Overview
This course explores advanced topics beyond traditional web search, focusing on personalized search, user models, temporal dynamics, and location context. The learning outcomes include understanding the potential for personalization, challenges in personalization, and the importance of serendipity and novelty in search. The course teaches skills such as personal navigation, PSearch, and creating user models. The teaching method involves lectures and examples to illustrate concepts. The intended audience for this course is individuals interested in enhancing their understanding of personalized search and its implications.
Syllabus
Introduction.
Overview.
Search in Context.
Potential for Personalization.
User Models.
Personal Navigation Details.
PSearch Details.
Temporal Dynamics Details.
Example 4b: Location Context.
A Crowd of Your Own Details.
Challenges in Personalization.
Serendipity and Novelty.
Evaluation.
Personalized Search Recap.
Taught by
Stanford Online