Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Masterat
Domeniul: Informatica
Programul de studii: Sisteme Inteligente - în limba engleză
Limba de predare: Engleză

SYLLABUS

I. General data
Code	Subject	
MML1016	Knowledge Discovery in Wide Area Networks	

Semester	Hours: C+S+L	Category	Status	
1	2+2+0	speciality	compulsory	

II. Full status faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Didactic	Chair	Type of activity	
surname	title	title		C	S	L	
SACAREA Cristian	Ph.D.	Lect.	Algebra	*			

Associated faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Institution	Type of	Type of activity	
surname	title		position	C	S	L	

III. Course objectives
&#8226;	To introduce the student to a broad range of information representation models drawn from the fields of information science, computer science, semiotics, philosophy, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence.
&#8226;	To introduce a formal method of qualitative data analysis. 
&#8226;	To provide practical experience with basic data analysis techniques, such as selection, grouping and scaling of features. 
&#8226;	To develop the student@s ability to understand the problems involved in the formalization of informal data. 
&#8226;	To teach practical skills of using the computer software DIAGRAM, ANACONDA, and TOSCANA. 
&#8226;	To provide practical experience with techniques of structuring graphical representations.
&#8226;	To provide insights into the formal structure of classification systems.

IV. Course contents
Introduction: Data, Information, and Knowledge
&#8226;	Classification, categorization, and concepts
&#8226;	Cognitive Organization of Information
&#8226;	Introduction in Knowledge Management
&#8226;	Formal Modeling of Data
&#8226;	Conceptual Knowledge Representation
&#8226;	Formal Concept Analysis
&#8226;	Concept Hierarchies from Contexts
&#8226;	Conceptual Knowledge Inferences
&#8226;	ANACONDA and DIAGRAM
&#8226;	Conceptual Scaling
&#8226;	Nested concept hierarchies and TOSCANA
&#8226;	Conceptual Knowledge Aquisition
&#8226;	Applications	

V. Bibliography
1.	Bernhard Ganter, Rudolf Wille, Formal Concept Analysis, Springer Verlag, 2000
2.	Aldo de Moord, Wilfried Lex, Bernhard Ganter, eds., Conceptual Structures for Knowledge Creation and Communication, Springer LNAI 2746, 2003.
3.	Bernhard Ganter, Aldo de Moord, eds., Using Conceptual Structures, Shaker Verlag, 2003.
4.	Frank Vogt, Formal Concept Analysis with C++, Springer, 1996
Rokia Missaoui, Jürg Schmid, eds., Formal Concept Analysis, Springer LNAI 3874, 2006.

VI. Thematic of didactic activities per weeks

VII. Didactic methods used

VIII. Assessment
The activity ends with a written final exam (grade E) and a practical project during the semester (grade P). The exam subjects have theoretical questions from all the studied topics, and one problem, among the problems studied at the course and seminar. The final grade arithmetical mean of the two grades mentioned above, conditioned by all the grades being at least 5. Otherwise, the exam will not be passed. The final grade = (E + P)/2.	

IX. Additional references

	Dean,							Chair head,

	Date,							Course responsible,
								Lect. SACAREA Cristian, Ph.D.