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DT8116

Mining of Massive Datasets

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Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Aggregate score

About

About the course

Course content

The course will discuss data mining algorithms for analyzing very large amounts of data. Vital challenges to be covered include similarity search, mining streaming data, and social network analysis.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: Introduction to problems, principles, mechanisms, and techniques connected to mining large datasets. Skills: Similarity search, mining streaming data, social network analysis, synopses for massive data. Competence: Mining massive datasets.

Learning methods and activities

Joint colloquium and self-study. Individual research project related to the topics studied in the course. If the course is taken by a high number of students, the oral examination may be replaced by a written examination.

Further on evaluation

Evaluation form:

A: Report (either a short report on an own research project, or a longer review paper on the state of the art in a selected area).

B: A final oral exam.

The final grade is pass or fail. To pass the course, both the report and the exam must be passed.

Course materials

To be given at the start of the semester. The core of the curriculum will be selected chapters from the book Mining Massive Datasets by Jure Leskovec, Anand Rajaraman, and Jeffrey D. Ullman.

Subject areas

  • Computer and Information Science

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Computer Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

Report
Weighting 50/100
Oral exam
Weighting 50/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 1 hours

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Report
Weighting 50/100
Oral exam
Weighting 50/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 1 hours