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Data Mining - MSc & PhD Numbers

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Publications

  • B. de la Iglesia and V. J. Rayward-Smith. The Discovery of Intersting Nuggets Using Heuristic Techniques. In H. A. Abbass, R. A. Sarker and C. S. Newton (Eds.), "Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach". Idea Group Publishing, USA. To appear Autumn 2001.
  • C. M. Howard. Designing component-based heuristic search engines for knowledge discovery. In H. A. Abbass, R. A. Sarker and C. S. Newton (Eds.), "Heuristic and Optimization for Knowledge Discovery". Idea Group Publishing, USA. To appear Winter 2001.
  • V. J. Rayward-Smith, J. C. W. Debuse and B. de la Iglesia. The Use of Modern Heuristic algorithms for Mining Insurance Data. In "OUP Handbook of Data Mining". Open University Press, 2001.
  • G. Richards, V.J. Rayward-Smith, P.H. Sönksen, S. Carey and C. Weng. Data Mining for Indicators of Early Mortality in a Database of Clinical Records. To appear in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Spring 2001.
  • J.C.W. Debuse, B. de la Iglesia, C.M. Howard and V.J. Rayward-Smith. Building the KDD Roadmap: A methodology for Knowledge Discovery, in "Industrial Knowledge Management", Dr. Rajkumar Roy (Editor), Springer-Verlag, London, 2000.
  • J. C. W. Debuse and V. J. Rayward-Smith. Discretisation of Continuous Commercial Database Features for a Simulated Annealing Data Mining Algorithm. Journal of Applied Intelligence, No.11, pp285-295, 1999.
  • C.M. Howard. DMEngine Class Reference.SYS Technical Report SYS-C99-03, University of East Anglia, 1999.
  • C. M. Howard and V. J. Rayward-Smith. Knowledge Discovery from Low Quality Meteorological Databases in "Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining" (M.A.Bramer (Ed.)). Chapter 9, Pages 180-203, ISBN 0 85296 767 5, 1999
  • J Debuse, V J Rayward-Smith, C M Howard and G D Smith. Data Mining for Evidence of Fraud within the Telecommunications Industry Proc of World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, ed by N. Callaos, T. Yang and J Aguilar, pp 245-249 IIIS, Orlando, Florida, 1998 ISBN 980-07-5079-7
  • C. M. Howard and V. J. Rayward-Smith. Knowledge Discovery from Low Quality Meteorological Databases, IEE Digest 98/483, Colloquium on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 1998
  • V. J. Rayward-Smith, J. C. W. Debuse, G. A. Janacek, D. J. Smith and J. Boulton. Data Analysis in Insurance: Professional Training Needs. Proceedings of "Applications of Data Mining Techniques in Marketing, Retail, Finance and Insurance", pp321-332. UNICOM Seminars, Brunel Science Park, 1998
  • J.C.W.Debuse, B. de la Iglesia, C.M.Howard and V.J.Rayward-Smith. A methodology for knowledge discovery : A KDD Roadmap SYS Technical Report SYS-C99-01, University of East Anglia, 1999
  • C. M. Howard and V. J. Rayward-Smith. Streamlining a meteorological database for knowledge discovery, IEE Digest 97/340, Colloquium on IT Strategies for Information Overload, 1997
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith and J.C.W. Debuse. Using KDD to Explain the Unusual. Proc. UNICOM Seminar on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 53-60, UNICOM, April 1998.
  • J.C.W. Debuse and V.J. Rayward-Smith. Experiences of data mining in a commercial environment Proc. Workshop on Methods and Tools for Data Mining, UNICOM, 1997.
  • J.C.W. Debuse and V.J. Rayward-Smith. Feature subset selection within a simulated annealing data mining algorithm J. Intelligent Information Systems, 9, n.1, 57-81, July/August 1997.
  • B. de la Iglesia, J.C.W. Debuse and V.J. Rayward-Smith. Discovering Knowledge in Commercial Databases Using Modern Heuristic Techniques Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-96), 44-49, AAAI Press, U.S.A., July 1996.
  • B. de la Iglesia, J.C.W. Debuse and V.J. Rayward-Smith. Experiences of Data Mining in a Financial Services Company Proc. Data Mining '96, 261-278, UNICOM Seminars, April 1996.
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith, J.C.W. Debuse and B. de la Iglesia. Data Mining Techniques for Commerce Proc. Data Mining and Data Warehouse '96, 64-92, UNICOM, London, 1996.
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith, J.C.W. Debuse and B. de la Iglesia. Using Modern Heuristic Techniques to Data Mine Proc. Data Mining '96, 67-102, UNICOM Seminars, Brunel, April 1996.
  • G.D. Tattersall and Limb. Visualisation Techniques for Data Mining In Computer Aided Decision Support in Telecommunications, 55-73, Flavin and Totton (ed.), ISBN 0-412-75150-X, 1996.
  • J.C.W. Debuse and V.J. Rayward-Smith. One and a half dimensional clustering Proc. ADT95 Conference, UNICOM, Brunel, 1995.
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith, J.C.W. Debuse and B. de la Iglesia. Using a Genetic Algorithm to Data Mine in the Financial Services Sector Proc. ES95 Conference, Cambridge, 1995.

Grants

  • V. J. Rayward-Smith. "Data mining for Emerging Microbial Threats". £181,000 from BBSRC. Duration: Oct 99 - Sept 02
  • V. J. Rayward-Smith, J. C. W. Debuse, G. D. Smith. £131,000. Jan.1998 - Mar. 2001. Teaching Company Programme between UEA and Lanner Group Ltd. "Data Mining and Optimisation".
  • V. J. Rayward-Smith, M. R. Sleep, R. D. Dowsing and R. Elliott. "Plumber Evaluation", £40,000 from DERA. Duration: May 1999- Mar 2000.
  • G. D. Smith, Dynamic Frequency Assignment. £50,000 from Nortel plc. Duration: Sep 1997 - Aug 1998.
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith, Data mining for commodity development. £60,719 from Master Foods N.V.. Duration: Aug. 1995 - Mar. 00. (£5,000 for Feb 1997 - Aug 1997, £16,344 for Sep 1996 - Aug 1997)
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith. Centrica, £18,000. "Data mining on meteorological data for Centrica/British Gas", Jan 99 - Dec 00.
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith, G.D. Smith, G.P. McKeown, Teaching Company Programme between Norwich Union & UEA. £16,024 (£8,020 from Teaching Company Directorate and £8,004 from Norwich Union). Duration: Sep 1997 - Dec 1997.
  • G.D. Smith, V.J. Rayward-Smith, Data Mining in the Telecommunication Sector. £144,580 (£91,000 from NORTEL and £53,580 from TCD). Duration: Apr 1997 - Mar 2000.
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith, Knowledge discovery in a public health database (student bursary). £1,300 from Nuffield Foundation. Duration: Jun 1995 - Sep 1995.
  • G.D. Smith, V.J. Rayward-Smith, Teaching Company Programme between Nortel and UEA. £173,977 (£94,170 from TCD and £79,807 from Nortel). Duration: Oct 1994 - Sep 1997.
  • V.J. Rayward-Smith, G.D. Smith, G.P. McKeown, Teaching Company Programme between Norwich Union and UEA. £164,556 (£54,852 from TCD and £96,960) from Norwich Union. Duration: Sep 1994 - Sep 1997.
  • G.D. Tattersall, Data visualisation and mining packages. £17,929 from BT. Duration: Oct 1993 - May 1994.