Problems in personal information retrieval

Paul Thomas (Computer Science, ANU)

DCS SEMINAR SERIES

DATE: 2005-10-12
TIME: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
LOCATION: DCS Seminar Room
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ABSTRACT:
Each of us has access to a vast amount of information in electronic form: personal files, source code, calendars, web sites, email, and so forth. Personal information retrieval (PIR) is the task of finding relevant and useful information amongst this. The talk will introduce PIR and discuss a few particular subproblems: server selection, results presentation, and evaluation. A prototype tool will also be presented.
BIO:
After graduating from Victoria University in Wellington, Paul worked there for a time before joining CSIRO. He is now a PhD student in the Computer Science Department with support from CSIRO.