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Information Retrieval

Information Systems

Information retrieval, in computing and information science, is the task of identifying and retrieving information system resources that are relevant to an information need, typically specified as a search query. In document retrieval, queries can be based on full text or other content based indexing, and the field covers searching for documents themselves, for the metadata that describes data, and for databases of texts, images or sounds. Cross modal retrieval extends the task across these different modalities. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Origin Year
1950 1
Core Concern
Identifying and retrieving information resources relevant to a specified information need 1
Connections

Associated With

Data Mining, Fields
Digital Libraries, Fields

Digital libraries provide retrieval mechanisms over their collections, the core concern of information retrieval.

Source Digital Libraries (Wikipedia)
Natural Language Processing, Fields
Recommender Systems, Fields
Semantic Web, Fields

Includes

Alan Emtage, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Alan Emtage
Apache Solr, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Apache Solr
C. J. van Rijsbergen, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: C. J. van Rijsbergen
Cheng Xiang Zhai, Pioneers
Source Cheng Xiang Zhai (Wikipedia)
Dragomir R. Radev, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Dragomir R. Radev
Gerard Salton, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Gerard Salton
Gordon Cormack, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Gordon Cormack
Herman Tumurcuoglu, Pioneers
Source Herman Tumurcuoglu (Wikipedia)
Jaime Teevan, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Jaime Teevan
James Z. Wang, Pioneers
Source James Z. Wang, Wikipedia
Karen Sparck Jones, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Karen Sparck Jones
Larry Page, Pioneers
Source Larry Page (Wikipedia)
Lee Giles, Pioneers
Source Lee Giles (Wikipedia)
Lorraine Borman, Pioneers
Source Lorraine Borman, Wikipedia
Nivio Ziviani, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Nivio Ziviani
PageRank Algorithm, Algorithms
Source Wikipedia: PageRank
Pei Cao, Pioneers
Source Pei Cao - Wikipedia
Rao Machiraju, Pioneers
Source Rao Machiraju (Wikipedia)
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Pioneers
Source Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Wikipedia
Rohini Kesavan Srihari, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Rohini Kesavan Srihari
Sergey Brin, Pioneers
Source Sergey Brin (Wikipedia)
SMART Information Retrieval System, Systems
Source Wikipedia: SMART Information Retrieval System
Steve Lawrence, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Steve Lawrence
Susan Dumais, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Susan Dumais
W. Bruce Croft, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: W. Bruce Croft
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Information retrieval
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, para 1
    Information retrieval (IR) in computing and information science is the task of identifying and retrieving information system resources that are relevant to an information need.
  • Timeline, 1940s-1950s section
    1950: The term "information retrieval" was coined by Calvin Mooers.
  • In Group: Information Retrieval and Recommendation, lead section
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Digital Libraries (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Digital Libraries, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Digital Libraries, Lead section
In addition to storing content, digital libraries provide mechanisms for the organization, searching, and retrieving of content from the collection.
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Herman Tumurcuoglu (Wikipedia)
Includes: Herman Tumurcuoglu, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Herman Tumurcuoglu, Lead section
metasearch engine called Mamma.com
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Sergey Brin (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sergey Brin, Lead
Quote, Includes: Sergey Brin, Lead
There, Brin met Page, with whom he built a web search engine.
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Larry Page (Wikipedia)
Includes: Larry Page, Lead
Quote, Includes: Larry Page, Lead
Page is the co-creator and namesake of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm for Google for which he received the Marconi Prize in 2004 along with co-writer Brin.
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Wikipedia: C. J. van Rijsbergen
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: C. J. van Rijsbergen, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Nivio Ziviani
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Nivio Ziviani, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Gerard Salton
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Gerard Salton, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Karen Sparck Jones
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Karen Sparck Jones, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Susan Dumais
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Susan Dumais, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Dragomir R. Radev
Includes: Dragomir R. Radev, Lead paragraphView the Source
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Wikipedia
Includes: Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Lead paragraphView the Source
Lorraine Borman, Wikipedia
Includes: Lorraine Borman, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: W. Bruce Croft
Includes: W. Bruce Croft, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Alan Emtage
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Alan Emtage, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: PageRank
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: PageRank Algorithm, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Apache Solr
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Apache Solr, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: SMART Information Retrieval System
Includes: SMART Information Retrieval System, Lead paragraphView the Source
Lee Giles (Wikipedia)
Includes: Lee Giles, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Jaime Teevan
Includes: Jaime Teevan, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
James Z. Wang, Wikipedia
Includes: James Z. Wang, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
Cheng Xiang Zhai (Wikipedia)
Includes: Cheng Xiang Zhai, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Rohini Kesavan Srihari
Includes: Rohini Kesavan Srihari, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Gordon Cormack
Includes: Gordon Cormack, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
Pei Cao - Wikipedia
Includes: Pei Cao, Lead
Quote, Includes: Pei Cao, Lead
She is known for her development of internet infrastructure including web caching, search engines, and data replication.
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Rao Machiraju (Wikipedia)
Includes: Rao Machiraju, Infobox: known_for
Quote, Includes: Rao Machiraju, Infobox: known_for
interdisciplinary work in information retrieval, co-founding tech companies, 10 patents
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Wikipedia: Steve Lawrence
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Steve Lawrence, Lead
Quote, Includes: Steve Lawrence, Lead
He was among the group at NEC Research which was responsible for the creation of the Search Engine/Digital Library CiteSeer.
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