CS618 will build upon some of the topics covered in CS520; in particular th= ose related to machine learning. Everyone who completes CS520 this semester= , will be given permission to take the course in the spring. For more information, contact the instructor Richard Scherl (rscherl_at_monmou= th.edu<mailto:rscherl_at_monmouth.edu>) CS618: Data Mining Spring Semester 2012 Instructor: Dr. Richard Scherl HH316 Mondays and Thursdays 1:00 =96 2:50 Data mining is the automated extraction of patterns representing the knowle= dge found in large collections of information such as databases, data wareh= ouses, and the web. It involves machine-learning techniques from artificial= intelligence, database technology, as well as other fields such as informa= tion retrieval. The field includes both important theoretical results as we= ll as practical tools. Data mining is widely used in industry, government,= as well as in scientific (both natural and social) research. Today many e= mployers are interested in hiring people who have a knowledge of data minin= g. The textbook for the course is: Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques (3rd edition) by Jiawei Han and Michel= ine Kamber. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers (Elsevier). 2011. The text will be supplemented with a number of articles. The course will focus on understanding the main data mining techniques and = their applications. Data mining software will be used on a variety of data = sets. This course will not be a programming course; rather the focus is on = understanding the algorithms used by data mining software packages and how = to use these on particular data sets, and understand the results. All the n= eeded mathematical background will be covered in the course. The prerequisites for the course are CS517 (Databases) and CS520 (Introduct= ion to Intelligent Systems). CS533 (Database Architecture), although listed= as a prerequisite, is not needed. Students, without CS533, can be regis= tered by Ms. Roseanne Gunter. Students who have not taken one of CS517 or C= S520 can speak to the instructor to see if they can be allowed to take the = course. [ text/html attachment omitted ]Received on Tue Nov 01 2011 - 20:58:57 EDT
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