CA414
MultiMedia Information Systems
Continuous Assessment Marks
The result of the Student Survey of Teaching for CA414 is now online.
The course specification on the Computer Applications website.
The Course is divided into in 6 Chapters, the notes are available in pdf format here:
Chapter 4: Content Retrieval of Text & Search Engines [overheads]
Chapter 5: Content Retrieval of non-text information [overheads]
FMD/C Overheads: Replacing DVDs?
Overheads for sampling an audio signal into digital format.
Some extra information on SVG files.
Some overheads illustrating where TF-IDF and BM25 weights fit into the indexing and searching process of an IR system.
Some extra notes on XML and the recipe example as well.
The overheads I was using to explain Linkage Analysis in class.
The overheads from the extra section on combining Linkage and Content evidence at query time.
Exam Papers : Spring 97 | Autumn 97 | Spring 98 | Autumn 98 | Spring 99 | Autumn 99 | Spring 00 | Autumn 00 |
In addition to the notes, I will often refer to a web links page which is constantly being modified.
- Recommeded Reading -
There are a number of books which would make for very useful reading. All links are to the most recent editions on www.amazon.com. You should also find these in the library:
- Modern Information Retrieval (Baeza-Yates & Ribeiro-Neto)
- Digital Multimedia (Chapman & Chapman)
- Multimedia Systems (Koegel Buford)
- Understanding Search Engines : Mathematical Modeling and Text Retrieval (Berry & Browne)
- NEWS -
One or two people have asked if I could answer some questions so I will run one more lecture on the 11th March (Monday) in C104 as normal. Note that this is NOT an exam prep lecture, rather if you have any questions I'll be there to answer them...
Project Deadline Extension (day students only) : 8th March (Friday) - Get the project in as soon as you can, but anytime up until Friday is fine...
Project Deadlines (see above) : 4th March (Monday) for CA4 and CL4 (both essay and XML) and for the CAE4s the deadline (both essay and XML again) is 18th March (Monday). Project requirements are in the relevant sections linked to below. If you have forgotten the password and need access mail me.
XML Labs : I have booked LG.26 for Wednesday 13th February from 2:30pm - 4pm for XML issues. Jaimin Ye will be there to help answer any questions that people may have about the project. Remember that, as before, this is not a tutorial to review XML, rather it is to answer any questions regarding the project or any specific problems that you may be having.
XML Labs : I have booked L1.28 for Wednesday 5th December from 2pm - 4pm for XML issues. Jaimin Ye will be there to help answer any questions that people may have about the project, software, etc... This is not a tutorial to review XML, so if you are seeking an XML tutorial this is not the place to go. Rather it is to answer any questions regarding the project.
XML Project Update : For those doing the XML project, it seems as if the version of IE installed in the labs is incapable of accurately supporting the use of XSLTs. Consequently I recommend that anyone doing the project should use CSSs (which are easier) as opposed to XSLTs. If you do want to use XSLTs beware that they may not work in the labs, but I myself will be able to view them and mark the project.
In addition, I am awating the installation of some XML authoring software in one of the labs. I expect this to be completed within the next week or so.XML Project News : This project will require the development of an XML application to model some real world Information Storage and Retrieval problem, such as a library, video store, book store, Yahoo style web page classification, etc... Here are the instructions for the XML Project and a list of the projects that I have recieved. If you have sent me a project and are not on the list please let me know asap!
- Essay Project NEWS : If doing the essay, the instructions for the continuous assessment essay, a template for the essay, and a list of essay topics chosen by the classes and the topics chosen in 1999/2000 (links to these essays don't work).