Features

The annual UCSD Student Data Mining Contest offers students a chance to test their data mining skill on a real-world data set.

• See http://mill.ucsd.edu for details
• The contest runs from May 15 through August 1.

• Document Classification: Given the words used in a document, predict the topic of the document.
• Word Prediction: Given some words in a document, what other words would we expect to be in that document.

• Practical experience is the best way to learn!
• The winner of each contest/division will receive prize money -- a total of $4000 is up for grabs!
• Success in the competition looks great on a resume (graduate admissions, jobs, fellowships).

The UCSD Student Data Mining Contest is sponsored by Fair Isaac Corp. It is an academic contest designed to give students hands-on experience with real world data mining problems. THis is the third year of the contest, and is the first year that the contest is open to students from all accredited American universities and colleges. To learn more, go to http://mill.ucsd.edu/.