This is a tentative schedule and changes will occur as the semester progresses. Slides/notes will be posted after each class.
We welcome your feedback at any point throughout the semester. Please use this link to share some thoughts.
Week
Topics / Schedule
Assignments
Week 1
Aug 24 - 28
Thurs (8/27): Introduction to Data Mining (slides)
Supplemental:
Chapter 1, Introduction to Data Mining [pdf]
TED Talk: How to stand out in an AI world by Sol Rashidi (15-min video)
Week 3
Sept 7 - 11
Tues (9/8): HW1 Studio (optional)
What is HW studio? In class time to work on HW
Thur (9/10): Data Preprocessing (pdf)
Supplemental:
Kang, The Prevention and handling of missing data, Korean J. Anes. 2013
Week 4
Sept 14 - 18
Tues (9/15): Data Pre-processing + Project Intro (slides)
Mandatory Attendance for Project Intro
Thur (9/17): Discovering & Evaluating Datasets (slides)
Project Kick Off | Attendance Mandatory
Supplemental:
Practice tutorials and surveys for getting starting with a dataset
Gong et al., "A survey on dataset quality in machine learning," Information & Software Tech, 2023
HW1 due (9/17) at 10pm
P1 out (9/17)
Week 5
Sept 21 - 25
Tues (9/22): Frequent Pattern Mining I
Thur (9/24): Frequent Pattern Mining II
Supplemental:
Diaz Garcia et al., A survey on the use of association rule mining techiniques in textual social media, Artificial Intelligence Review 2022
P1.1 due 9/21
Week 6
Sept 28 - Oct 2
Tues (9/29): Classification Basics I
Thur (10/1): Classification Basics II
Supplemental:
TBD
P1 due 9/29
Week 7
Oct 5 - 9
Tues (10/6): Clustering Basics I
Thur (10/8): Clustering Basics II
Supplemental:
TBD
Week 8
Oct 12 - 16
Tues (10/13): Fall Break!
Thur (10/15): Review for Midterm
Supplemental:
TBD
HW 2 due
Week 9
Oct 19 - 23
Tues (10/20): Midterm
Thurs (10/22): Clustering Basics III
HW 3 out
Week 10
Oct 26 - 30
Tues (10/27): Anomaly Detection I
Thurs (10/29): Anomaly Detection II
Week 11
Nov 2 - 6
Tues (11/3): Mining complex data
Thurs (11/5): Mining temporal data
Week 12
Nov 9 - 13
Tues (11/10): Mining text data
Thurs (11/12): Mining image data
HW 3 due
Week 13
Nov 16 - 20
Tues (11/17): Project time
Thurs (11/19): Project time
Week 14
Nov 23 - 27
Tues (11/24): Project Feedback
Thurs (11/26): Thanksgiving
Week 15
Nov 30 - Dec 4
Tues (12/1): Project Presentations
Thurs (12/3): Project Presentations
Week 16
Dec 7 - 11
Tues (12/8): Project Presentations
Week 17
Final Exam
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