MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMP4336 Introduction to Data Mining Fall 3 0 3 6
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi CEMAL OKAN ŞAKAR
Course Objectives: In this course, data mining algorithms and computational paradigms that are used to extract useful knowledge, extract patterns and regularities in databases, and perform prediction and forecasting will be discussed. Supervised and unsupervised learning approaches will be covered with a focus on pattern discovery and cluster analysis.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Be able to understand Data Gathering and Pre-processing
2. Become familiar with Frequent Item Set Detection
3. Be able to understand Association Rule Mining
4. Be able to understand Classifiers, and their benefits
5. Be able to use Clustering
6. Be able to understand Clustering Evaluation

Course Content

1.Introduction to Basic Concepts
2.Data Exploration
3.Classification
4.Clustering
5.Dimensionality Reduction
6.Frequent Item Set Mining
7.Association Rule Mining

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to Basic Concepts None
2) Data Exploration: Summary Statistics, Visualization, OLAP and Multi-dimensional Data Analysis None
3) Data Pre-Processing, Transformation, Normalization, Standardization None
4) Classification and Regression: Model Selection and Generalization, Decision Trees, Performance Evaluation None
5) Classification: Bayesian Decision Theory, Parametric Classification, Naive Bayes Classifier, Instance-Based Classifiers
6) Classification None
6) Classification and Regression: Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines
7) Midterm I Review of all topics covered so far
8) Clustering: Partitioning and Hierarchical Algorithms None
9) Clustering: Density-Based Algorithms
10) Cluster Evaluation, Comparing Clusterings None
11) Midterm II none
12) Dimensionality Reduction none
13) Frequent Item Set Mining none
14) Association Rule Mining none

Sources

Course Notes: Introduction to Data Mining by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach and Vipin Kumar
References: Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, by Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber and Jian Pei

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 0 % 0
Laboratory 0 % 0
Application 0 % 0
Field Work 0 % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 % 0
Quizzes 0 % 0
Homework Assignments 2 % 20
Presentation 0 % 0
Project 1 % 20
Seminar 0 % 0
Midterms 2 % 20
Preliminary Jury 0 % 0
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission 0 % 0
Jury 0 % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 32
Presentations / Seminar
Project 5 15
Homework Assignments 6 12
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms 8 28
Paper Submission
Jury
Final 6 26
Total Workload 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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