Instructor: Yizhou Sun
Office hours: Mondays 4-5pm; Tuesdays 1-2pm @ lecture zoom
TA: Yewen Wang (wyw10804@cs.ucla.edu)
Office hours: Mondays 9-11am @ zoom
Lecture times: T/Th 10am-11:50am
Lecture location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99182846119?pwd=WVBwQjdJUkh6cG9WNzMzSnFWMVVOdz09
This course introduces concepts, algorithms, and techniques of data mining on different types of datasets, which covers basic data mining algorithms, as well as advanced topics on text mining, graph/network mining, and recommender systems. A team-based course project involving hands-on practice of mining useful knowledge from large data sets is required, in addition to regular assignments. The course is a graduate-level computer science course, which is also a good option for senior undergraduate students who are interested in the field, as well as students from other disciplines who need to understand, develop, and use data mining systems to analyze large amounts of data.
Review and understand fundamentals of basic data mining techniques
Learn recent data mining techniques on several advanced data types
Develop skills to apply data mining algorithms to solve real-world applications
Gain initial experience in conducting research on data mining
Required prerequisite courses: CS 145 or CS 146 or equivalent.
You are expected to have background knowledge in data structures, algorithms, basic linear algebra, and basic statistics.
You are expected to know basic knowledge in data mining and machine learning.
You will also need to be familiar with at least one programming language, and have programming experiences.
Homework: 50%
Quizzes: 15%
Course project: 35%
*All the deadlines are 11:59PM (midnight) of the due dates.
*Late submission policy: you will get a discount as above, if you are t hours late.
*No copying or sharing of homework!
But you can discuss general challenges and ideas with others.
Suspicious cases will be reported to The Office of the Dean of Students.
We will be using Piazza for class discussion. The system is highly catered to getting you help fast and efficiently from classmates, the TA, and myself. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching staff, I encourage you to post your questions on Piazza.
Find our class page at: piazza.com/ucla/spring2021/cs247
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