Carnegie Mellon University
Search Engines:
11-442 / 11-642
Spring 2026

Course Overview

Search engines are used in web search, e-commerce, site search, conversational assistants, and a wide variety of other information systems. This course covers the theory, design, and implementation of text-based search engines, retrieval augumented generation, and recommender systems.

Please see the Course Description, Schedule, and Homework links for more information about the course content, learning objectives, policies, and administration of the course.

Logistics

Time & Location: Tu/Th 3:30-4:50, BH A51

Instructor

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Jamie Callan

Teaching Assistants & Office Hours:

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Mehul Jain
Time & Place TBD
 
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Ananya Sane
Time & Place TBD