George Mason University

Department of Computer Science

CS 484: Data Mining (ONLINE)

Spring 2021

Professor Jessica Lin


Course Description

Basic principles and methods for data analysis and knowledge discovery. Emphasizes developing basic skills for modeling and prediction and performance evaluation. Topics include system design; data quality, preprocessing, and association; event classification; clustering; biometrics; business intelligence; and mining complex types of data.

Class Time and Location

Monday/Wednesday 12:00-1:15pm
Online via Zoom (TBA)

Instructor

Dr. Jessica Lin
Email: jessica [AT] gmu [DOT] edu
Office Hours: Monday 2-4pm

Teaching Assistant

Manpriya Dua
Office Hours: TBA
Office: Online

Prerequisites
Course Outcomes
Grading

Assignments: 40%
Project: 30%
Exams: 30%
          Extra credit possible (participation, competition winners for Homework)
Assignments

There will be four competition-style programming assignments. The preferred programming language is Python. Competition winners will get 1% extra credit added to the final grade.

Exam

There will be quizzes throughout the semester covering lectures and readings (in class), and one final exam. The exams must be taken at the scheduled time and place, unless prior arrangement has been made with the instructor. Missed exam cannot be made up.

Project

There will be one team project in the semester. The project grade consists of project proposal (including project pitch, 5% total of overall course grade), video presentation (5%), and project report and code (20%).


Textbooks

Required: Introduction to Data Mining by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar (click on the link for the companion website)

Topics
Technology Requirement

This class will be 100% online this semester. Technology requirements to successfully complete this class include:


Honor Code Statement

The GMU Honor Code is in effect at all times. In addition, the CS Department has further honor code policies regarding programming projects, which are detailed here. Any deviation from the GMU or the CS department Honor Code is considered an Honor Code violation. All assignments for this class are individual unless otherwise specified.


Learning Disability Accommodation

If you have a documented learning disability or other condition which may affect academic performance, make sure this documentation is on file with the Office of Disability Services and then discuss with the professor about accommodations.


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