The University of Massachusetts TIPSTER project

Abstract

The TIPSTER project in the Information Retrieval Laboratory of the Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (which includes MCC and David Lewis of the University of Chicago as subcontractors), is focusing on the following goals:• Improving the effectiveness of information retrieval techniques for large, full-text databases,• Improving the effectiveness of routing techniques appropriate for long-term information needs, and• Demonstrating the effectiveness of these retrieval and routing techniques for Japanese full-text databases.