NWI-IBI008
Data Mining
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleNWI-IBI008
Credits (ECTS)6
CategoryBA (Bachelor)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Science; Informatica en Informatiekunde;
Lecturer(s)
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Lecturer
R.C. Bouman
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Lecturer
dr. ir. T. Claassen
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Lecturer
prof. dr. T.M. Heskes
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Examiner
prof. dr. T.M. Heskes
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Coordinator
prof. dr. T.M. Heskes
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Academic year2020
Period
KW1-KW2  (31/08/2020 to 24/01/2021)
Starting block
KW1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
At the end of the course you will be able to
  • reason and argue which data mining algorithm is applicable to which task;
  • apply, analyze, and implement various data mining algorithms;
  • evaluate the quality of data mining solutions.
Content
How can we build systems that can learn? More specifically: how can we extract relevant, interesting information from (big) data? You learn that there are various algorithms, depending on the task at hand and properties of the available data. In the project, you will implement and/or test such algorithms on existing data.

Instructional Modes
  • Lecture
  • Self-study
Level
Bachelor
Presumed foreknowledge
You
  • are up-to-date with elementary concepts from probability theory such as probabilities, probability distributions, and expectations;
  • can apply these concepts for basic calculations;
  • know and understand vectors and matrices;
  • can add and multiply those. This prior knowledge is treated in the courses Calculus and Probability Theory and Matrix Calculation
Test information
Grading is based upon a midterm exam (35%), and endterm exam (35%), and a project (30%). Homework assignments are mandatory and a sufficient grade is needed to pass the course. A single resit exam replaces both midterm and endterm exams and then counts for 70%.
Specifics

Recommended materials
Book
The course is originally based on the first edition of the book (which also can be found online in pdf), but moves more and more in the direction of the second edition. It is yet unclear whether the second edition will be sufficiently available in time.
Title:Introduction to Data Mining
Author:Tan, Steinbach, (Karpatne, )and Kumar
Publisher:Pearson
Edition:2

Instructional modes
Course occurrence

Practical computer training

Tests
Final grade
Test weight1
OpportunitiesBlock KW2, Block KW3

Digital Midterm
Test weight0
Test typeDigital exam with CIRRUS
OpportunitiesBlock KW1

Digital Exam
Test weight0
Test typeDigital exam with CIRRUS
OpportunitiesBlock KW2, Block KW3

Project
Test weight0
OpportunitiesBlock KW2, Block KW3