Author Archives: Philippe Fournier-Viger

The Controversy around Extreme Learning Machines (ELM) and related models

Today, I will talk about an interesting topic in academia which is the controversy around ELM (Extreme Learning Machine) and its origins. This has been a hot topic of discussion in the field of machine learning for more than a … Continue reading

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Discovering Alarm Correlation Rules for Network Fault Management (video)

In this blog post, I will share the video of our new paper about analyzing alarms in telecomunication networks presented at the AIOPS 2020 workshop. This work is part of an industrial collaboration project. The motivation for this project is … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Today, I would like to wish all readers of this blog and users of my SPMF data mining software a merry Christmas and a happy new year! This year has been a special year due to the worldwide pandemic with … Continue reading

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Conference Badges: the Best and the Worst

Today, I talk about my collection of conference badges that I have collected since I was a PhD student till today. I have attended over 50 events and have kept all of the conference badges except maybe one or two. … Continue reading

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Real Conferences VS Virtual Conferences

Year 2020 is soon ending, and it has been a quite special year due to the coronavirus pandemic around the world. This has forced many researchers to work from home, and to cancel or change their research travel plans. Moreover, … Continue reading

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How to prepare your thesis defense?

Today, I will talk about an important topic for graduate students, which is how to prepare for your thesis defense. I will explain what should be done to prepare yourself well., and also talk about my experience as student and … Continue reading

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The importance of explainable data science and machine learning models

In this blog post, I will talk about an important concept, which is often overlooked in data mining and machine learning: explainability. To discuss this topic, it is necessary to first remember what is the goal of data mining and machine learning. The goal of data mining is … Continue reading

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Brief Report about IEEE ICDM 2020

In this blog post, I will talk about the IEEE ICDM 2020 conference that I have attended virtually. The conference was supposed to be held in Italy but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was held online. About the ICDM … Continue reading

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Is it a good to change research area?

In this blog post, I will talk about changing to another research area for researchers and what it implies. Moreover, I will talk about what is a good research area, and the importance of continuity for researchers. I will also … Continue reading

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How to write the cover letter for a journal paper?

In this blog post, I will talk about how to write a cover letter for a journal paper. This is an important topic for researchers swho submit research papers to journals, as many journals require to write and submit a … Continue reading

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