Author Archives: Philippe Fournier-Viger

How to call SPMF from R?

In previous blog posts, I have explained how to call SPMF as an external program from Python and how to call SPMF from C#. Today, I will explain how to call SPMF from an R program. Requirements Since SPMF is … Continue reading →

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How to call SPMF from Python (as an external program)?

In this blog post, I will explain how to call the SPMF data mining library from Python. Generally, there are two ways to call SPMF from Python. The first way is to use an unofficial Python wrapper for SPMF such as … Continue reading →

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How to call SPMF from C#?

This blog post is the first of a series of blog post on using SPMF from different programming languages. Today, I will explain how to call the SPMF data mining library from C#. In other blog posts, I explain how … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2023!

To all readers of this blog, I would like to wish you a happy new year 2023! Recently, I have been very busy due to the end of semester and also having COVID. But now, I am fully recovered. Two … Continue reading →

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Brief report about the BDA 2022 conference

This week, I wasattending the BDA 2022 conference, which is the 10th International Conference on Big Data Analytics. The BDA 2022 conference washeld in Hyderabad, India from the 20th to 22nd December 2022. The BDA conference is an international conference … Continue reading →

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Unethical reviewers in academia (part 3)

Previously, I wrote two blog posts about unethical reviewers in academia (part 1 and part 2). It is not that I like this topic, but today, I will talk again about that. Why? Because, I keep encountering them, unfortunately. It … Continue reading →

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CFP Special issue on Data Science to Transform How We Work and Live

I co-organize a special issue in the DSE (Data Science and Engineering) journal, published by Springer, about how data science can be used to transform how we work and live. Guest Editors: The planned schedule is as follows: Submission Deadline: … Continue reading →

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Brief report about the BIBM 2022 conference

This week, I have attended the BIBM 2022 (IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine) conference online. I will give a brief report about this conference, although I did not have time to attend many sessions. BIBM 2022 was held … Continue reading →

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SPMF Upcoming feature: Graph viewer

Today, I will give you a preview of another upcoming feature of SPMF, which will be released in the next version of SPMF (2.59). It is the Graph Viewer tool. The Graph Viewer is a simple tool for visualizing graphs. … Continue reading →

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SPMF upcoming feature: Algorithm Explorer

Today, I want to show you an upcoming feature of SPMF, which is a new tool called the Algorithm Explorer to explore the list of algorithms and tools offered in SPMF. It is actually a simple tool, but I think … Continue reading →

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