DMKM, a European EM master
Jean-Gabriel Ganascia
LIP6 – University Pierre et Marie Curie
4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, Cedex 05
Jean-Gabriel.Ganascia@lip6.fr
France
Lyon
• Nantes
• Paris
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Italy
Data
Mining
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Romania
Bucarest Knowledge Management
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Turin
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Spain
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Barcelone
a europan master
Erasmus Mundus
Data Mining and
Knowledge Management
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Data Mining is the process of extracting
knowledge from information stored in data
bases
Many disciplines contribute to this process:
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Mathematics
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Statistics
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Probabilities
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Data Analysis
DMKM: an Erasmus Mundus Master
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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)
Student Mobility Schema
1st year: France (i.e. Paris, Lyon or Nantes)
3rd semester: Romania (Bucharest), Italy
(Allessandria) or Spain (Barcolone)
Lessons Learned
Project Preparation
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Pedagogical organization
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Money
The Diploma
1. Project Preparation:
pedagogical organization
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Project architecture
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Student mobility schema
Language
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One official language
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Language policy (language courses)
Pedagogy: modern social constructionist
pedagogy
Use of online teaching aids
1. Project Preparation:
Money
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Fees
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The EC gives the model (8000€ for
non European students, 4000€ for European)
How to allocate the money?
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Depending on the country, the university fees are
very different
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Insurance
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Other sources of funding
2. The DMKM Erasmus Mundus
Master Diploma
Possibilities
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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
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The real added value of the
3. Recruitment Difficulties
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Visa
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Website
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Schedule
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Note the today, more than 2000 students
registered on our website
January…
Constraints
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TOEFL
4. Practical Questions
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Admission
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Online submission
Two steps (first on documents
second on interview)
Evaluation
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Of the students
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Of the courses and of the teachers
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Of the formation
5. The Benefits
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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….)