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Laurea magistrale in Ingegneria e scienze informatiche - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Final exam
24
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It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Final exam
24
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Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further activities
3
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Between the years: 1°- 2°
English B2
3
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Teaching code

4S012349

Credits

6

Coordinator

Pietro Sala

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

INF/01 - INFORMATICS

Courses Single

Authorized

The teaching is organized as follows:

Teoria
The activity is given by Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Teoria of the course: Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering

Credits

5

Period

Semester 1

Academic staff

Pietro Sala

Laboratorio
The activity is given by Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Laboratorio of the course: Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering

Credits

1

Period

Semester 1

Academic staff

Pietro Sala

Learning objectives

The corse aims to provide the theoretical and practical foundations for integrating data from, possibly, heterogeneous sources and the subsequent phase of extraction of summary information/knowledge. By completing the course, the students will be able to tackle complex data mining problems by designing and implementing a full pipeline that allows its user to integrate the necessary data sources, select and apply the adequate data mining techniques for solving a specific data mining problem, and evaluate its performances. Given a data mining problem, coming from a real-world domain ranging from industry to healthcare, the course enables the students to design, apply and test original solutions or or modifications of existing ones, for solving it and evaluate the feasibility of the proposed solution in a real environment.

Program

The course is structured in five main modules covering fundamental techniques for knowledge extraction and integration from data. It begins with an introduction to fundamental data mining concepts and an overview of the knowledge discovery process. The first main module is dedicated to Association Rules, exploring algorithms for frequent pattern identification, association rule analysis with practical examples on air quality data, and the use of p-values for statistical validation. The second module explores Mining Structures, focusing on data-driven approaches for process analysis, process mining, and automata learning. The third module covers advanced Machine Learning techniques, including classification, logistic regression, ensemble methods, post-pruning, k-means clustering, time-series analysis, conformal prediction, and boosting. There is a module that integrates Game Theory in data mining, exploring Nash equilibria, Shapley values, and their applications in model interpretation.

Learning assessment procedures

Learning assessment is based on assigned exercises during the course and a final oral examination. Students must complete all exercises proposed by the instructor, covering the different program topics: Association Rules, Mining Structures, Machine Learning, Game Theory for Data Mining, and Pattern Mining. No alternative proposals are provided - all assigned exercises are mandatory and must be submitted. During the oral examination, students will present the results of completed exercises and answer questions about the methods used, obtained results, and theoretical concepts underlying the applied data mining techniques.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE