 2) | Addison Wesley | 2011 | 978-0-321-41691-9 |
Examination Methods
Written examination consisting of open questions about the concepts exposed during the lessons.
The slides and studying material provided by the teacher are enough to prepare the exam. Suggested books are intended for integration and in-depth study.
It is possible to participate to any number of exams during the academic year. Who received a sufficient mark can ask to do not register it and try to get a better result in subsequent exams. However, who participates to an exam will lose any positive mark previously gained, even if subsequent exams are worse or not positive.
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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 |
| Stage | Research area |
|---|---|
| Proposte stages - Centro di ricerca Skenè | Various topics |
| TIROCINIO IN GIORNALISMO E SOCIAL MEDIA | Various topics |
