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The Data Mining Lab (DML) is hosted in the Department of Computer Science at Brigham Young University. It is located at 3308 TMCB, +1-801-422-7817.

Data Mining is the study and application of analysis methods aimed at the nontrivial extraction of implicit, previously unknown, and preferably actionable knowledge from data. As is evident from the diagram to the right, Data Mining is a process that involves a number of steps at which both business acumen and technical expertise must be leveraged to ensure success.

Hence, work in the DML attempts to combine theory with practice through research efforts grounded in the solution of real-world problems. The DML offers research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students. Visits to our lab are welcome at anytime. If you would like to attend a meeting, please see the DML Calendar. Additionally, please feel free to contact Christophe Giraud-Carrier (3364 TMCB, +1-801-422-3027).

Contents 1 Current Members 2 Current Research Projects 3 Former Members 4 Visitors 5 Invited Colloquium Speakers 6 Industry Partners 7 Conferences and Journals 8 Resources

Current Members

Christophe Giraud-Carrier, Matthew Smith, Jun won Lee, Reed McGrew, Marissa Nielsen, Brent Cazinha, Weston Rowley, Samuel Stephens, Nathan Yeung

Current Research Projects

See here for a list of research topics that may be pursued in the Data Mining Lab. Our current research efforts focus broadly on the following areas:

• Predictive Informatics
• Meta-learning
• Social Capital in Online Communities
• Genealogical Record Linkage
• Data Mining Applications

You can look at a few slides from Selected Projects

Former Members

Kristine Daniels, MS (Full-time Mom), Brock Judkins, BS (Amazon.com, USA), Burdette Pixton, MS (RemedyMD, USA), Brent Wenerstrom, MS (PhD student at the University of Louisville, USA), Graham Henry, BS (Microsoft, USA), Nathan Purser, BS (Omniture, USA), Steve Ivie, BS (Amazon.com, USA), Michael Deardeuff, BS (Amazon.com, USA), Nathan Davis, MS (Google, USA), Yao Huang, BS (Microsoft), David Wilcox, BS (BYU MS, USA), Haven Gatrell, Mathieu Steele, Paul Mann, Kent Otis, Tyler Wright

Visitors

Keith Copsey - QinetiQ, UK (9-11/05, 2/06)

Invited Colloquium Speakers

Tom Mitchell (Dec. 2004), Foster Provost (Mar. 2005), Ken De Jong, (Sep. 2005), Tom Dietterich (Nov. 2005), Nello Cristianini (Nov. 2005), Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro (Dec. 2005), Ronny Kohavi (Feb. 2006), C. Arden Pope III (Nov. 2006), Ray Mooney (Nov. 2006), Ricardo Vilalta (Dec. 2006), Pedro Domingos (Dec. 2006), Mollie Poynton (Feb. 2007), Rich Caruana (Mar. 2007), David Wolpert (Mar. 2007), Marti Hearst (Dec. 2007), Olfa Nasraoui (Sep. 2008), Lise Getoor (Sep. 2008), Jude Shavlik (Mar. 2009), Dan Roth (Mar. 2009), Charles Elkan (Oct. 2009), Erin Bigler (Oct. 2009)

Industry Partners

Conferences and Journals

Relevant Venues for Publication (Data Mining), Social Network Venues

Resources

Data Mining, Record Linkage, Social Network, New Lab Members, Other Resources