Table of Contents

1. Coding Week 1: May 20-May 25
2. Coding Week 2: May 26-June 1
3. Coding Week 3: June 2-June 8
4. Coding Week 4: June 9-June 15
5. Coding Week 5: June 16-June 22
6. Coding Week 6: June 23-June 29 (Midterm deadline June 27)
7. Coding Week 7: June 30-July 6
8. Coding Week 8: July 7-July 13
9. Coding Week 9: July 14-July 20
10. Coding Week 10: July 21-July 27
11. Coding Week 11: July 28-August 3
12. Coding Week 12: August 4-August 10
13. Coding Week 13: August 11-August 18 (Final evaluation based on work up …

Coding Week 1: May 20-May 25

Metric module

• write a metric farmework, add a NDCG scorer

• add the ndcg scorer into the svmrank

Coding Week 2: May 26-June 1

Metric module

• improve the metric farmework, add a ERR scorer

Coding Week 3: June 2-June 8

Normalization module

• write a normalization farmework, add a z-score normalization

Coding Week 4: June 9-June 15

ListNet module

• write a new listnet farmework, finish the neural network part

Coding Week 5: June 16-June 22

ListNet module

• finish and test the listnet

Coding Week 6: June 23-June 29 (Midterm deadline June 27)

ListMLE module

• begin to write the ListMLE

Coding Week 7: June 30-July 6

ListMLE module

• finish and test the ListMLE

Coding Week 8: July 7-July 13

Ranking aggregation module

• write the ranking aggregation module to combine the ranking result from different ranking algorithm

Coding Week 9: July 14-July 20

Rankboost module

• write the boosting farmework for rankboost

Coding Week 10: July 21-July 27

Rankboost module

• finish and test the rankboost

Coding Week 11: July 28-August 3

Adarank module

• begin to write the adarank

Coding Week 12: August 4-August 10

Adarank module

• finish and test the adarank

Coding Week 13: August 11-August 18 (Final evaluation based on work up to August 18)