Solving the "Data Explosion" Problem with University of Illinois Data Mining Pioneer Jiawei Han Coursera Blog

Jiawei Han, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was recently named a Michael Aiken Chair, one of the University's highest awards. The endowed chair is the latest honor in Han's distinguished and pioneering career, with notable accomplishments including creating core data mining algorithms and co-authoring the textbook that is considered by many to have defined the field. Professor Han is also a busy and successful teacher with a love for "train[ing] the younger generation, whether at UIUC or all over the world on Coursera." Professor Han had three PhD students graduate in May, with one becoming a professor at Georgia Tech, one joining Google, and one joining Facebook. Students taking his classes as part of the Online Master of Computer Science in Data Science degree have an opportunity to learn from him through videos and can ask him questions directly during live office hours.