CS 412
CS 412 - Introduction to Data Mining
Spring 2025
| Title | Rubric | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Data Mining | CS412 | DSO | 65867 | ONL | 4 | - | Ruby Tahboub | ||
| Introduction to Data Mining | CS412 | PG | 63462 | PKG | 4 | - | Ruby Tahboub | ||
| Introduction to Data Mining | CS412 | PG | 63462 | PKG | 4 | - | Ruby Tahboub | ||
| Introduction to Data Mining | CS412 | PU | 63461 | PKG | 3 | - | Ruby Tahboub | ||
| Introduction to Data Mining | CS412 | PU | 63461 | PKG | 3 | - | Ruby Tahboub |
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Official Description
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This is an introductory course on data mining. The course introduces the concepts, algorithms, techniques, and systems of data mining, including (1) what is data mining? (2) get to know your data, (3) data preprocessing, integration and transformation, (4) design and implementation of data warehouse and OLAP systems, (5) data cube technology, (6&7) mining frequent patterns and assoication: basic concepts and advanced methods, (8&9) classification: basic concepts and advanced techniques, and (10) cluster analysis: basic concepts. The course will serve both senior-level computer science undergraduate students and the first-year graduate students interested in the field. Also, the course may attract students from other disciplines who need to understand, develop, and use data mining techniques and data mining systems to analyze large amounts of data.
Learning Goals
Understand the basic principles for data cleaning and data transformation and apply typical methods of data cleaning and transformation in the context of data mining (1), (2), (4), (5), (6)
Understand the basic principles of data warehousing and data cubing and apply typical methods of data warehousing and data cube computation (1), (2), (3), (5), (6)
Understand the basic principles for mining frequent patterns and apply typical frequent pattern mining methods for effective data mining (1), (2), (3, (5), (6)
Understand the basic principles for classification and apply typical classification methods for effective data mining (1), (2), (4), (5), (6)
Understand the basic principles for data clustering and apply typical clustering methods for effective data mining (1), (2), (4), (5), (6)
Topic List
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Know Your Data
Chapter 3. Data Preprocessing
Chapter 4. Data Warehousing and On-Line Analytical Processing
Chapter 5. Data Cube Technology
Chapter 6. Mining Frequent Patterns, Associations and Correlations: Basic Concepts and Methods
Chapter 7. Advanced Frequent Pattern Mining
Chapter 8. Classification: Basic Concepts
Chapter 9. Classification: Advanced Methods
Chapter 10. Cluster Analysis: Basic Concepts and Methods
Related-to
The course is related to CS410: Text information systems, CS411 Introduction to database systems and CS467 Machine learning
Assessment and Revisions
| Revisions in last 6 years | Approximately when revision was done | Reason for revision | Data or documentation available? |
| Reorganization of Chapters and split some long Chapters into Two: Basic and Advanced | Fall 2010 | Working on new version of the textbook which was published in Fall 2011 | My 3rd edition of the textbook published in Fall 2011 |
| Reduce the coverage of the last chapter on clustering to basic due to the expansion of other chapters in the new textbook | Fall 2011 | Students feel too much materials covered and need more focus and in more depath on those covered | professional judgement based on students' feedback |
Required, Elective, or Selected Elective
Selected Elective.