Re: DM: RE: Visualization

[Gordon Linoff]

 Sandra, 
 Normally, I wouldn't respond to such a query (defining data mining 
 versus knowledge discovery).   But I feel the need to add something. 
 In general, I think knowledge discovery and data mining are 
synonymous in common usage. 
 In *practice*, knowledge discovery has more of an academic bent.
The  leading knowledge discovery conference is sponsored by IEEE and 
the  American Association for Artifical Intelligence.   Since you 
are coming 
 from a university, this area probably has wealth of information 
for  you.   I would strongly refer you to kdd nuggets 
http://www.kdnuggets.com/
and to the Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Conference

http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/KDD/1998

The next conference is at the end of August in New York City. 
 Data mining, in my usage, focuses on connecting business needs 
to the pattern discovery process.   You find data mining people at 
industry  specific conferences -- Retail '98, Technology in the 
Financial  Services, NCDM, and so on.   Data mining connects the data 
and the  business.   I would refer you to  
http://www.data-miners.com/" 
for more on  our perspective. 
 --gordon 
 Gordon Linoff 
 co-author
 Data Mining Techniques for Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support