DMKM, a European EM master

Jean-Gabriel GanasciaLIP6 – University Pierre et Marie Curie

4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, Cedex 05Jean-Gabriel.Ganascia@lip6.fr

Erasmus Mundus

Data Mining and Knowledge Managementa europan master

France• Lyon• Nantes• ParisItaly• TurinRomania• BucarestSpain• Barcelone

Data Mining and Knowledge Management

• Data Mining is the process of extracting knowledge from information stored in data bases

• Many disciplines contribute to this process:

– Mathematics

• Statistics

• Probabilities

• Data Analysis

– Computer science

• Artificial intelligence

• Machine Learning

• Knowledge representation

• Data Bases

• Visualization

DMKM: an Erasmus Mundus Master

• DMKM is a two years master course

• Students need to have a bachelor (or equivalent) degree in computer science or mathematics

• Language of the course is English

• Four countries are involved in the DMKM master: France (Paris, Lyon, Nantes), Italy (Allessandria), Spain (Barcelona), Romania (Bucharest)

• The DMKM offers a double diploma(diploma of the two universities visited by the student)

Student Mobility Schema

1st year: France (i.e. Paris, Lyon or Nantes)

3rd semester: Romania (Bucharest), Italy (Allessandria) or Spain (Barcolone)

4th semester: everywhere

Lessons Learned

1. Project Preparation

– Pedagogical organization

– Money

2. The Diploma

3. Recruitment difficulties

4. Practical questions

5. Benefits/Costs Balance

1. Project Preparation: pedagogical organization

• Project architecture

– Student mobility schema

• Language

– One official language

– Language policy (language courses)

• Pedagogy: modern social constructionist pedagogy

• Use of online teaching aids

– Videoconferences for lecture and coordination [architecture]

– Course Management System (productionof modular internet-based courses +support for exchange with students, etc.) [pedagogy]

1. Project Preparation: Money

• Fees

– The EC gives the model (8000€ for non European students, 4000€ for European)

• How to allocate the money?

– Depending on the country, the university fees are very different

• Insurance

• Other sources of funding

– Industries

– Administration

– Etc.

2. The DMKM Erasmus Mundus Master Diploma

Possibilities• Joint diploma: ideal solution, but

very difficult to get for political reason

• Double diploma: require a strong agreement among the partners

• Multiple diploma

Supplement to diploma• The real added value of the

Erasmus Mundus master diploma

3. Recruitment Difficulties

• Visa

• Website

– Note the today, more than 2000 students registered on our website

• Schedule

– January…

• Constraints

– TOEFL

– Bachelor diploma

• Attracting European Students

4. Practical Questions

• Admission

– Online submission

– Two steps (first on documents second on interview)

• Evaluation

– Of the students

– Of the courses and of the teachers

– Of the formation

• Communication

– External: website + newsletter

– Internal: Course Management System

• Notation (harmonization)

5. The Benefits

• Quality of students

• The Great Challenge: formation of “World Citizens”

• Progressive introduction of Evaluation Procedures of formation

• Acquiring familiarity with European and World Standards in Education (supplements to diploma, accreditation….)