Data Mining : Honor code

In this course, you are supposed to

  • Discuss and work on the assignments with other students
  • Learn from others and help others learn
  • Take responsibility of your group
  • Trust your group members, and show your trust by being open to them
  • Ask others for help, and help others
  • Be honest and open in all reporting
    • Clearly report all sources of material and ideas
  • Enjoy (collaborative and collective) learning!

You are NOT supposed to

  • Delegate learning within the group
    • (You may delegate tasks, but take care that all members eventually learn the course contents)
  • Compete with your group members or other groups
  • Free ride (i.e., let others work for you) nor tolerate free riding
  • Copy material from other students or other sources
    • You are assumed to study the book (or other sources) to learn existing, well-known data mining methods. You are not supposed to invent methods of your own.
    • Focus on reporting which methods you have used, how, why, what kind of results you received, and what you learned from the results and the whole process. Do not repeat material from the book. Clearly report sources of material used.