Shivani Soni presented on data mining. Data mining involves using computational methods to discover patterns in large datasets, combining techniques from machine learning, statistics, artificial intelligence, and database systems. It is used to extract useful information from data and transform it into an understandable structure. Data mining has various applications, including in sales/marketing, banking/finance, healthcare/insurance, transportation, medicine, education, manufacturing, and research analysis. It enables businesses to understand customer purchasing patterns and maximize profits. Examples of its use include fraud detection, credit risk analysis, stock trading, customer loyalty analysis, distribution scheduling, claims analysis, risk profiling, detecting medical therapy patterns, education decision making, and aiding manufacturing process design and research.