This document provides an introduction to data mining. It discusses the growth of large datasets in commercial and scientific domains. Data mining aims to extract useful knowledge from these large datasets. It can help improve productivity, solve societal problems, and assist scientists with data analysis. The document outlines common data mining tasks like classification, regression, clustering, association rule mining, and anomaly detection. Examples of applications are discussed for tasks like fraud detection, document clustering, and market basket analysis. Overall, the summary introduces the key concepts, goals, techniques and applications of data mining.