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A keynote speaker unable to manage time (180 slides!)

Today, I want to talk to you about something quite incredible. I recently attended a keynote speech at an international conference. The keynote speaker was presenting online and was scheduled for a 35 minute presentation. However, he had prepared 180 … Continue reading

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Another release of SPMF: v2.64b

In November, I released the version 2.64 of SPMF with 5 new algorithms and 2 new tools, among other improvements, but I still had several other pattern mining algorithms waiting to be released after more tests. Thus, today, I make … Continue reading

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A new version of SPMF (v2.64, november 2025)!

Today, I am happy to announce that a new version of the SPMF data mining library has been released. It introduces five new algorithms: Besides, some various other improvements have been made to the SPMF software, including a new tool … Continue reading

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GMP: A new algorithm for compressing protein sequences

Today, I am pleased to share that our team has published a new algorithm called GMP for the compression and analysis of protein sequences. The paper will appear next month at BIBM 2025. Here is the full reference: Nawaz, M. … Continue reading

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A new tool for visualizing algorithms from SPMF

Today, I wrote some code to visualize the relationships between the algorithms offered in the SPMF open-source pattern mining library. Here is the graph of all algorithms in SPMF (excluding tools) that have the same input and output type: We … 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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Call for papers: UDML 2024 workshop @ PAKDD 2024

I am glad to announce that the 6th UDML 2024 workshop on Utility-Driven Mining and Learning will be held next year at the PAKDD 2024 conference. IMPORTANT DATES PUBLICATIONS All the accepted papers will be invited for publication in a … Continue reading

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KNN Interactive demo in your browser

Today, I want to show you a new interactive demo of the KNN (K-Nearest Neighbors) algorithm that I have added to my website. It is designed to be used for teaching purpose to illustrate how the K-Nearest Neighbors algorithm works. … Continue reading

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Busy times

Hi all, I just write a quick message to say that I did not write on the blog recently due to my very busy schedule recently. However, everything is going well. I will be back on the blog with more … Continue reading

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Two common English errors in pattern mining papers

This is a short blog post to talk about two common errors in pattern mining research papers. 1) The first error is: “mining frequent itemsets from a database” “mining patterns from a stream”“mining patterns over a database”“mining patterns over a … Continue reading

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