Contract Lecturer - Unit 1 - CPS844 - Data Mining

Appointment Details

The base salary range for Contract Lectures hired August 16, 2026 through August 15, 2027 is $79,644.07 to $101,855.82 per annum. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. Contract amounts are calculated based on the number of semester hours in the appointment.

Course Information

Course Semester/Term Hours/Section Estimated Number of Students

CPS844 W2027 3 Hours 225 Students

Schedule TBD.

Data Mining

This course introduces the basic data mining concepts, methods, implementations, as well as applications in different areas, especially on the world wide web. Topics covered include the basic data mining techniques, data preprocessing, association rule mining, classification, clustering, web mining, and data mining application (e.g. in web personalization, recommender system, security). At the end of this course, students should be able to implement and use some of important data mining algorithms in practical applications.

a) A full workload half-sessional appointment is for 15 hours in any one semester.
b) A reduced workload half-sessional appointment is for at least 9 but less than 15 semester hours in any one semester.
c) A part-time hourly appointment / one semester is for less than 9 hours in any one semester.

Qualifications

Evidence may be requested for all categories.

Education
PhD. or equivalent in field related to target course
PhD (or equivalent)

Teaching Experience
Teaching target or similar course at TMU graduate program.
Teaching target or similar course at TMU undergraduate program or another university undergraduate program.

Practice field experience
Current (past 3 years) practice in related fields 6-10 (depends on quality of experience, including relevance to course, level of responsibility, relevant professional accreditation, etc.)
Past (more than 3) years ago) practice in a related field.

Currency
Academic publications (refereed) in the past 5 years.
Academic publications more than 5 years ago or current (less than 5 years) professional profile (including professional or academic presentations).
Other demonstrated professional currency (practitioner writing, courses taken).

Interactive Skills
The following will be rated based on previous teaching ratings/evaluations:
Lecture presentation
Email Interaction
Follow through with assignments