We introduce perturbation kernels, a new class of similarity measure for information retrieval that casts word similarity in terms of multi-task learning. Perturbation kernels mode...
Repeating sounds and patterns are widely exploited throughout music. However, although analysis and music information retrieval applications are often concerned with processing sp...
This technical note presents the system built for the IP track of CLEF 2010 based on PATATRAS (PATent and Article Tracking, Retrieval and AnalysiS), the modular search infrastruct...
We explore the relationship between time and relevance using TREC ad-hoc queries. A type of query is identified that favors very recent documents. We propose a time-based language...
Many current effectiveness measures incorporate simplifying assumptions about user behavior. These assumptions prevent the measures from reflecting aspects of the search process...