ANN: Data Mining Courses Online _at_CCSU

Data Mining Courses Offered Online _at_CCSU

Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) announces online courses in data mining leading to a Master of Science in Data Mining.

All courses in the data mining MS program are offered online. This means that class is as close as your computer, whether you live in Boston, Beijing, or Bangalore. Further, all courses are asynchronous, meaning that students can work when they want to work, whether at 3:00 in the afternoon, or 3:00 in the morning.

The 33-credit program, which can be completed in two years, consists of courses in data mining, artificial intelligence, statistical analysis, and computer science. The MS in data mining is fully licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education. Each course is taught by the doctoral-level professor who designed the course.

The program stresses the solution of real-world problems, using applications and case studies, while gaining a deep appreciation of the underlying models. These applications include customer relationship management, credit-card fraud, and profit/cost optimization. Students will apply methodologies such as decision trees, market basket analysis, neural networks, association rules, and cluster detection. Students will gain strong exposure to state-of-the-art software such as the Clementine data mining suite from SPSS.

Data mining is the search for interesting patterns and trends in large databases using statistical methods. The MIT Technology Review chose data mining as one of ten emerging technologies that will change the world. Data mining expertise is the most sought after among information technology professionals, according to the 1999 Information Week National Salary Survey. In a 2001 KDNuggets survey, 27% of data mining professionals earned more than $100,000 (US) annually.

Courses available online, beginning September 3, include Introduction to Data Mining, and Applied Data Mining. Courses to be offered later this year include Web Mining, and Neural Networks. (The Intro to Data Mining course is a prerequisite for the Web Mining course.) To register for these courses, proceed to OnlineCSU at www.onlinecsu.net.

For more information about the MS in data mining, including how to apply, please visit www.ccsu.edu/datamining, or contact Program Director Daniel T. Larose, Ph.D. at larosed_at_ccsu.edu. Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 18:23:49 CEST