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Presentations without explanation or slide notes are always cryptic.

But while browsing Slideshare, I found this neat presentation on Extended Two Phase Architecture for data mining time series data. If you are in the field of data mining, this wouldn’t be hard to understand and its a must read too.

On the other hand, if you are a newbie at Data Mining, while there are numerous sources for Data Minin literature on the web, here is a simple, Data Mining Concepts presentation.

Also, the Microsoft version of Data Mining for Developers, introduces Data Mining concepts determining the problems between traditional Business Intelligence and Predictive Analytics. Very Interesting !!

From the detailed Washington Post report -

Pilots and executives at 16 other airlines have similar data-monitoring initiatives approved by the Federal Aviation Administration that are known as flight operations quality assurance programs. The carriers scour the flight data, which is often combined with pilot reports, to identify potential “precursors,” a buzzword in aviation circles used to describe events that often go unnoticed until they lead to an accident. The data are amazingly detailed — small onboard memory discs (not the “black boxes”) capture hundreds of parameters that include airspeed, pitch angles, engine temperatures and movements.

Such data initiatives have grown so extensive in recent years that the FAA has launched its own effort to mine the information in search of precursors. Seven carriers have signed on to the initiative, which began in October. The FAA, which already combs government safety databases looking for precursors, thinks the flight data will be a powerful tool when combined with other information, including pilot reports and radar plots.

Yep, It’s on Boston Globe, Denver Post and government/legal blogs.

Atleast the Data Mining awareness is spreading. And that’s good.