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## CS 410 - Text Information Systems
###  Last offered Fall 2025
#### Official Description
Theory, design, and implementation of text-based information systems. Text analysis, retrieval models (e.g., Boolean, vector space, probabilistic), text categorization, text filtering, clustering, retrieval system design and implementation, and applications to web information management. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: CS 225.
#### Related Faculty
  * [Pablo D Robles Granda](https://grainger.illinois.edu/about/directory/faculty/pdr)
  * [ChengXiang Zhai](https://grainger.illinois.edu/about/directory/faculty/czhai)


#### Web Page
[https://sites.google.com/illinois.edu/cs410textinformationsystems?pli=1&authuser=1](https://sites.google.com/illinois.edu/cs410textinformationsystems?pli=1&authuser=1)
#### Course Director
[Chengxiang Zhai](https://grainger.illinois.edu/about/directory/faculty/czhai)  

#### Text(s)
ChengXiang Zhai and Sean Massung. 2016. _Text Data Management and Analysis: a Practical Introduction to Information Retrieval and Text Mining_. Association for Computing Machinery and Morgan & Claypool, New York, NY, USA. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2915031
#### Learning Goals
Be able to explain the basic concepts and principles of text information systems, such as push vs. push information access, probability ranking principle, and generative models. ([1](javascript:null\(0\); "Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.")), ([2](javascript:null\(0\); "Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program's discipline.")), ([6](javascript:null\(0\); "Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions.") )
Be able to explain how key algorithms for information retrieval, Web search, and text data mining work and compare them. ([1](javascript:null\(0\); "Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.")), ([2](javascript:null\(0\); "Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program's discipline.")), ([6](javascript:null\(0\); "Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions.") )
Be able to evaluate a text information system using various metrics such as precision, recall, mean average precision, and nDCG ([2](javascript:null\(0\); "Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program's discipline.") ), ([6](javascript:null\(0\); "Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions."))
Be able to modify a search engine to improve accuracy ([1](javascript:null\(0\); "Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.")), ([2](javascript:null\(0\); "Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program's discipline.")), ([6](javascript:null\(0\); "Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions."))
Be able to apply knowledge of text information systems to solve a real-world problem with a course project ([1](javascript:null\(0\); "Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.")), ([2](javascript:null\(0\); "Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program's discipline.")), ([3](javascript:null\(0\); "Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.")), ([5](javascript:null\(0\); "Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the discipline.")), ([6](javascript:null\(0\); "Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions."))
#### Topic List
Background & General Introduction
Information Retrieval Models
Evaluation
Web search
Recommender systems
Text data mining
Course Project
Assignments
#### Schedule and Instructors  
| Title  | Section  | CRN  | Type  | Hours  | Times  | Days  | Location  | Instructor  |  
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |  
| Text Information Systems  | CSP  | 79900  | PKG  | 3  |  -   |   |   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | CSP  | 79900  | PKG  | 3  |  -   |   | ARR Illini Center   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | DS3  | 73825  | ONL  | 3  |  -   |   |   | ChengXiang Zhai  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | DS4  | 67393  | ONL  | 4  |  -   |   |   | ChengXiang Zhai  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | MC3  | 79328  | PKG  | 3  |  -   |   |   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | MC3  | 79328  | PKG  | 3  |  -   |   | ARR Illini Center   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | MC4  | 71013  | PKG  | 4  |  -   |   | ARR Illini Center   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | MC4  | 71013  | PKG  | 4  |  -   |   |   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | TGR  | 78821  | LEC  | 3  | 1230 - 1345  |  T R   | 100 Materials Science & Eng Bld   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
 |  
| Text Information Systems  | TUG  | 78820  | LEC  | 3  | 1230 - 1345  |  T R   | 100 Materials Science & Eng Bld   | Pablo D Robles Granda  
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