WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science Department
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CS548 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining 
Project Guidelines - Fall 2018

PROF. CAROLINA RUIZ 

WARNING: Changes to these guidelines may be made during the course of the semester. 
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Guidelines for Projects and for Written Reports

Each of the projects in this course deals with one or more specific data mining techniques. The guidelines below are intended to help you structure the experimental work you are expected to do for each project, as well as your written and oral reports.

An important aspect of both your written and oral reports is the "story-telling" aspect. Try to tell the story of what experiments you ran and why, how each experiment shed lights on what experiment(s) to run next, and what you learned with them.

Guidelines for the Experiments

Structure for Written Reports


Guidelines for Oral Reports and Slides

We will discuss the results of each project in class. Your oral report should summarize the most important parts of your written report and should elaborate only on the most significant or more unique parts of your work. Each group will have about 5 minutes to present their project in class. Try to summarize results using tables, visualizations, and graphical depictions when possible. Once again, an important aspect of both your written and oral reports is the "story-telling" aspect. Try to tell the story of what experiments you ran and why, how each experiment shed lights on what experiment(s) to run next, and what you learned with them. Given the time constraints, focus your presentation on the most relevant, unique, or creative parts of your project. Be prepared and use your presentation time wisely!

Submission and Due Dates


Grading Criteria

Each of the five Project-Test Combinations in this course will count for 17.5% of the course grade, and typically this percentage will be split as follows: 11% test, 6% project report and 0.5% presentation.

Extra points will be awarded for exceptionally high quality work.