We propose and evaluate a query expansion mechanism that supports searching and browsing in collections of annotated documents. Based on generative language models, our feedback me...
Syllabi are important documents created by instructors for students. Students use syllabi to find information and to prepare for class. Instructors often need to find similar syl...
Xiaoyan Yu, Manas Tungare, Weiguo Fan, Manuel A. P...
This paper is motivated by the problem of how to provide better access to ever enlarging collections of digital images. The paper opens by examining the concept of place in geograp...
This paper describes a system to support humanities scholars in their interpretation of literary work. It presents a user interface and web architecture that integrates text minin...
Catherine Plaisant, James Rose, Bei Yu, Loretta Au...
This paper introduces a content-based information retrieval method inspired by the ideas of spreading activation models. In response to a given query, the proposed approach comput...