Training: Search for Product Managers

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Duration	Price	Location
1 day	1400 € excl. VAT / person	Station F, 5 Parvis Alan Turing, 75013 Paris or via videoconference

Satisfaction rate: ★★★★★

5/5 since 2023

Objectives

The objective of this training is to provide the fundamentals of search engines. By the end of this training, participants will be capable of configuring a search engine in accordance with the best practices, considering the requirements and evolutions of business teams and the competitive market.

• Understand the functioning of a search engine
• Evaluate the possibilities offered by tools such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr, or vector databases.
• Know the performance indicators and manage search engine improvement
• Design a Search project and create user stories

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Audience

This training is intended for business users looking to implement or enhance a search engine in their solutions: e-commerce platforms, document management, archiving, specific applications…

All our training sessions are accessible to people with disabilities.

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Curriculum

What is a Search Engine?

• Services
• Elements that constitute a search engine
  • Indexing
  • Search
  • Business console
• APIs
• Integrating Search in the IT system

Which Technologies

• Technologies based on Lucene
  • Index
  • Mapping
  • Tokens and analysis
• Vector databases
• Query components
• Scoring and rescoring

Techniques

• Indexing
• Enrichment
• Configuration
• Boosts
• Facets
• Filters
• Synonyms
• Dictionaries
• Sorting strategies
• Suggestions
• Autocomplete

Evaluating Your Search Engine

• Relevance calculation
  • NDCG
  • Judgment lists
• KPIs
  • Click-Through Rate and Conversion Rate
• Monitoring
• Performance
• A/B tests

Merchandising to Optimize Search Value

• Zero result searches
• Business data
• Seasonality (seasons, promotions)
• Highlighting specific results
• Optimizing search for SEO

Machine Learning and Neural Networks

• Embeddings
• Hybrid search
• Machine learning for
  • Classification
  • Entity extraction
  • Calculating result proximity
• LLM and chatbots

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Additional Information

Upcoming Sessions

• Thursday 6th March 2025
• Thursday 10th April 2025
• Thursday 15th May 2025
• Thursday 26th June 2025
• Thursday 24th July 2025
• Monday 1st September 2025
• Thursday 9th October 2025

• On demand

The specified dates are confirmed. Registration for the training can be done up to 48 hours before the start of the session. For on-demand dates, allow for a delay of up to 14 days.

Required Skills and Prerequisites

• Internet connection

Teaching Method

• Presentation and demonstrations 40%
• Practical exercises 40%
• Questions / Answers 20%

Evaluation Method

The training includes between 8 and 12 sessions of practical exercises. The participant’s progress during and at the end of the training will be assessed based on their success level in these practical exercises.

Instructors

• Vincent Brehin
  • Expert Consultant in Solr, Elasticsearch and OpenSearch - LinkedIn
• Benjamin Dauvissat
  • Expert Consultant in Solr, Elasticsearch and OpenSearch - LinkedIn
  • blog articles
• Aline Paponaud
  • Expert consultant Elasticsearch and OpenSearch - LinkedIn
• Lucian Precup
  • Technical Director and Principal Consultant - LinkedIn
  • blog articles

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