Web data extraction and integration
Number and Type:

181130 VU WS 2007/08
Lecturer: Robert Baumgartner and Michael Jakl (and maybe some guest lecturers for selected units)
Selected Keywords: Information Extraction, Approaches, tools and methods for Wrapper Generation, Web Querying, Data Integration, XML
Preliminary Meeting: Friday 1219th of October, 14:00 (s.t.), EI 4 Reithoffer HS
Registration: until 11th of October via TUWIS (limited participant number). Please de-register in TUWIS in case you decide not to take the course.
Language: Slides in English, lecture language depending whether non-german speaking students join
Timetable: Selected Fridays 14:00-17:30 (see below for details; two exercise slots)
Procedure: Lecture coupled with exercises and group work
Content:
  • Information Extraction: Setting, History, IE vs. IR
  • Structured Data Extraction and Wrapping
  • XML Transformation and Query Languages
  • Web Wrapper Languages
  • Wrapper Generation Tools
  • Wrappers for Mashups, SOA and BI
  • Inductive Wrapper Generation
  • Automatic Data Extraction / Web Data Mining
  • Supervised Wrapper Generation
  • Deep Web Navigation Approaches
  • Data Extraction from PDF documents
  • Mediation and Integration Approaches
  • Web Data Cleaning
  • Lixto Visual Wrapper and Transformation Server
Fields of Study: This VU is a compulsory course or compulsory elective in some bachelor and master studies, and is furthermore part of the re-designed KfK Semantic Web, and is part of the European Master Programs Computational Logic.

Please note: The preliminary meeting has been pushed from 12th of October to 19th of October and is now held on the same day as the second session.

Structure of the lecture and slides
Nr.
Session
Topics / Slides
Date

Lecture Time
Lecture Location

Grp A1-A9 Exercises
Grp B1-B9 Exercises
1st
Preliminary Meeting + Session 1
12.10.19.10.
14:00-15:00
-
-
2nd
Session 2
19.10.
15:00-17:00
-
-
3rd
Session 3 + Exercise Evaluation
9.11.
15:10-16:10
14:00-15:00
16:20-17:20
4th
Session 4 + Exercise Evaluation
23.11.
15:10-16:10
14:00-15:00
16:20-17:20

5th
Session 5 + Exercise Evaluation
30.11.
15:10-16:10
14:00-15:00
16:20-17:20
6th
Session 6 + Exercise Evaluation
7.12.
15:10-16:10
14:00-15:00
16:20-17:20
7th
Session 7 + Exercise Evaluation
14.12.
15:10-16:10
14:00-15:00
16:20-17:20
8th
Session 8 + Exercise Evaluation
11.1.
15:10-16:10
14:00-15:00
16:20-17:20
9th
Group Presentations

Project Topics | Group Project Distribution Overview

Paper/Presentation Download:
A: 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8
B: 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8
25.1.
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12:30-15:00
15:30-18:00

   
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Robert Baumgartner, last modified on 3/2/2008