Investigating methods for information exploration and discovery in big digital archives

该项目包括两个主要部分：（1）调查以实体为中心的技术的性能，用于选择/聚合元数据以支持用户浏览和探索;（2）开发原型系统，以调查基于实体的网络如何最好地支持用户在更具探索性的任务中的交互。学生可以自由探索更感兴趣的方向，例如，为评估探索开发一个合适的评估框架;用户界面的设计和原型制作;为实体提取和链接开发新的算法;开发新的界面功能，以支持在链接开放数据之上的探索和发现;分析用户在使用数字档案时的信息行为和需求。

The project consists of two main strands: (1) investigating the performance of entity-centric techniques for selecting/aggregating metadata to support user browsing and exploration; and (2) development of prototype systems to investigate how entity-based networks can best support users' interaction in more exploratory tasks. The student is free to explore directions that are of greater interest, for example developing a suitable evaluation framework for assessing exploration; design and prototyping of the user interface; novel algorithm development for entity extraction and linking; development of novel interface functionalities to support exploration and discovery on top of Linked Open Data; and analysis of users' information behaviours and needs when using the digital archive.