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Dr Jan Pajak:
research project on "search engines"
The subject of my most recent research,
carried out since 2002, are search engines.
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on this subject.
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Part 1: general description of this research:
My current research on search engines has several goals. Let us
analyse these ones of them, which are already accomplished. The first
such a goal is to test the feasibility of involving students into
research in circumstances of a user-paid educational system. The second
goal is to develop a kind of approach to research, which would define
how to carry out research with active involvement of students in
circumstances of user-paid educational system. The third goal is to
develop a robust search engine, which would be simple enough
to be produced by students within 4 assignments issued during two terms
of Cyber-Technology courses. This third goal coincides also with the
objective
of this research, which is to design, develop, and test
in semi-natural conditions a search engine which
would be enough simple to be developped by students
of Cyber-Technology as topics of their assignments
during two subsequent terms (i.e. within 2x8 weeks).
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A comprehensive description of aims, thesis, goals, and outcomes of
this current research on search engines is provided in my
"2003 unofficial report from research on search engines", a copy of
which is available here - to review it just click on the following link:
2003 unofficial report from research.
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A refereed publication on this subject is also available, namely:
[SE1] Pajak J.:
"Developing a
Search Engine Design for Research and Development in a Polytechnic
Teaching Environment".
A conscise paper presented on the NACCQ 16th Annual Conference
in Palmerston North, New Zealand, 6-9 July 2003.
Published on pages 363 to 366 of the Proceedings of the 16th
Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing
Qualifications 6th - 9th July 2003, ISBN 0-473-09673-0,
(NACCQ, P.O. Box 11050, Hilcrest, Hamilton, New Zealand).
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The above should be complemented with an information, that this
my current research project on search engines is mirroring a
similar research project on natural languages processing that
was completed in 1998 in circumstances of a New Zealand university,
and described comprehensively in the following conference paper:
Pajak J.: "Concept of a user-tuned information system for natural
language processing", ANZAME Conference, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, 29 November 1988 - 2 December 1988 (Abstracts,
page 73). A copy of this paper is available here - to review it
just click on the following link:
1988 ANZAME Paper.
Therefore, both research projects (i.e. the one completed in
circumstances of a user-paid educational system, and another
completed at a university) allow to compare each other, and to
draw comparative conclusions.
Part 2: search engine submission forms:
Explanations:
The development of the search engine is started from writing
two web pages named submit.htm, and confirm.asp. Sudents write
these two pages withon 8 weeks of PR515 course while learning
client-side and server-side scriptiong in JavaScript.
Materials issued to students:
The title page for the course booklet (for block 3 of 2003).
Course Outline (for block 3 of 2003).
Exercise T1 (Environment and tools for client-side scripting).
Exercise T2 (Client-side scripting).
Client-side revision (Revision questions to answer).
Exercise T3 (Environment and tools for server-side scripting).
Exercise T4 (Server-side scripting).
Client-side revision (Revision questions to answer).
Assignment 1 for CS scripting. (PR515).
Assignment 2 for SS scripting. (PR515).
Sample solutions produced by students in block 1/2003:
Part 3: search engine:
Explanations:
At the second level students write the remaining part of
search engine, namely further 5 web pages. It is done within
8 weeks of PR655 course, while applying
client-side and server-side scriptiong in JavaScript learned
in PR515 course.
Materials issued to students:
Exercise E1. (Search engine client scripting).
Exercise E2. (Search engine server scripting).
PR215 Assignment 1 (2002) - specification. (Client-side scripting).
PR215 Assignment 2 (2002) - specification. (Server-side scripting).
Sample solutions produced by students:
Part 4: User instructions:
(1) In order to download to your computer a web page containing example solution
click on it, then reveal the source code
(means click in your internet browser on: view/source pull-down menu),
finally save the source code of HTML with JavaScript to your own computer!
(2) In order to download to your computer a ZIP site containing example solution
click on it, then save the ZIP file to your
computer, finally UNZIP the directory containing the entire system of web pages.
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(5) Address for correspondence (July 2005): Dr Jan Pajak, P.O. Box 33250,
Petone 6340, New Zealand.
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