ICDM 2013: Call for Contest Proposals
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--001a11c380aec1421604dca1b81f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ****************************************************************** *************** ICDM 2013: Call for Contest Proposals ************ ****************************************************************** We invite proposals for organizers of the ICDM 2013 Data Mining Contest. The Data Mining Contest is an integral part of the ICDM conference and provides an opportunity for teams of scientists and domain experts to compete in order to develop data mining techniques for real-world applications. Proposals should contain the following information. 1. Contest title and abstract 2. Contact information for the organizer(s) 3. General description of the problem 4. Description of the dataset to be used 5. Description of the specific competition tasks 6. Evaluation metrics or tool to be used for evaluation 7. Plans for contest web site (e.g., kaggle.com, https://c3.ndc.nasa.gov/dashlink, other) 8. Prize structure 9. Short biography of organizer(s) 10. Description of compensation (if any) that could be awarded to winners (organizers are encouraged to solicit awards and prizes from sponsoring entities) *General Guidelines* =B7 The dataset must be interesting, available, and large =B7 The task(s) must be interesting and accessible to practitioners without domain knowledge =B7 The evaluation measures must be well-defined =B7 The top contestants must be required to present a paper on thei= r solution at ICDM'13. =B7 The contest timeline must adhere to the dates below *All submissions should sent by e-mail to [email protected]**.* *Important Dates* Jun 7: Deadline for submitting proposals for contests Jun 10: Results announced Jul 10: Contest begins Oct 7: Contest ends Oct 14: 2-3 page report from each team Oct 20: camera-ready reports from selected teams. *ICDM Contest Co-Chairs* Nitesh Chawla (Notre Dame) Suresh Venkatasubramanian (University of Utah) --001a11c380aec1421604dca1b81f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style><span style=3D"font= -family:"Courier New"">******************************************= **********************</span></b></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style><span style=3D"font= -family:"Courier New"">************** ICDM 2013: Call for Contest Proposals ***********</span></b></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style><span style=3D"font= -family:"Courier New"">******************************************= **********************</span></b></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">We invite proposals for organizers of the ICDM 2013 Data Mining Contest. The Data Mining Contest is= an integral part of the ICDM conference and provides an opportunity for teams = of scientists and domain experts to compete in order to develop data mining techniques for real-world applications.</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Proposals should contain the following information.</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>1.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </spa= n></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Contest= title and abstract</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>2.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Co= ntact information for the organizer(s)</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>3.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Ge= neral description of the problem</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>4.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">De= scription of the dataset to be used</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>5.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">De= scription of the specific competition tasks</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>6.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Ev= aluation metrics or tool to be used for evaluation</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>7.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Pl= ans for contest web site (e.g., <a href=3D"http://kaggle.com">kaggle.com</a>, <= a href=3D"https://c3.ndc.nasa.gov/dashlink">https://c3.ndc.nasa.gov/dashlin= k</a>, other)</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>8.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Pr= ize structure</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>9.<s= pan style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Sh= ort biography of organizer(s)</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style><span style>10.<= span style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">=A0=A0 </span></span></= span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Description of com= pensation (if any) that could be awarded to winners (organizers are encouraged to solicit awards an= d prizes from sponsoring entities)</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style><span style=3D"font= -family:"Courier New"">General Guidelines</span></b></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:S= ymbol"><span style>=B7<span style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Th= e dataset must be interesting, available, and large</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:S= ymbol"><span style>=B7<span style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Th= e task(s) must be interesting and accessible to practitioners without domain knowledge</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:S= ymbol"><span style>=B7<span style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Th= e evaluation measures must be well-defined</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:S= ymbol"><span style>=B7<span style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Th= e top contestants must be required to present a paper on their solution at ICDM&#= 39;13.</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:S= ymbol"><span style>=B7<span style=3D"font:7pt "Times New Roman"">= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Courier New"">Th= e contest timeline must adhere to the dates below</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><i style><span style=3D"f= ont-family:"Courier New"">All submissions should sent by e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:icdmcontest2013@gmai= l.com">[email protected]</a></span></i></b><i style><span style=3D"= font-family:"Courier New"">.</span></i></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style><span style=3D"font= -family:"Courier New"">Important Dates</span></b></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Jun 7: Deadline for submitting proposals for contests</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Jun 10: Results announced</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Jul 10: Contest begins</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Oct 7:<span style>=A0 </span>Contest ends</span></p= > <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Oct 14: 2-3 page report from each team</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Oct 20: camera-ready reports from selected teams.</span></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt">=A0</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style><span style=3D"font= -family:"Courier New"">ICDM Contest Co-Chairs</span></b></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Courier New"">Nitesh Chawla (Notre Dame)</span></p> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier Ne= w"">Suresh Venkatasubramanian (University of Utah)</span></div> --001a11c380aec1421604dca1b81f--