Text mining is a process of information retrieval from (structured or unstructured) textual data. It is widely used by academics, government agencies, and industry professionals to understand human behavior, identify community needs, and improve customer service, among others. This course is designed to introduce the basics of text mining as a powerful research tool with a broad range of applications. We will cover principles of research design and research ethics as they apply to text mining, and we will review the major methodologies involved, such as unsupervised and supervised text classification.

(Contact: Dr. Nikolitsa Grigoropoulou, E-Mail: nikolitsa.grigoropoulou@uni-bremen.de, Unicom Building R 9.1120, Mary-Somerville-Strasse 9, 28359 Bremen)