Seminars

Code:

2MADSAD13

Acronym:

SEM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Technology
OFICIAL	Statistics
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Matemática e Sistemas de Informação
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Modeling, Data Analysis and Decision Support Systems

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MADSAD	31	Bologna Official Syllabus	2	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

English

Objectives

The main goal consist of promoting a global perspective and the current state of the scientific knowledge
in data analysis, through contact with projects, people involved in applied research, and sharing of
successful stories and experiences.
Develop abilities related to critical reading, understanding, and summarizing existing scientific works.

Learning outcomes and competences

The main goal consist of promoting a global perspective and the current state of the scientific knowledge
in data analysis, through contact with projects, people involved in applied research, and sharing of
successful stories and experiences.
Develop abilities related to critical reading, understanding, and summarizing existing scientific works.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Seminars given by distinguished personalities from commerce, industry and research. The programmatic contents are highly dependent on the invited guest lecturers.

Some topics: Customer relationship management, risk management, web intelligence.

Mandatory literature

Hoover, Kevin D.; Thee attitudes towards data mining

Teaching methods and learning activities

Students should submit a report synthesizing some of the seminars.
Distributed evaluation without final exam.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Teste	75,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de campo	35,00
Total:	95,00

Eligibility for exams

Participation in 80% of the seminars

Positive grade in the seminar reports and in the presentation (TED talk)

Calculation formula of final grade

Average of the report grades

Examinations or Special Assignments

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Internship work/project

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Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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Classification improvement

report resubmission