CFP: SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 2008)

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Call for Papers

SDM'08: 2008 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining

Sponsored by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Atlanta, Georgia, USA
April 24-26, 2008.

Conference web site: http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm08

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Important Dates:

   Abstract Due: October 5, 2007
   Paper Due: October 12, 2007 11:59:59 PM, Pacific Standard Time
   Author Notification: December 21, 2007
   Camera Ready: January 25, 2008

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The program committee seeks outstanding papers in all areas pertaining to
data
mining and knowledge discovery. The topics of interest include, but are not
limited to the following areas:

Methods and Algorithms:
- Classification, Clustering, and Frequent Pattern Mining
- Probabilistic and Statistical Methods
- Spatial and Temporal Mining, Data Stream Mining
- Abnormality and Outlier Detection
- Feature Selection, Feature Extraction, Dimension Reduction and Data
Reduction
- Mining with Constraints, Data Cleaning and Noise Reduction
- Computational Learning Theory, Multi-Task Learning
- Adaptive Algorithms, Scalable and High-Performance Mining
- Mining Graphs, Semistructured Data, Complex Datasets
- Mining on Emerging Architectures
- Text and Web Mining

Applications:
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, High Energy Physics
- Collaborative Filtering
- Earth Science
- Risk Management
- Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management, Finance
- Genomics and Bioinformatics, Drug Discovery, Healthcare Management
- Automation & Process Control, Logistics Management
- Intrusion and Fraud detection
- Intelligence Analysis, Biosurveillance
- Sensor Network Applications
- Social Network Analysis
- Application Case Studies and Other Novel Applications

Human Factors and Social Issues:
- Ethics of Data Mining, Intellectual Ownership
- Privacy Models, Privacy Preserving Data Mining and Data Publishing
- Risk Analysis
- Interestingness and Relevance
- User Interfaces, Data and Result Visualization

All paper submissions will be handled electronically.
Detailed instructions are provided on the conference home page.

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STEERING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Chandrika Kamath, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Chid Apte, IBM Research
Haesun Park, Georgia Institute of Technology

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Mohammed Zaki, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ke Wang, Simon Fraser University

TUTORIAL CHAIR

Ian Davidson, SUNY Albany

WORKSHOP CHAIR

Huan Liu, Arizona State University

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS

Pang-Ning Tan, Michigan State University
Shusaku Tsumoto, Shimane University

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS

Hongyuan Zha, Georgia Institute of Technology
Roy George, Clark Atlanta University