Umar Manzoor

Work place: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah

E-mail: uelahi@kau.edu.sa

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Research Interests: Computer systems and computational processes, Computer Architecture and Organization, Systems Architecture, Network Architecture, Database Management System

Biography

Dr. Umar Manzoor received his BS in Computer Science and his MS in Computer Science from the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, and his PhD in Multi-Agent Systems from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, in 2003, 2005 and 2011, respectively. In 2006, he joined the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, as a Lecturer and promoted after as an Assistant Professor. In 2012, he was promoted as an Associate Professor; currently, he is working at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has published extensively in the area of multi-agent systems, autonomous systems, behaviour monitoring and network management/monitoring.

Author Articles
Modeling and Predicting Students’ Academic Performance Using Data Mining Techniques

By Ahmed Mueen Bassam Zafar Umar Manzoor

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2016.11.05, Pub. Date: 8 Nov. 2016

The main objective of this study is to apply data mining techniques to predict and analyze students' academic performance based on their academic record and forum participation. Educational Data Mining (EDM) is an emerging tool for academic intervention. The educational institutions can use EDU for extensive analysis of students’ characteristics. In this study, we have collected students’ data from two undergraduate courses. Three different data mining classification algorithms (Naïve Bayes, Neural Network, and Decision Tree) were used on the dataset. The prediction performance of three classifiers are measured and compared. It was observed that Naïve Bayes classifier outperforms other two classifiers by achieving overall prediction accuracy of 86%. This study will help teachers to improve student academic performance.

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