Class objectives http://menzies.us/p/?main=118 syllabus Upon successful completion of this course, students should have:
  • Ability to program elementary data mining methods.
  • Ability to program data mining evaluation experiments.
  • Ability to convert domain data into valid inputs for a learner;
  • Ability to describe the differences between widely-used data miners;
  • Ability to describe the practical issues associated with data mining for real-world applications;
]]> Wheres, Whens http://menzies.us/p/?main=117
subject
CS 591O: Data Mining
when
1530-1645 , Tuesdays & Thursdays
where
Room 401, ESB
subjectSite
http://menzies.us/cs591o
uniSite
http://www.arc.wvu.edu/courses
mailingList
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who
Dr. Tim Menzies Ph.D.
url
http://menzies.us
emai
tim@menzies.us
]]> Consultation times http://menzies.us/p/?main=119 syllabus Class mailing list http://menzies.us/p/?main=130 syllabus Students are required to subscribe to the class mailing list- this will be the official notification mechanism for class announcements, When you subscribe, please use a password that you are not using elsewhere.

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]]> Textbook http://menzies.us/p/?main=120 syllabus Witten and Frank, Data Mining, second edition

Grading http://menzies.us/p/?main=123 syllabus Projects (projects are defined in Projects):
  • 10 marks (+ 5 marks bonus): Project 1, due week 4
  • 20 marks (+ 10 marks bonus): Project 2, due week 8
  • 30 marks: Project 3, due week 11
  • 40 marks (+ 15 marks bonus): Project 4, week 15

]]> Late Penalties http://menzies.us/p/?main=124 syllabus
  • Projects: 3 marks per late day (weekend = 1 day)
  • If students require special consideration for their grading they must supply convincing documentation of a problem. Note: I will always consider a doctor's certificate to be convincing documentation.

]]> Final marks http://menzies.us/p/?main=125 syllabus A+ =95; A =92; A- =90;
B+ =86; B=83; B- =80;
C+ =76; C=73; C- =70;
D+ =66; D=63; D- =60;
E+ =55; E=50; E- =45;
otherwise F

]]> Expected Workload http://menzies.us/p/?main=126 syllabus This is a graduate level course, and the expected workload is relatively high. You must be prepared to dedicate approximately 5 working hours a week to this class (excluding the time spent in the classroom).

]]> Academic Honesty http://menzies.us/p/?main=127 syllabus Intellectual honesty is fundamental to scholarship. Accordingly, I view plagiarism or cheating of any kind in academic work as among the most serious offenses that a student can commit.

Students are encouraged to discuss class topics between themselves and prepare their assignments in groups. However, each group should develop their reports with due consideration for academic honesty. When writing reports, please do not copy from other papers, or from the material found on the Web.

One the other hand, applying techniques developed by other students in the class is highly recomended, under the following conditions. If group A adopts methods developed by group B then:

  • group A should make group B aware that their techniques are being so used.
  • group A should clearly document that they are using a technique from group B.

In such cases:

  • group B will get the extra marks for developing the method
  • group A will be marked accroding to what value added they can show in:
    • using or improving the method
    • enhancing their analysis of a data set.

While you are encouraged to search for additional references, you are not supposed to copy sentences, paragraphs or figures from these papers, unless you explicitly mention the source (by quoting and/or referencing).

Note that I will run phrases from each submitted term paper through a Web search engine, and compare them with my private collection of manuscripts.

In cases of plagiarism or copyright infringement, the report will be automatically be assigned a score of 0 points.

]]> Social Justice Statement http://menzies.us/p/?main=128 syllabus West Virginia University is committed to social justice. I concur with that commitment and expect to foster a nurturing learning environment based upon open communication, mutual respect, and non-discrimination. Our University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, sexual orientation, color or national origin. Any suggestions as to how to further such a positive and open environment in this class will be appreciated and given serious consideration.

If you are a person with a disability and anticipate needing any type of accommodation in order to participate in this class, please advise me and make appropriate arrangements with Disability Services (293-6700).

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