Technology Forge
Data
Mining and Machine Learning
Lectures
and Homework
Lecture Links -
1.
Introduction:
2.
Decision Trees:
3.
Clustering:
4.
Association
Rules:
5.
Neural Networks
6.
Genetic
Algorithms – 1
7.
Genetic
Algorithms – 2
Lectures
The
lectures linked here provide a basic introduction to some key aspects of data
mining and machine learning technology and applications. The primary goals of these lectures and their
associated homework are to provide students with a basis for: 1) pursuing in-depth knowledge of data mining
and machine learning technology, and/or 2) managing engineers and projects
which employ these technologies.
These
lectures are augmented by a series of tutorials
which provide students with the ability to experiment with data mining and
machine learning tools. Students taking
these lectures as part of a course also participate on student project teams which apply these technologies
to real-world problems.
Homework
Each
lecture is accompanied by homework designed to reinforce the learning goals of
the lecture. For students taking these
lectures as part of a course, homework will be prepared as PowerPoint
presentations which students will send to the instructor in the designated
manner. Each homework has detailed
instructions on what to include in the PowerPoint document submitted by the
student. Solutions to the homework
(where applicable) will be provided by the instructor.
Running the
Lectures
The
links above provide access to the lectures and homework. There are several options for running the
lectures:
1.
Click
on the lecture .ppt link and “Save” the .ppt to your computer. This allows you to view and print the
presentation and speaker notes, but not listen to the audio narration. The speaker notes and the audio are the same.
2.
Click
on the lecture .ppt link and “Run” the presentation. This allows you to play the audio, but you
cannot see the speaker notes. The audio
narration only runs when you are on-line.
3.
Click
on the .zip link and “Save” to your computer. This saves .ppt lecture document and all the
audio files to your computer. You can
view the slide show with audio, and print out the slides and speaker notes.
Lecture
Developers
The
primary author of the Lectures provided here is Mark Polczynski, Principal of
The Technology Forge. Assistance was
provided by Professor Andrzej Kochanski
and
Professor Marcin Perzyk of the Faculty of Production Engineering at the Warsaw
University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland.
Lectures were tested by students of Professors Kochanski and Perzyk, and
students from the College of Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, USA.
Copyright 2009, Mark
Polczynski, The Technology Forge
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