CS 594/494 - Data Mining Practices and Principles Spring Semester 2006, Section 002

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:40 - 10:55pm, Claxton 205

Check this regularly for class announcements. Instructor Office Hours: Tu,Th (8:30-9:30am), CL318 Teaching Assistant: Yuan Yuan Li -- Office Hours: M (1:00-2:00pm), Claxton 125, Phone: 974-6852 Possible online book suppliers for our textbook are: BookFinder4U, Bookpool, Efollet, Chambal, allbookstores.com, and booksprice.com. Dr. Berry will be the guest of Greg Niland aka GoodROI on his Good Karma Show at WebmasterRadio.fm. The live (on-the-web) interview on the topic of Latent Semantic Indexing will be at 4:00pm on Thursday, January 12, 2006. A downloadable podcast of the interview will also be available. "Learn something new with Greg Niland aka GoodROI covering all of the basics and then some. The GoodKarma show helps explain topics for newbies and can even help an old dog to learn some new tricks. During the show there will be prizes given away as well as the answers to the newbie questions you were too embarrassed to ask." Prof. Shih-Lung Shaw from the Department of Geography, UTK will be a guest lecturer on the topic of Spatio-Temporal Clustering on Tuesday, January 24. All students are required to write one paragraph summarizing the important issues regarding this context of clustering. This summary is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, Jan 26. Prof. Kenneth Kahn of the Department of Marketing & Logistics will be our guest during lecture on Tuesday, Feb 21. Prof. Kahn will discuss effective uses of data mining in customer segmentation and other marketing techniques. Mr. Charles Jarrett and Mr. David Clothier from Pilot Travel Centers LLC will be visiting class on Thursday, March 30. Field trip to PTC Support Center/Data Center is scheduled for May 1 (Reading Day). Van(s) would depart from the parking lot behind Claxton Complex (next to construction trailers) at 9:00am. Van(s) would return to Claxton at 1:00pm. Lunch provided by PTC. Click here for directions via car. The Final Exam Session is scheduled for Tuesday, May 9 at 10:15am Dr. Berry will be the guest on Phoenix's KFNX TechTalk program aired on Sunday, April 16 at 6:00pm (the show will be pre-recorded on Friday, April 14). Dr. Berry will be discussing topics such as Latent Semantic Indexing and Email Surveillance. TechTalk is hosted by Thomas A. D-Auria, Chairman and CEO of Information Methods Incorporated (IMI) in Valhalla, New York. "TechTalk's goal is to educate our listeners about technology and how technology can positively affect their lives and business. Our listeners are from all over the globe and include home, small business, and enterprise users. You can listen to TechTalk live on KFNX's website, 1100kfnx.com." Click here for access to ths SAIS Course Evaluation webpage. You may do your course evaluation between April 17 and April 28. The Final Exam is scheduled for Tuesday, May 9 at 10:15am. All final project presentations must be given during this 2-hour period.