• Lecture: Mon Wed, 2:50-4:30 EST,  Online, Live via MS Teams (team Khoury-SUF20-CS6200-2) . 
  

• Office hours:
  

TAs:

• Mihir Wagle (wagle.mi@husky.neu.edu)
• Arjun Prashanth prashanth.a@husky.neu.edu
• Zoheb Nawaz nawaz.z@husky.neu.edu

Helping Sessions (office hours) starting Thu 5/7. Online via MS Teams 

Discussion on piazza:

Please use the discussion forum for all questions regarding material, assignments, due dates, data issues, programming issues, etc. That is, do not use the direct email to TAs or Instructors for these questions.
Personal/private matters, such as availability, delays,  grades, term projects or other advanced material, etc, should be discussed by email.

Texts Recommended, not Mandatory

• [CMS] Search Engines by Croft, Metzler, and Strohman.
• [MRS] Introduction to Information Retrieval by Manning, Raghavan, and Schütze - available free online.
  

• Other texts
  

  
  

Prerequisites

• Programming: you should be familiar with programming in an imperative language like  Java or Python. While the programing language is your choice, we strongly encourage you to use one of these two mentioned. If you choose not to use on of these, discuss with the instructor first.
  

Homework

• There will be eight assignments (one  every two weeks), including programming; please see the syllabus for an exact schedule. Some of the problems can be difficult, and it will often be helpful to discuss them with others. Feel free to form study groups. However, the idea is for everyone to understand the problems and experience working through the solutions, so you may not simply "give" a solution to another classmate. In particular, each student must write up his or her own homework solutions/code and must not read or copy the solutions/code of others. If you work with others on a problem, you must note with whom you discussed the problem at the beginning of your solution write-up.
  

• We expect the average total load to be 15 hours/week. Based on past experience, many students spend more than 15 hours/week for additional work denoted "Extra Credit"; the EC can improve your grade, but it is not a replacement for regular credit; EC is harder, more time consuming, worth less points, and less discussed during helping sessions; it is designed for students who want to get more out of the course. The best way, by far, to maximize your grade is to complete the regular credit on time.
  

• Late homework policy: Homework is due on the announced due date. After due date you can still demo it for about 5 days, but any change/resubmission is considered late.
  

Academic Honesty

• All work submitted for credit must be your own.

• You may discuss the homework problems or projects with your classmates, the teaching assistant(s), and instructor. You must acknowledge the people with whom you discussed your work, and you must write up your own solutions. Any written sources used (apart from the text) must also be acknowledged; however, you may not consult any solutions from previous years' assignments whether they are student or faculty generated.