Miles Efron

I am an assistant professor at the University of Illinois in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

Links Teaching A partial list of my papers My CV in html and pdf (pdf) A brief biographical sketch IRpeat. My own blog about information retrieval. Probably Irrelevant. A blog on various information retrieval-related topics, to which I sometimes contribute. My research interests My work focuses on information retrieval. I am especially interested in statistical methods for learning from large bodies of text. Most of my research focuses on model selection problems in IR. Results from biostatistics and other appliced statistical areas give us many ways to negotiate the complexity and multiplicity of models that face us during retrieval. How many dimensions is the "best" number to retain during latent semantic indexing? Is there an information-theoretic method for handling document smoothing in language modeling? My current work analyzes the problem of data fusion--aka metasearch--using criteria for selecting generative models as a ranking method. In addition to these topics, I am interested in the theoretical study of information, especially information-theoretic and other probabilistic frameworks for studying information in games (such as crossword puzzles). Contact Information Miles Efron Graduate School of Library and Information Science 501 East Daniel St. Champaign, IL 61820 Email: mefron AT illinois DOT edu