Courses

Data, Text, and Web Data Mining
Megaputer Intelligence seminar

Dates
October 20-21, 2000 --  Orlando, FL

Outline
At the seminar you will learn answers to important questions related to the
analysis of numerical, textual, and web-generated data. We will outline our
vision of the coming transformation of knowledge discovery into a mass
market technology operating behind the scenes to optimize diverse business
tasks, especially in the world of e-Business. We will teach you the best
practices in applying the data mining system PolyAnalyst and the text mining
system TextAnalyst to real world problems. Finally, we will be happy to
answer your questions and discuss your project after the seminar, aiming to
provide you with hints and guidance best suited for your data analysis
project.

Q. How do I integrate data mining tools with an RDBMS?
A. The latest technology for simple integration of data mining technology
with external applications is the new SQL-based protocol, OLE DB for Data
Mining. PolyAnalyst is the first data mining system in the market to
implement the support for this new protocol. We will present the foundations
of OLE DB for Data Mining and demonstrate, with hands-on examples, the
convenience and power of the new protocol.

Q. How do I capture and fully utilize web site visitor information in order
to increase the value of each visitor in e-Business?
A.  E-Business embraces e-Commerce, e-Marketing, e-CRM, etc. E-Business will
benefit tremendously from incorporating data mining techniques in the online
business cycle. We first outline this new competitive advantage and set
goals for web data mining. Next we discuss what data to capture, how to do
this, how to then analyze this data, and finally how to integrate the
results in a customer relationship management e-system. Different vendors
are taking the first steps in developing data mining tools for E-business
tasks. We outline existing strategies and shortcomings.

Q. How do I discover knowledge contained in texts and other unstructured
data forms?
A. Articles, e-mails, web pages, and memorandums all contain important
information that we would like to distill, store, and use for making
informed decisions. Techniques for analyzing texts differ significantly from
those designed for analyzing relational databases. Here we discuss different
existing approaches to intelligent text processing and present capabilities
and foundations of an innovative text mining tool, TextAnalyst.

Attendee quotes
"Many thanks to the Megaputer hardworking team for producing a successful
workshop over the past two days.  I learned a lot."
          -- Thomas Ball, Senior Analyst, McKinsey & Co

"The seminar was excellent."
          -- Carl Cozine, CEO and President, Cactus Strategies

"I would like to thank the Megaputer team for a distinguished effort in
developing the seminar and for being very patient with us regarding our
questions and comments."
          -- Prof. Kevin Daimi, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science,
University of Detroit Mercy

Instructor
Sergei Ananyan, Ph.D., has over eight years of experience in applying
various data mining techniques to real world data analysis tasks, as well as
guiding the design of advanced data mining applications. He is an author of
numerous academic papers and magazine articles discussing various aspects of
data and text mining.

Seminar registration fees
Section 1 only (lunch included) - $149
Section 2 only - $590
Section 3 only (lunch included) - $597
Sections 1 & 2 (lunch included) - $695
All sections (lunch included) - $1,240
Educational discount is 60%. Major credit cards accepted (Visa, MasterCard
and Amex).

5 ways to register
1. Online: http://www.megaputer.com/html/discovery.html
2. E-mail: discovery@megaputer.com
3. Tel: (812) 330-0110
4. Fax: (812) 330-0150
5. Mail: Megaputer Intelligence
  120 West 7th Street, Suite 310
  Bloomington, IN 47404

More information about Megaputer, brief seminar notes, and evaluation copies
of PolyAnalyst and TextAnalyst can be found at www.megaputer.com.