Instructor: Dr. Asim Karim
E-mail: akarim at lums
Office hours: 11.40 - 13.00 TR
Office: 429
Phone ext: 4429
Class coordinates: TR 10.15 - 11.30 AM
TA: Ahmed Jawad (ahmad @ lums) and Tahir Ejaz (tahire @ lums)
TA office hours: 3.30 - 5.30 MWF (AJ), 3.30 to 5.00 TR (TE)
Data mining or the discovery of knowledge in large datasets has created a lot of interest in the database and data engineering communities in recent years. The tremendous increase in the generation and collection of data has highlighted the urgent need for systems that can extract useful and actionable knowledge from large datasets. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the data mining process; build theoretical and conceptual foundations of key data mining tasks such as association rule mining and clustering; discuss analysis and implementation of algorithms; and introduce major research sub-areas such as text mining and web mining. Students will get hands on experience through the implementation of algorithms and use of software tools in exercises. Selected research papers will also be discussed in class to supplement the text book material. For details, please see the course outline.
September 5
Welcome to the course. Regularly check this page for announcements and updates.
Check the resource page for web links on data mining. Start thinking about a
project for the course.
Lecture slides will be available by 9 AM on class days.
September 14
Assignment 1 has been posted. It is due by class time on Sep. 20.
September 20
Solution to quiz 1 posted.
September 25
Assignment 2 has been posted. It is due on October 6.
The course project handout has been posted. The first deliverable is due on
September 27 (group members list).
October 12
Solutions to quiz 2 and 3 posted.
Your midterm is scheduled on Oct. 18 Tuesday from 9 to 10.15 AM. Please bring a
dark ball-point and calculator to the exam. Last year's midterm exam has been
posted.
October 21
Assignment 3 has been posted. It is due next Friday (Oct. 28).
October 24
Solution to midterm exam posted. Please check the solution carefully.
Assignment 3 (final assignment) has been updated. Please download the assignment
again. This assignment is due after Eid.
November 19
Last year's final exam posted for reference.
December 14
Final exam solution posted.