Chinese Search Engine Technology

23 and 30 October 1999

Venue : Unit 811, 8/F, Tower I, Silvercord, 30 Canton Rd., TST, Kowloon

Enquiry : Miss Esther Ma by Tel:23170619

by email: esther@cse.cuhk.edu.hk

- Basic Information
- Course Contents
- Course Fee
- Speakers
- CDROM
- Registration

This time table is subject to change to accomodate the need of the lecturers.

Day One (9am-6pm)
by Dr. Dik Lee

9:00am-9:20am Registration
Session 1
9:20am-10:20am
Basic information retrieval model and Search techniques.
Tea Break
Session 2
10:35am-12:30am
Web-based search engines.
Lunch
Session 3
2:00pm-3:00pm
Future directions.
Session 4
3:00pm-3:30pm
Hands-on session I : Setting up search interface using HTML forms
Tea Break
Session 5
3:50pm-6:00pm
Hands-on session II : Developing search functions using CGI scripts; demonstrations and hands-on with search prototypes.

Day Two (9am - 6pm)
by Dr. K.F.Wong

9:00am-9:20am Registration
Session 1
9:20am-10:20am
Problems in Chinese Information Processing e.g. fonts, word segmentation, grammar differences, etc.
Tea Break
Session 2
10:30am-12:20am
Chinese Search Engine: Indexing Technology (keyword based indexing, structural indexing, conceptual indexing and the enabling technologies behind them)
Lunch
Session 3
1:20pm-2:50pm
Life demo Chinese Web-based Applications: IPOC, WiseNews and MULIAS.
Tea Break
Session 4
3:00pm-4:10pm
Hands-on session III : visit IPOC search engine and try different searching methods.
Session 4*
4:10pm-5:00pm
Make up of Hands-on session II : Developing search functions using CGI scripts; demonstrations and hands-on with search prototypes.
Session 5
5:00pm-6:00pm
Hands-on session IV : visit various Chinese ftp sites to download and install useful Chinese packages.
Distribution of certificates of course attendance


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