This post is the monthly sneak preview of the next issue of IR Watch Newsletter, now in its new format. In … More
Month: October 2008
Similarity, Pearson, and Spearman Coefficients
New Relevant Tool: https://irthoughts.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/regression-correlation-calculator-updates-and-improvements/ This post shows the connection between Pearson and Spearman’s Correlation Coefficients with Cosine Similarity and Dot Products. … More
Why Defining Distance is Important
In previous posts we mentioned the difference between distance (dissimilarity) and similarity. Both can be used to describe proximity; i.e., … More
Having Fun with Oxymorons
Over the weekend some asked me to expand on oxymorons, so this post goes. As mentioned in our previous post, … More
SEOs and their Semantic Distance Myths
As many of our readers know, one of the goals of this blog is to debunk SEO myths through IR … More
Best Algorithm Combinations for Speech Processing
I am happy to read that my Cosine Similarity tutorial is being referenced by Serguei Mokhov in his paper “Study … More
Jaxer, a new playground for kids and script kiddies
We recently featured Jaxer, and end-to-end AJAX server. According to Ian Selby,kids are now discovering how many great things they … More
Getting Ready for AIRWeb2009
For the last few years I have served as PC member of AIRWeb. I just received and accepted invitation to … More
Zeeker: A Topic-Based Search Engine
I came across a 2007 graduate thesis that describes the Zeeker Search Engine. It is accessible at http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/5502/pdf/imm5502.pdf I am … More
Outstanding Graduate Theses
The following have been nominated in IRW as Outstanding Graduate Theses Identification of Saudi Arabian License Plates http://library.kfupm.edu.sa/lib-downloads/A1Y685.pdf A Language-Based … More
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