Application of Data Mining in Medicine

Description of Scope and Content in the Tutorial

The course is dedicated to people who are interested in practical data mining, not only on theoretical aspects.

The preliminary time table is:

8:30 - 10:00 Theoretical session

(a) Positioning of Data Mining in medicine

(b) Information Retrieval and Data Mining

(c) Basics of Data Mining: Definition, Process,

Techniques, Return On Investment

(d) IBM Intelligent Miner for Data

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 Practical Session

(a) Two application examples

- patient record

- clinical example

(b) From data import to results: live demo

(c) Discussion

Copies of the slides will be given on site as hard copies. About the presenter:

Dr. Christoph Schommer, IBM German Development Laboratory

The BI Wizards - http://www.ibm.com/de/entwicklung/biwizards/

Schoenaicher Str. 220, D-71032 Boeblingen, Germany

Phone, Fax:+49.7031.16.{4628,4890}

Mobile: +49.172.7163833

Link to a web page with more information

(a) http://www-4.ibm.com/software/data/iminer/fordata/

(b) http://www.ibm.com/de/entwicklung/biwizards/