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Advanced Digital Science Center (ADSC) - Augmented Real Information Search Engine (ARISE)
Background & Motivations Existing search engines such as Google Search give us many web pages when we search for certain information. We then have to browse through the content of each page to determine if it is relevant and retrieve the piece of information we need. Do you think it is inconvenient and time-consuming? If it is, do you think you can do better than that? Yes, you can. Join us to build the next-generation search engine - ARISE ARISE aims to extract information from different online sources based on user's keywords. The information is then integrated and displayed to user in a well-organized format. ARISE makes essential information available to user immediately without having to browse different web pages. In addition, ARISE aims to provide customized search engines for different real-world entities such as restaurants, people, etc. Arise Service Overview We have developed the search engine for restaurants domain. The restaurant search engine has two versions on iOS and Web. [http://arise.adsc.com.sg/_/rsrc/1337260147838/systems/PAM-iPad.jpg Figure 1. iOS version restaurant search service] [http://arise.adsc.com.sg/_/rsrc/1337260255787/systems/PAM-Web.jpg Figure 2. Web version restaurant search service] Now we would like to expand beyond restaurants to different types of entities such as hotels, shopping malls, etc and we need your talents to make it happen! Objective & Scope The objective of this project is to develop an ARISE search engine for at least two business domains other than restaurants. The business domains should be related to places and popular enough for many people to search for. Furthermore, there should be sufficient reliable online sources of information related to selected business domains. We suggest the following business domains: Feel free to discuss with us other business domains that you are interested in. Also note that the user reviews for the places are very important. Hence, make sure that the online sources provide sufficient user reviews for a specific business domain. The search engine is to be delivered as an iPad/iPhone application and it should be convenient for mobile user to quickly find the important information they need. Required Skills There is no compulsory advanced skill we require from you. But at least you should have basic software engineering and database background. If you already have skills in iOS development, wonderful! If not, no worries, we believe you can pick it up during the project. For us, the passion and interest in the project are most important. If you believe you can make it, come and join us. Learning Opportunities Do you enjoy learning and working with cutting-edge technologies? If yes, this is a great opportunity for you. Besides mastering the iOS development skills, you will achieve intensive experience with MongoDB, Git, Apache Tomcat, Lucene Solr, Google Map, etc. After the project, you will be able to build your own search engine! And of course, the success of the project not only depends on the technical side but also the management side. This project is also a great opportunity for you to sharpen your teamwork, time management, communication and presentation skills. Your iPad/iPhone application will be published to Apple Store and you can be proud to be its developers. Components & Functionalities There are three main components in the project: Data, Back-end Core Engine and Front-end iOS application. We will provide you with the Data for specific business domains and you will deliver the remaining two components. The Back-end Core Engine should expose an API to provide services and communicate with different types of front-end applications. We expect you to deliver the following main functionalities: Below are some screenshots from Restaurant iPad application that simulates similar functionalities: Figure 1: Search restaurants and visualize via Google Map Figure 2: Search and filter restaurants based on different criteria Figure 3: Display restaurant details and highlight important aspects via tag clouds Figure 4: Display user reviews from different online sources Contacts If you are interested in the project, please contact: Prof. Hady Wirawan LAUW at hadywlauw@smu.edu.sg. Feel free to come to discuss with us if you have any questions, we are more than happy to talk to you. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
 * 1) Hotels
 * 2) Shops
 * 3) Bakeries
 * 4) Bars, Pubs, Clubs
 * 5) Barber Shops
 * 6) Electronics Stores
 * 7) Karaoke Places
 * Search the places based on keywords and filters.
 * Provide essential information, user reviews, aspects, media content and related web pages for each result. Link the information is retrieved from reliable sources.
 * Highlight important aspects about each result.
 * Provide location visualization via Google Map, Bing Map, etc.