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    This document introduces a course on data mining and machine learning. It discusses how data and these techniques are used widely in various applications today. It notes that data is growing exponentially from various sources like science, the internet, and business. The document emphasizes that data is a valuable resource and that data science skills will be important for extracting value and insights from large amounts of data. It provides examples of experts touting the importance and potential of machine learning. Finally, it provides a brief overview of what the course will cover, including data mining techniques, algorithms, and different modeling approaches.

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    CS11944 – Spring 2017

    Introduction to Data Mining

    Course Introduction
    Today:

    • What is this course about?


    • Course Logistics.
    Data Mining & Machine Learning are
    Everywhere!
    Data Mining & Machine Learning are
    Everywhere!
    Data Mining & Machine Learning are
    Everywhere!
    Data Mining & Machine Learning are
    Everywhere!
    Data Mining & Machine Learning are
    Everywhere!
    In all of these applications …

    Data is The Hero!


    “More data usually beats better algorithms”
    Data Explosion!
    • Data is more than doubling every two years.
    [EMC Corporation - June 28, 2011]

    Where Does this all come from?


    • Science
    – The current NASA Earth observation satellites generate a
    terabyte every day. [Principles of Data Mining-Bramer]
    • Internet [www.statisticbrain.com]
    – More than 50 Million tweets every day.
    – More than 70 Million Facebook shares every day.
    • Business?
    – Wal-Mart, handles more than 1m customer transactions
    every hour. [www.economist.com/node/15557443]
    Data Explosion!

    • What can we do with all of this data?

    • Data Science is the hot new thing in Tech.


    [Fortune, September 5, 2011]

    • The ability to take data - to be able to understand


    it, to process it, to extract value from it, to
    visualize it, to communicate it, that is going to be
    a hugely important skill in the next decades.
    [Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian, NYT 2009]
    Machine Learning?

    • “A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten


    Microsofts” (Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft)

    • “Web ranking today is mostly a matter of machine learning”


    (Prabhakar Raghavan, Dir. Research, Yahoo)

    • “Machine learning is going to result in a real revolution” (Greg


    Papadopoulos, Former CTO, Sun)

    • “Machine learning today is one of the hottest aspects of


    computer science” (Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft)
    What is This Course About?

    • Techniques for finding Minerals and Jewels in


    data! (Mining)
    • Algorithms Vs Math?

    • White Box Vs Black Box?

    • Code Vs Psuedo-code?

    Thanks to Dr. Ibrahim Balawi

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