COMP9319 Web Data Compression and Search  
Data Compression:  
 
Adaptive Coding, Information Theory  
Text Compression  ZIP, GZIP, BZIP, etc   
Burrows-Wheeler Transform and Backward Search  
XML Compression  
 
Search:  
 
Indexing  
Pattern Matching and Regular Expression Search  
Distributed Querying  
Fast Index Construction  
Implementation  
 
If time allows: Streaming Algorithms, On-Line Data Analytics The lecture materials will
be complemented by projects and assignments.