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

Course Overview
(Spring 2026 is here)

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, 8:00-9:20am, POS 151

Instructor

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Eric Nyberg

Teaching Assistants & Office Hours:

TBD