sporadic ramblings of a comp sci grad student studying information retrieval Me @ CMU I occasionally get questions from aspiring IR students asking for advice on getting started as an IR researcher.* Here’s an attempt at some pointers for foundation material and resources: Reading There’s a lot of background material that any IR researcher should be familiar with: A good textbook to get your head
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