Information Retrieval Courses and Certifications

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Setwise Approach for Effective and Highly Efficient Zero-shot Ranking with Large Language Models - Session M1.1

Explore a setwise approach for zero-shot ranking using Large Language Models, enhancing effectiveness and efficiency in information retrieval tasks.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

OpenSource Connections

Exploiting Citation Networks in Large Corpora to Improve Relevance on Broad Queries

Discover how to leverage citation networks in large legal databases to improve search relevance for broad queries, enhancing user experience and document ranking accuracy.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Weights & Biases

Transforming Search with AI - Perplexity's Approach to Answer Engines

Explore AI-powered search innovation with Perplexity's CTO, discussing technical challenges, speed optimization, and the future of AI in delivering precise, fast answers to user queries.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU

Spoken Document Retrieval and Browsing

Explore advanced techniques for retrieving and browsing spoken documents using speech processing and information retrieval methods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU

Exploiting the Power of Search Engines for Real-Time Concept Association Tasks

Discover how to leverage search engines for real-time concept association tasks in this technical presentation by Yahoo!'s Peter Anick at Johns Hopkins University.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU

Automatic Information and Language Processing - Rethinking Evaluation

Discover how to rethink evaluation methods in automatic information and language processing through pioneering research insights from a leading expert in computational linguistics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU

Topic-Based Novelty Detection - 1999 CLSP Workshop Final Presentation

Discover topic-based novelty detection techniques through a comprehensive workshop presentation by James Allan and his research team at Johns Hopkins University.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with LangChain

Learn cutting-edge methods for integrating external data with LLMs using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with LangChain.

• DataCamp
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Building AI Agents with Haystack

Create a healthcare AI agent using Haystack, an open-source framework for orchestrating LLMs and external components.

• DataCamp
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

TheIACR

Private Information Retrieval with Sublinear Online Time

Explore efficient private information retrieval protocols with sublinear online time, focusing on communication complexity, computation complexity, and security proofs in cryptographic systems.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Discover AI

Evaluating LLM Embeddings for Information Retrieval and Multilingual Applications

Explore the latest evaluation of LLM embedding APIs, focusing on OpenAI and Cohere's performance in domain generalization and multilingual retrieval capabilities for information retrieval tasks.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

BIM Fundamentals for Engineers

2006 ratings at Coursera

​The course is designed for students to learn the essential concepts of BIM, and the basic technical skills to create and manipulate a BIM model. Those skills include how to retrieve information from a BIM model and how to use common modeling tools.

• Coursera
• 16 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Credential

Foundations of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Systems

209 ratings at CodeSignal

Master RAG systems fundamentals: vector databases, semantic retrieval with embeddings, and building complete pipelines to enhance text generation accuracy.

• CodeSignal
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate
• 4 courses

University of Victoria Credential

Music Information Retrieval

5 ratings

Explore audio signal processing, machine learning, and music retrieval systems to develop innovative music information retrieval software and critically analyze research in the field.

• Kadenze
• 96 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Anyscale

Enterprise Vector-based Information Retrieval and Prompt Engineering at Scale Using Open Source on AWS

Build enterprise-scale vector-based information retrieval systems using open source technologies on AWS, addressing challenges in Retrieval Augmented Generation for accurate, hallucination-free results.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video