Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

CS 277 Introduction to Data Mining

(4 Credits)
This course provides an introduction to the key concepts, tasks, and techniques of data mining. It focuses on providing students with the knowledge needed to manipulate and extract new information from large amounts of data. Topics will include data preprocessing and feature selection, basic SQL, classification, cluster analysis, machine learning evaluation and validation, as well as scalability. The course will illustrate these issues and techniques through the use of practical applications and examples taken from various domains, including biology, computer science, sociology, and economics.

Prerequisite: MA 100