TREC Genomics Track

This Web site is the archival site for the TREC Genomics Track, which ran from 2003 to 2007 and was funded by NSF Grant ITR-0325160. The track test collections can still be obtained by following the the instructions below. The protocol and data files were updated in late 2008 to reflect the end of the track, but still might have some jargon and tenses of writing from during the time the track was running.

We are resurrecting the Web site for the track so that its data can be accessed by those wishing to do further research with it. We cannot provide technical support for the content, and those with questions are encouraged to post them in various on-line IR-related forums.

There is a special issue of the journal Information Retrieval devoted to Information Retrieval in Biomedicine - The TREC Genomics Track. The overview paper for this issue gives a good overview of the entire track.

2004 Track

Final protocol
Track overview paper from conference proceedings
Results from ad hoc runs for 2004
Listing of data files from 2004
Description of data update for 2004 track files
Powerpoint slides from track plenary session at TREC 2004 meeting (11/18/04)
Two journal papers on the 2004 ad hoc and categorization tasks published in Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration.

2003 Track

Final protocol
Analysis of relevance for training and test queries
Track overview paper from conference proceedings
Powerpoint slides from track plenary session at TREC 2003 meeting (11/19/03)
Report of 2003 track for SIGIR Forum

This track was supported by Grant 0325160 of the National Science Foundation Information Technology Research initiative.

Last updated - 6 April 2015

TREC Genomics Track

Background Information

2007 Track

2006 Track

2005 Track

2004 Track

2003 Track