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Course Outlines

Spring 2022 - CMPT 459 D100

Special Topics in Database Systems (3)

Data Mining

Class Number: 5573

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 14, 2022
    Thu, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 354 with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Current topics in database and information systems depending on faculty and student interest.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course introduces Data Mining, an area that plays a key role in Big Data analytics. The goal of data mining is the efficient discovery of useful patterns in large datasets. This course focuses on fundamental data mining tasks and algorithms as well as key applications. It will prepare you both for developing your own data mining application and for starting your data mining research. Students taking this course are expected to have taken an algorithms course and to have an understanding of basic statistics equivalent to an entry-level course. The course project requires programming in Python or R, and students are expected to be proficient with one of these programming languages.

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Data preprocessing: data cleaning, completion, transformation, normalization
  • Classification: evaluation, decision trees, Bayesian classification, NN, SVM, ensemble methods
  • Cluster analysis: partitioning, hierarchical, density-based methods, subspace clustering
  • Outlier detection: probabilistic and distance-based methods, LOF, non-parametric methods
  • Frequent pattern mining: association rules, Apriori, FP-growth, pattern summarization
  • Applications: social network analysis, recommender systems, precision medicine
  • Research issues: active learning, causal discovery, explainability, transfer learning

Grading

NOTES:

Evaluation will be based on paper and pencil assignments, a course project, and a final exam. If the teaching will be online in the fall, the exam will be a take-home exam. Details to be discussed and finalized in the first week of classes.

Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C- or better).

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Data Mining: The Textbook., Charu Aggarwal, Springer, 2015, The book is available as e-book through the SFU Library.
ISBN: 9783319141411

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022

Teaching at SFU in spring 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with safety plans in place.  Some courses will still be offered through remote methods, and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the spring 2022 term.