Download AP/ITEC 4305 3.0A – Web Mining Summer 2016 Class information

AP/ITEC 4305 3.0A – Web Mining
Summer 2016
Class information
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Xiangdong An
[email protected]
R 18:00-21:00
SC 216
M 16:30-17:30 or by appointment
TEL 3043
moodle.yorku.ca
Course Description
Web mining is the application of data mining techniques to discover useful information
from the Web. This course provides an overview of relevant techniques from data mining
and information retrieval and their applications in e-commerce and Web information
systems.
Prerequisites: ITEC 1000 3.0, ITEC 1010 3.0, ITEC 1620 3.0, ITEC 2610 3.0, ITEC
2620 3.0, MATH 1190 3.0, MATH 2320 3.0, MATH 2565 3.0 plus ITEC 3220 3.0, ITEC
3230 3.0, ITEC 4020 3.0 PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Prerequisites: General prerequisites.
Course credit exclusion: AK/ITEC 4305 3.00.
Required Textbook
Bing Liu, Web Data Mining: Exploring Hyperlinks, Contents and Usage Data, Springer,
2007, ISBN: 978-3-540-37881-5.
Evaluation
Assignments
Final
60%
40%
Late Policy & Academic Honesty
Late assignments are not accepted. No make-up exam is provided. You must write the
deferred exam scheduled by the SIT if you can’t write the final exam scheduled by the
Registrar Office.
While you are encouraged to work with classmates as part of your educational
experience, you must submit independent work adhering to the University policy on
academic honesty.
Tentative Schedule
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Introduction to WWW and Web Mining Systems
Learning and Knowledge Discovery from the Web
Information Retrieval (IR) and Web Search
Web Crawling and Information Integration
Web Link Analysis such as Social Network Analyis, PageRank and HITS
Opinion and Sentiments Mining
Web Aspect Search and Mining
Web Usage Mining
Web Mining Applications such as Web Blogs Mining and Online Medical Data
Analysis