COMP8410 Data Mining

S16 units8000-level

Massive amounts of data are collected by public and private organisations, while the Web offers rich information about almost every aspect of human life and society. Analysing such data can provide significant benefits to an organisation or research project. This course provides a practical focus on the technology and research in the area of data mining. It focuses on the algorithms and techniques and less on the mathematical and statistical foundations.

2024S1
2025S1
2026S1
2027S1

Prerequisites in 2027

Read automatically from the handbook's wording

All of

One of
- COMP7240Introduction to Database Concepts
- COMP6240Relational Databases
- COMP2400
One of
- COMP6730Programming for Scientists
- COMP7230Introduction to Programming for Data Scientists
- COMP6710Structured Programming

Incompatible with COMP3420, COMP3425, COMP8400, COMP8910: you can't count both.

The handbook's original wording (2024–2027)

To enrol in this course you must have completed COMP7240 or COMP6240 or COMP2400 ; and COMP6730 or COMP7230 or COMP6710 . Incompatible with COMP3420 and COMP3425 and COMP8400 and COMP8910 .

What it leads to in 2027

These courses name COMP8410 in their 2027 prerequisites:

COMP8410 in the 2027 handbook on Programs and Courses