Vorlesung: Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval - Details

Allgemeine Informationen

Veranstaltungsname	Vorlesung: Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval
Veranstaltungsnummer	INF-0506
Semester	WS 2025/26
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden	33
Heimat-Einrichtung	Professur für Sprachverstehen mit Anwendung Digital Humanities
Veranstaltungstyp	Vorlesung in der Kategorie Lehre
Nächster Termin	Freitag, 19.12.2025 10:00 - 13:45, Ort: (1001 N)
Voraussetzungen	Recommended: linear algebra, basic probability theory, Python programming. While we recommend refreshing your knowledge of machine learning, prior experience in this area is not required. To support you, we will provide introductory videos covering the basics of machine learning, including topics such as logistic regression, gradient descent, and neural networks. These materials can be used both for refreshing existing knowledge and for catching up if you have no prior background in machine learning.
Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt / hat Präsenz-Bestandteile	Ja
Hauptunterrichtssprache	englisch

Lehrende

• Prof.Dr. Annemarie Friedrich

Tutor/-innen

• Fabio Mariani
• Georg Hofmann

Räume und Zeiten

(1001 N)

Freitag: 10:00 - 13:45, wöchentlich (15x)

(N2045)

Donnerstag, 13.11.2025 18:00 - 19:30

(N 2045)

Mittwoch, 04.03.2026 10:00 - 12:00

Studienbereiche

• Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik > Informatik

Modulzuordnungen

• Informatik und Multimedia M.Sc. Informatik und Multimedia, PO 2018, 15. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Wahlbereich Informatik und Multimedia > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Medizinische Informatik M.Sc. Medizinische Informatik, PO 2021, 9. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Austauschstudium - FAI Austauschstudium FAI, 7. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik - Master Level > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik und Multimedia M.Sc. Informatik und Multimedia, PO 2018, 13. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Praktische Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Medizinische Informatik M.Sc. Medizinische Informatik, PO 2021, 8. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Wahlbereich > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Medizinische Informatik M.Sc. Medizinische Informatik, PO 2021, 9. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Wahlbereich > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik Masterstudiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik (PO 2017), 17. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Modulgruppe C: Minor Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik und Multimedia M.Sc. Informatik und Multimedia, PO 2018, 14. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Praktische Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Medizinische Informatik M.Sc. Medizinische Informatik, PO 2021, 8. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik und Multimedia M.Sc. Informatik und Multimedia, PO 2018, 15. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Praktische Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik M.Sc. Informatik, PO 2018, 14. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Praktische Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik Masterstudiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik (PO 2017), 16. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Modulgruppe C: Minor Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Medizinische Informatik M.Sc. Medizinische Informatik, PO 2021, 7. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Wahlbereich > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik Masterstudiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik (PO 2017), 17. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Modulgruppe D: Major Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Medizinische Informatik M.Sc. Medizinische Informatik, PO 2021, 7. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik M.Sc. Informatik, PO 2018, 14. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Wahlbereich Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik Masterstudiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik (PO 2017), 18. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Modulgruppe C: Minor Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik M.Sc. Informatik, PO 2018, 15. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Wahlbereich Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Austauschstudium - FAI Austauschstudium FAI, 5. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik - Master Level > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik M.Sc. Informatik, PO 2018, 13. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Praktische Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Data Science Master's Programme Data Science, 1. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > B. Advanced Data Science Methods > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Austauschstudium - FAI Austauschstudium FAI, 6. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik - Master Level > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik Masterstudiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik (PO 2017), 16. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Modulgruppe D: Major Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Austauschstudium - FAI Austauschstudium FAI, 4. Version gültig ab SS 2024 > Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik - Master Level > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik und Multimedia M.Sc. Informatik und Multimedia, PO 2018, 14. Version gültig ab SS 2025 > Wahlbereich Informatik und Multimedia > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik und Multimedia M.Sc. Informatik und Multimedia, PO 2018, 13. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Wahlbereich Informatik und Multimedia > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik Masterstudiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik (PO 2017), 18. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Modulgruppe D: Major Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik M.Sc. Informatik, PO 2018, 15. Version gültig ab WS 2025/26 > Praktische Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)
• Informatik M.Sc. Informatik, PO 2018, 13. Version gültig ab WS 2024/25 > Wahlbereich Informatik > INF-0506 - Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval > Search Engines and Neural Information Retrieval (Lecture)

Kommentar/Beschreibung

Neural Information Retrieval (Neural IR) applies neural network models to improve how information is represented and retrieved, addressing the complexities of natural language. With the rise of large language models and foundation models, new approaches are emerging for interactive, personalized, and multimodal information access. This course equips students with the concepts, techniques, and technologies behind traditional and neural IR, including embeddings, ranking, question answering, and knowledge graphs.

Prerequisites:
Recommended: linear algebra, basic probability theory, Python programming.
While we recommend refreshing your knowledge of machine learning, prior experience in this area is not required. To support you, we will provide introductory videos covering the basics of machine learning, including topics such as logistic regression, gradient descent, and neural networks. These materials can be used both for refreshing existing knowledge and for catching up if you have no prior background in machine learning.