Investigating methods for information exploration and discovery in big digital archives

该项目包括两个主要方面：(1)研究以实体为中心的选择/聚合元数据技术的性能，以支持用户浏览和探索；(2)开发原型系统，研究基于实体的网络如何在更多探索性任务中最好地支持用户交互。学生可以自由探索更感兴趣的方向，例如开发一个合适的评估框架来评估探索；用户界面的设计和原型制作；实体提取与链接新算法的开发开发新的接口功能，以支持在关联开放数据之上的探索和发现；并分析了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.