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Special Topics Database Systems

Type

Undergraduate Studies

Institution

SFU

Professor / Instructor

Martin Ester

Dates

January 5 to April 12, 2021

This course introduces Data Mining, an area that plays a key role in Big Data analytics. The goal of data mining is the efﬁcient discovery of useful patterns in large datasets. This course focuses on fundamental data mining tasks and algorithms as well as key applications. It will prepare you both for developing your own data mining application and for starting your data mining research. Students taking this course are expected to have taken an algorithms course and to have an understanding of basic statistics equivalent to an entry-level course. The course project requires programming in Python or R, and students are expected to be proﬁcient with one of these programming languages.

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You are applying for a $500 scholarship towards a qualifying course at one of our post-secondary education partners: BCIT, Northeastern University, SFU or UBC. Applicants must be either Canadian Citizens, BC permanent residents or working towards obtaining one of these.

Please only apply for this scholarship once you have been enrolled or waitlisted in an applicable course. We will be confirming all student details with instructors.

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To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a woman (or identify as a woman), and currently live in BC, Canada. Do you meet both of these criteria?

Yes

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Please note that all information provided will be verified with your institution. Scholarships will only be given to those with a minimum of a passing grade for the course. Due to a limited amount of scholarships available, only successful applicants will be contacted.

Please note that all information provided will be verified with your postsecondary institution. Scholarships will only be given to those with a minimum of a passing grade for the course. Due to a limited amount of scholarships available, only successful applicants will be contacted.

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