CS 412: Introduction to Data Mining

Fall, 2023

Course Objective

Provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts and techniques of data mining.

● Be able to understand the key concepts of data mining techniques, including data preprocessing, data warehousing and cube, frequent pattern mining, classification, clustering.

● Be able to apply the key data mining techniques to realistic setting, evaluate and analyze

the mining results.

Basic Information

Classes: Tue, Thu 11:00 am – 12:15 am

Location: 1404 Siebel Center for Computer Science

Instructors: Arindam Banerjee, arindamb@illinois.edu

Ruby Tahboub, rubyt@illinois.edu

TAs:

● Rohan Deb, rd22@illinois.edu

● Sayar Ghosh Roy, sayar3@illinois.edu

● Kowshika Sarker, ksarker2@illinois.edu

● Hyunsik Yoo, hy40@illinois.edu

Office hours:

● Arindam Banerjee: Wed 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

● Ruby Tahboub: Thu 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

● Rohan Deb:

● Sayar Ghosh Roy:

● Kowshika Sarker:

● Hyunsik Yoo:

Online resources:

● Canvas

● Slack

● Gradescope

Schedule (Tentative, subject to mild adjustments)

● Course Outline / Chapter 1: Introduction (week 1)

● Chapter 2: Data and Measurements (weeks 1, 2, 3, 4)

● Chapter 6: Classification: Basic Concepts (weeks 5, 6, 7, 8)

● Chapter 7: Classification: Advanced Concepts (week 8, 9)

● Chapter 10: Deep Learning (weeks 9, 10)

● Chapter 8: Cluster Analysis: Basic Concepts (weeks 11, 12)

● Chapter 4: Mining Frequent Patterns, Associations, and Correlations (weeks 12, 13)

● Chapter 5: Advanced Pattern Mining (weeks 13, 15, 16)

Coursework and Grading

● Assignments, Programming Assignments, and Exams

o Written Assignments: 30% (three homework assignments expected)

o Programming assignments: 30% (two programming assignments expected)

o Midterm exam: 20%

o Final exam: 20%

● For students taking 4th credit

o For students registering 4 credits: 25%. The overall scores will be scaled proportionally

▪ Project proposal: 15%

▪ Mid-term report: 35%

▪ Final report: 50%

o Group project: 3 members

Key Dates

● Assignments

o A1: Thu, Sept 7 out, Fri, Sept 22 due

o A2: Tue, Sept 28 out, Fri, Oct 13 due

o A3 (programming): Thu, Oct 19 out, Wed, Nov 08 due

o A4: Thu, Nov 09 out, Wed, Nov 29 due

o A5 (programming): Mon, Nov 14 out, Mon, Dec 04 due

● Exams

o Mid-term: Tue, Oct 17, posted 6 pm, 24 hours

o Final: Fri, Dec 8, posted 6 pm, 24 hours

● Project (for students taking 4th credit)

o Project team due: Mon, September 11

o Project proposal (1-page+refs) due: Mon, October 2

o Mid-term report (3-page+refs+appendix) due: Wed, Nov 1

o Final report due (6-page+refs+appendix): Wed, Dec 6

Grades

❑ Following cutoffs represent what will likely be used to generate letter grades:   

A+   >= 98%                     A  >=94% & < 98%      A-  >=90% & < 94%      

B+   >= 85% & < 90%      B  >=80% & < 85%      B- >=77% & < 80%      

C+   >= 74% & < 77%      C  >=70% & < 74%      C- >=67% & <70%             

D  >= 60%& <67%       F < 60% 

❑ The above cutoffs are tentative and may be adjusted slightly; if there is any adjustment to the above cutoffs, we will NOT curve down your letter grades

❑ However, there will be no general curve-fitting in assigning the final grades

Textbooks

Required: Jiawei Han, Jian Pei, and Hanghang Tong, Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques

(4rd ed), Morgan Kaufmann, 2023

References:

● Charu C. Aggarwal, Data Mining: The Textbook, Springer, 2015

● P.-N. Tan, M. Steinbach and V. Kumar, Introduction to Data Mining, Wiley, 2005 (2^nd ed. 2016)

● Mohammed J. Zaki and Wagner Meira Jr., Data Mining and Analysis: Fundamental Concepts and Algorithms, Cambridge University Press, 2014

Mental Health

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Counseling Center: 217-333-3704, 610 East John Street Champaign, IL 61820

McKinley Health Center:217-333-2700, 1109 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Sexual Misconduct Reporting Obligation

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A list of the designated University employees who, as counselors, confidential advisors, and medical professionals, do not have this reporting responsibility and can maintain confidentiality, can be found here: http://wecare.illinois.edu/resources/students/#confidential

Other information about resources and reporting is available here: http://wecare.illinois.edu

Academic Integrity

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Student Code should also be considered as a part of this syllabus. Students should pay particular attention to Article 1, Part 4: Academic Integrity. Read the Code at the following URL: http://studentcode.illinois.edu/

Academic dishonesty may result in a failing grade. Every student is expected to review and abide by the Academic Integrity Policy: https://studentcode.illinois.edu/article1/part4/1-401/. Ignorance is not an excuse for any academic dishonesty. It is your responsibility to read this policy to avoid any misunderstanding. Do not hesitate to ask the instructor(s) if you are ever in doubt about what constitutes plagiarism, cheating, or any other breach of academic integrity.

Religious Observances

Illinois law requires the University to reasonably accommodate its students' religious beliefs, observances, and practices in regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work requirements. You should examine this syllabus at the beginning of the semester for potential conflicts between course deadlines and any of your religious observances. If a conflict exists, you should notify your instructor of the conflict and follow the procedure at

https://odos.illinois.edu/community-ofcare/resources/students/religious-observances/

to request appropriate accommodations. This should be done in the first two weeks of classes.

Disability-Related Accommodations

To obtain disability-related academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities must contact the course instructor and the Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) as soon as possible. To contact DRES, you may visit 1207 S. Oak St., Champaign, call 333-4603, email disability@illinois.edu or go to https://www.disability.illinois.edu. If you are concerned you have a disability-related condition that is impacting your academic progress, there are academic screening appointments available that can help diagnosis a previously undiagnosed disability. You may access these by visiting the DRES website and selecting “Request an Academic Screening” at the bottom of the page.

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