WHEN : Wednesday, April 15, at 1pm
WHERE : Room 2400, Department of Mathematics
TITLE : Data Mining: Math or Management?
SPEAKER : Tasha Inniss
ABSTRACT :
Data Mining is a relatively new and "hot" topic that transcends
many disciplines. It is one step of an overall process called
"knowledge discovery in databases." Data mining techniques encompass
many different algorithms and tools that are used to extract useful
"nuggets" of information. Such algorithms include genetic algorithms,
statistical methods, data visualization and tree induction
techniques.
In my talk, I first discuss the areas and professions that benefit
from data mining. Secondly, I describe statistical and tree
induction techniques. Lastly, I apply these techniques to data
sets which were supplied by the Federal Aviation Administration.
On Thursday, April 9, WIM hosted a lunch for the female undergraduate mathematics majors at UMCP. The hope was to give these women an opportunity to get to know female graduate students and faculty in the department. Attendance by WIM members was great. Thanks to everyone who attended. I hope you enjoyed the lunch (both the food and the company). Seven undergraduates RSVPed "yes" to the lunch, but only two were there on Thursday. One undergraduate suggested that others were detered by the rain. I think the women who were there liked the idea of getting to know others in the math department. One undergraduate had many ideas for improving life as a math major at UMCP, many of which WIM could be a part. Please send any comments or suggestions regarding WIM's relationship with undergraduates to wim@math.umd.edu.
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