CS 641: Data Mining
Summer 2008
Instructor: Dr.
Ramazan Aygün
Office: Technology
Hall N360
Email: raygun@cs.uah.edu
Phone: 824-6455
Meeting days: TR
5:00-7:00
Location: N306
Office hours: TR
3:30PM-4:45PM, 7:00PM-7:15PM
Office: TH
N360
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to
the fundamental concepts necessary for the use and implementation of data
mining strategies and help students gain background for conducting further
research as well.
CS317 or CS617.
P-N. Tan, M. Steinbach, V. Kumar, Introduction to Data Mining, Addison-Wesley, 2005
Title |
Reading Chapters |
Introduction to Data Mining |
1 |
Data Preprocessing |
2 |
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Cluster Analysis |
8 |
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Lab 1 |
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Classification and Prediction |
4, 5 |
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Lab 2 |
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Midterm |
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Mining Association Rules |
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6 |
Lab 3 |
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Anomaly Detection |
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Lab 4 |
9 |
Mining Complex Types |
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Lab 5 |
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Final |
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40% Programming assignments (4 assignments) or Project
30% Midterm exam (June 26, Thursday)
30% Final exam (July 31, Thursday; 6:30-9:00)
The following information is from http://www.uah.edu/library/turnitin/about.htm: “Turnitin.com allows
the student or educator to upload a paper into the Turnitin.com database, where
software will then use algorithms to create “digital fingerprints” that can
identify similar patterns in text (“About Turnitin.com”). Then the paper is
matched to billions of web pages, paper mill essays, and student papers
submitted online. In an hour or less, Turnitin.com creates an “originality
report” that highlights any passages from the paper that might not be
authentic, and lists web sites and other resources with content that matches
that in the paper (“About Turnitin.com”).
Students can use Turnitin.com
to:
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Quickly track down sources used in their essays, minimizing the chance that
they will forget to cite sources.
• Learn about the concept of plagiarism and its consequences for the student,
course, and the academic community as a whole.
• Acquire tips on how to avoid both Internet and conventional plagiarism.
• Learn guidelines for proper citation.
• Gain strong research and writing skills.
• Clarify misunderstood concepts like fair use, public domain, and copyright
laws.”
For more information please visit http://www.uah.edu/library/turnitin/.
The students are urged
to use turnitin.com before the submission of their reports. The instructor will
use turnitin.com in the evaluation of the papers.