31040 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Data mining is the art and science of turning large quantities of usually incomprehensive data into meaningful and sometimes commercially valuable information. It includes a number of IT areas, such as statistical methods for identifying patterns in data and making inferences, database technologies, intelligent and smart systems technologies, visualisation and other multimedia techniques that support human pattern discovery capabilities. This subject offers the foundations of data mining and knowledge discovery methods and their application to practical problems. It brings together state-of-the-art research and practical techniques in data mining, providing students with the necessary knowledge and capacity to initiate and conduct data mining research and development projects.

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus