Schedule

Date   Description Bibliography Slides
20/01/2026   What is data mining on the Web / Introductory lecture Chapter 1, Mining Massive Datasets, Leskovec, Rajaraman, Ullman Lecture 1
23/01/2026   Map-Reduce Framework Chapter 2, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 2
27/01/2026   Frequent itemsets and Association rules Chapter 6, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 3
30/01/2026   Frequent itemsets and Association rules Chapter 6, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 4
3/02/2026   Finding Similar Items Chapter 3, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 5
6/02/2026   Finding Similar Items Chapter 3, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 6
10/02/2026   Clustering Chapter 7, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 7
13/02/2026   Clustering Chapter 7, Mining Massive Datasets Optional Reading: Jain, A. K., Murty, M. N., and Flynn, P. J. 1999. Data clustering: a review. ACM Comput. Surv. 31, 3 (Sep. 1999), 264-323. Lecture 8
17/02/2026   Recommendation Systems Chapter 9, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 9
20/02/2026   Dimensionality Reduction Chapter 9, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 10
24/02/2026   Midterm Exam Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 Midterm sample
27/02/2026   Mining Data Streams Chapter 4, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 11
3/03/2026   Mining Data Streams Chapter 4, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 12
6/03/2026   Link Analysis and Web search Chapter 5, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 13
10/03/2026   Link Analysis and Web search Chapter 5, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 14
13/03/2026   Advertising on the Web Chapter 8, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 15
17/03/2026   Learning through Experimentation Chapter 8, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 16
20/03/2026   Large-scale Machine Learning Chapter 12, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 17
24/03/2026   Mining Social-Network Graphs Chapter 10, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 18
27/03/2026   Data Privacy Lecture 19
31/03/2026   Use case study I Lecture 20
3/04/2026   Use case study II Chapter 6, Mining Massive Datasets Lecture 21
21/04/2026   Projects Presentation
24/04/2026   Projects Presentation
28/04/2026   Revision Lecture 22