Author Archives: Philippe Fournier-Viger

Report on the UDML 2024 workshop @ PAKDD 2024

Today, was the 6th International Workshop on Utility-Driven Mining and Learning (UDML 2024), held at the PAKDD 2024 conference. The workshop was a success. There was many people in attendance (around 20), which is good considering that PAKDD is not … Continue reading

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Upcoming SPMF features for v.2.62 – More Dataset Stats Tools

Today, I just want to talk to you about some upcoming features of the next SPMF version, which will be called 2.62. Some feature that I have currently adding is more tools to calculate statistics about datasets, as you can … Continue reading

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UDML 2024 Workshop program @ PAKDD 2024

The UDML 2024 workshop on Utility-Driven Mining and Learning is coming soon. This year is the 6th edition and it will be held next week at PAKDD 2024 in Taipei. And I am glad to announce that we have a … Continue reading

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SPMF: bug fix about screen resolution

Hi all, this is just to let you know that I found that there was a problem with the user interface of SPMF on low resolution screens in the update 2.60. The table for setting the parameters of algorithms was … Continue reading

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SPMF 2.60 is released!

This is a short message today to announce that the new version of SPMF 2.60 is finally released! This is a major version as it contains many new things. The full lists of changes can be found on the download … Continue reading

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How to download an offline copy of the SPMF documentation?

Today, I will show you how to download an offline copy of the SPMF documentation. In the upcoming version 2.60 of SPMF, you can run this algorithm to open the windows of developpers tools: Then you can click here to … Continue reading

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Is EasyChair still good?

Today, I will talk about EasyChair, one of the oldest conference management systems, used in academia, especially in computer science (founded in 2002). As many other researchers, I have been a user of EasyChair for over a decade, especially as … Continue reading

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Some interesting statistics about SPMF

While I am preparing the next version of Java SPMF data mining software (2.60), here are some interesting statistics about the project, that I have generated directly from the metadata provided by SPMF. Here it is: The number of algorithms … Continue reading

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Sneak peak at the new user interface of SPMF (part 3)

Today, I would like to talk to you about another upcoming feature of the next version of SPMF (2.60), which will be released soon. It will be a Workflow Editor that will allow the user to select multiple algorithms from … Continue reading

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ChatGPT, LLMs and homework

Today, I want to talk briefly about ChatGPT and similar large language models (LLMs) and how they are used by students in universities. From what I observe, I believe that many students are using LLMs in universities nowadays. Among this, … Continue reading

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