The following slides introduce this course.

Slide 1.1: Syllabus next class starting at
Slide 1.2: Tentative schedule
Slide 1.3: An introduction to this course
Slide 1.4: An introduction (cont.): Q&As
Slide 1.5: An introduction (cont.): Q&As (cont.)
Slide 1.6: An introduction (cont.): Data life cycle
Slide 1.7: An introduction (cont.): Data life cycle (cont.)
Slide 1.8: The three data types
Slide 1.9: A problem of data processing
Slide 1.10: File processing
Slide 1.11: Database processing
Slide 1.12: Pros and cons of using file systems
Slide 1.13: Topics covered in this course
Slide 1.14: Topics covered (cont.): Data and web mining
Slide 1.15: Topics covered (cont.): Text mining, IR, and data indexing
Slide 1.16: Topics covered (cont.): Web search engines
Slide 1.17: Topics covered (cont.): Google Firebase realtime database
Slide 1.18: Topics covered (cont.): Google TensorFlow platform



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