CS 6200 — Information Retrieval
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonSeattle, WASilicon Valley, CATraditional
Provides an introduction to information retrieval systems and different approaches to information retrieval. Topics covered include evaluation of information retrieval systems; retrieval, language, and indexing models; file organization; compression; relevance feedback; clustering; distributed retrieval and metasearch; probabilistic approaches to information retrieval; Web retrieval; filtering, collaborative filtering, and recommendation systems; cross-language IR; multimedia IR; and machine learning for information retrieval.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 2 | 50 | 76 | 66% | 13.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 43 | 60 | 72% | 17.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 60% | 6.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 69 | 80 | 86% | 5.5 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 46% | 15.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 16% · T 42% · W 11% · Th 28% · F 7%
Common patterns: T (42% of sections), R (23% of sections), M (11% of sections), W (11% of sections), F (7% of sections), MR (5% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- David Smith (66% of students) · reviews
- Tehmina Amjad (34% of students) · reviews
Spring
- David Smith (38% of students) · reviews
- Ghita Amor-Tijani (34% of students) · reviews
- Shanu Sushmita (27% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
Courses that list CS 6200 in their prerequisites.
Links
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