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                    Research Topics in Data Science and Analytics
                
            
            
        
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                
            
                
            
            
        
                            
                            
                            
                                
    
        
        
            
  
 - [KU Leuven]
 
  
  
  
1. Data Science and Analytics
- Data Pipelines
 - Synthetic data and generation
 - Data Integration
 - ETL Processes
 - Data augmentation and feature engineering
 - The core of data mining process
 - Data visualization
 - Data modeling
 - Data modelling for AI/ML, analytics and visualization 
 - Dimension reduction methods and techniques
 - Classification
 - Predictive modeling
 - Simple and multiple linear regression
 - K-nearest neighbor (k-NN) 
 - Naive Bayes
 - Classification and regression trees (CART)
 - Logistic regression
 - Neural Networks
 - Discriminant analysis
 - Association rules
 - Cluster analysis
 - Time series
 - Regression-based forecasting
 - Smoothing methods
 - Time stamps and financial modeling
 - Fraud detection
 - Data engineering – Hadoop, MapReduce, Pregel.
 - GIS and spatial data
 - Geospatial and spatial computing
 - Spatial AI
 - Data governance
 - Data masking
 - Visualization analytics for big data 
 - Predictive analytics
 - Causal structure discovery
 - Causal discovery algorithms
 - Metadata and management
 - Ai-powered data catalogs
  
 
-- Data Pipelines 
- Streaming data pipelines
 - Data wrangling
 - Data storage
 - Data monitoring
 - Data processing
 - Formal pipeline framework
 - Processing
 - Addressing pipeline complexities and Monitoring
  
  
2. Data Mining
- Data mining and data analytics - knowledge discovery and representation
  
- Text and data mining for life science
  
- Data mining, data analytics, and machine learning approaches in materials science 
  
- Mining and learning with graphs
  
- Educational data mining and human-computer interaction
  
- Statistical learning and data mining
  
- Applied machine learning and data mining
  
- Foundations, algorithms, models and theory of data mining, including big data mining 
  
- Deep learning and statistical methods for data mining 
  
- Mining from heterogeneous data sources, including text, semi-structured, spatio-temporal, streaming, graph, web, and multimedia data 
  
- Data mining systems and platforms, and their efficiency, scalability, security and privacy 
  
- Data mining for modelling, visualization, personalization, and recommendation 
  
- Data mining for cyber-physical systems and complex, time-evolving networks 
  
- Applications of data mining in social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, web, marketing, finance, precision medicine, health informatics, and other domains
  
 
 
  
3. Sensor Fusion, Data Fusion, Information Fusion
- Theory and Representation:  Probability theory, Bayesian inference, argumentation, Dempster-Shafer theory, possibility and fuzzy set theory, rough sets, logic fusion, preference aggregation, decision theory, random sets, finite point processes and others.
 - Algorithms: Cognitive methods, signal processing and localisation, recognition, classification, identification, nonlinear filtering, data association, tracking, prediction, situation/impact assessment, alignment and registration, pattern/behavioural analysis, image fusion, fusion architectures, resource management, machine learning and artificial intelligence, topic modelling, natural language processing, contextual adaptation, anomaly/change detection.
 - Applications: Soft-hard fusion, autonomous systems, defence/security, robotics, intelligent transportation, mining/manufacturing, wireless sensor networks, economics, finance, fintech, environmental monitoring, medical care/e-health, bioinformatics, radio astronomy, critical infrastructure protection, condition monitoring, precision agriculture, video streaming, streaming and sketching and other emerging applications.
 - Methods/tools: Sequential inference, data mining, graph analysis, ontologies/semantics, modelling/realisation/evaluation, target/sensor modelling, benchmarks/testbeds, trust in fusion systems, computational methods, cloud/edge computing/fusion, fusion performance. 
  
  
 - [Antalya, Turkey - Civil Engineering Discoveries]
 
 
  
  
 
5. Synthetic Data and Generation
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Synthetic data generation methods
 - Synthetic data quality
 - Privacy
 - Differential privacy
 - Generative adversarial networks (GANs)
 - Neural networks
 - Tree-based models
 - (CART) models
 - Healthcare
  
  
6. Big Data Ecosystem
- Big data science and foundations
 - Big data infrastructure and management
 - Big data and data cyberinfrastructure
 - Big data models and algorithms
 - Big data and causality
 - Big data algorithms and systems
 - Big data searching and mining
 - Big data mining and learning
 - Big data privacy and security
 - Big data applications
 - Big Data and 'omics
 - Scalable big data management and analytics
 - Big data analytic algorithms, knowledge discovery & data engineering 
  - Cloud-based big data management and analytics
 - Big data and efficient learning algorithms
 - Big data visualization and representation 
 - Large-scale data management
 - Media data cloud
 - Data sonification
  
 
 
 
7. Programming Models and Algorithms for Big Data
- Energy-efficient programming and computing models for IoT related big data applications
 - Advances in programming models and algorithms for big data open platforms
 - Innovative programming models and algorithms for big data beyond Hadoop/Map Reduce
 - Efficient big data programming models and algorithms for big data search
 - Programming models and algorithms for big data visual analytics and applications
 - Programming models for big data assisted link and graph mining
 - Semantic-based big data-mining programming models and algorithms
 - Privacy-preserving secure big data analytics and algorithmic models for data-intensive applications
 - Algorithms and efficient programming models for multimedia big data analytics and management processes
 - New and innovative computational models for big data
 - High performance/ parallel computing assisted programming models for big data
  
 
  
8. Big Data in Energy Systems
- Big data in power system operation and control
 - Data classification and clustering in energy systems
 - Big data analytics in clean energy application
 - Big Data and the UN Sustainability Goals in energy
 - Data analytics in electric traction systems
 - Data analytics in load forecasting
 - Data analytics and electric vehicles
 - Artificial intelligence in energy systems
 - Advance statistics for energy
 - Internet of Energy
 - Collection and visualization of data
 - Data infrastructure for utilities
 - Data and system awareness
 - Digital transformation of energy systems
 - Real-time data management
 - Data based energy system optimization
 - Big data and energy system reliability
 - Operations data on supervisory control and data acquisition
 - Data in energy management
 - Distributed energy resource management
 - Energy data in sustainable energy scenarios
  
 
  
 
  
  
            
         
    
    
                             
                            
    
    
                        
                      
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
              
              
    
 
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