Content Overview

Instructors

Olga Baysal
Email: olga.baysal@carleton.ca
Office: HP 5125D
Office hours: by appointment or via Slack
Website: http://olgabaysal.com/teaching/winter16/data5000.html

Boyan Bejanov
Email: boyanbejanov@cmail.carleton.ca
Office: N/A
Office hours: by appointment or via Slack
Website: http://scs.carleton.ca/~boyanbejanov/data5000

Tentative Schedule

It is important to note that this schedule is evolving and will change based on how the class is progressing.

Evaluation

Project proposal

The project forms an integral part of this course. The project is to be completed in group of two students.

You have two options: you can choose to mine and analyze one of the provided datasets or come up with an idea of your own that relates to the course material. In either case, the project topic will require my approval (via the project proposal).

Before you undertake your project you will need to submit a proposal for approval. The proposal should be short (max 2 page PDF in ACM format). The proposal should include a problem statement, the motivation for the project, and set of objectives you aim to accomplish. I will read these and provide comments. This will be due on January 25 by 11:59 PM via email.

Presentation outline

You would need to submit your project presentation outline describing the structure of your slides and preliminary content (in PDF format). This will be due on March 17 by 11:59 PM via email.

Project presentation

Each group will have the opportunity to present their project in class on March 28 or April 04 . This presentation should take the form of a 20 minute (hard maximum) conference-style talk and describe the motivation for your work, what you did, and what you found. If a demo is the best way to describe what you did, feel free to include one in the middle of the talk. Please allocate 3-5 minute time for questions after the project has been presented.

The proposed structure of your presentation:

1. Introduction (describe the problem and motivation)
2. Research questions
3. Methodology: data collection, data cleanup, data mining, data analysis (statistics, machine learning), etc.
4. Results (achieved, preliminary, or anticipated)
5. Implications (why does this study matter? how can your findings be used?)
6. Conclusion (summary, main contributions)

Project report

The required length of the written report varies from project to project (8-10 pages, double column format); all reports must be formatted according to the ACM format and submitted as a PDF. This report will constitute 50% of the course grade. This will be due on April 11 by 11:59 PM via email.

Datasets

• Interset Projects:
1. Bayesian Network-Based Log Generation (PDF)
2. Behavioral Models for the Detection of Unusual Asset Access (PDF) Group 1 has taken this project.
3. Behavioral Models and Exploratory Data Analysis (PDF) Group 3 is working on this project.
• Bank of Canada Project
• OpenData @ Government of Canada (posted on Slack)
• GitHub repository via GHTorrent
• MSR Mining Challenge datasets (various datasets for different years)
• Tera-PROMISE repository
• Open Data @ Government of Canada
• Machine learning data set repo
• IAPR
• Datamob
• KDnuggets:
• in R

Resources

The following books are suggested but not required:

• "Doing Data Science: Straight Talk From the Frontline" by Cathy O'Neil and Rachel Schutt, O'Reilly Media, 2013
• "Data Mining and Business Analytics with R" by Johannes Ledolter, Wiley, 2013
• "Data Science for Business: what you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking" by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, O'Reilly Media, 2013.

The following books are good references for data mining and machine learning algorithms:

• "An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R" by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani, Springer, 2013
• "The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction" by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani and Jerome Friedman, Springer, 2011.

The following are good references for R (just to name a few):

• "Cookbook for R" by Winston Chang
• "The R Inferno" by Patrick Burns
• Quick-R
• "Software for Data Analysis Programming with R" by John Chambers, Springer, 2008.

Contact

The best way to get in touch with instructor is via email: olga.baysal[at]carleton.ca or boyanbejanov[at]cmail.carleton.ca. However, for any public course related communication we will be using Slack DATA 5000 channel. For private messages, please email instructor directly.

University Policies

Academic Integrity

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Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website for the deadline to request accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable).

Religious Obligation

Write to the instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details visit the Equity Services website.