Student Name

Degree

Master of Science in Data Science

Department

Department of Computer Science

Faculty/ School

School of Mathematics and Computer Science (SMCS)

Date of Submission

Fall 2025

Supervisor

Dr. Syed Ali Raza, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, SMCS

Committee Member 1

Dr. Syed Ali Raza, Supervisor

Keywords

Clustering, Customer Segmentation, Machine Learning, E-Commerce, Email Marketing

Abstract

After the global pandemic, the e-commerce industry worldwide has seen an influx of new entrants therefore, making the market very competitive. In today’s day and era, data driven approaches are the only path towards success. This project applies machine learning and deep learning methodology of clustering for customer segmentation to a company selling packaging materials in UK’s e-commerce industry. Using the company’s historical order data, multiple clustering algorithms such as KMeans, Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), Balanced Iterative Reducing and Clustering Hierarchies (BIRCH), Autoencoder based clustering, and Deep Embedded Clustering (DEC) will be applied to it. The findings from this project highlight that deep learning-based models specifically Autoencoder based clustering outperformed traditional machine learning clustering algorithms. Using this customer segmentation, personalized email marketing campaigns were run which surpassed the company’s usual conversion percentage of 2.1%.

Document Type

Restricted Access

Submission Type

Research Project

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