============================================================== C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================================================== The 5th International Conference on Data Mining 2009 DMIN'09 www.dmin--2009.com part of The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'09) Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA ============================================================== You are invited to submit a full paper, and/or a proposal to organize a special session, workshop or tutorial at the 2009 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'09), part of the 22 conferences held simultaneously from 13-16 July 2009 at the 2009 WORLDCOMP conference, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings (ISI referenced). SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: + Data Mining Tasks - Regression/Classification - Time series forecasting - Segmentation/Clustering/Association - Deviation and outlier detection - Explorative and visual data mining - Web mining - Mining text and semi-structured data - Temporal and spatial data mining - Multimedia mining (audio/video) - Others + Data Mining Algorithms - Artificial neural networks - Fuzzy logic and rough sets - Decision trees/rule learners - Support vector machines - Evolutionary computation/meta heuristics - Statistical methods - Collaborative filtering - Case based reasoning - Link and sequence analysis - Ensembles/committee approaches - Others + Data Mining Integration - Mining large scale data - Distributed and grid based data mining - Data and knowledge representation - Data warehousing and OLAP integration - Integration of prior/domain knowledge - Metadata and ontologies - Agent technologies for data mining - Legal and social aspects of data mining - Others + Data Mining Process - Data cleaning and preparation - Feature selection and transformation - Attribute discretisation and encoding - Sampling and rebalancing - Missing value imputation - Model selection/assessment and comparison - Induction principles - Model interpretation - Others + Data Mining Applications - Bioinformatics/Medicine - Business/Industrial - Engineering - Military/Security - Social science - Others + Data Mining Software We particularly encourage submissions of industrial applications and case studies from practitioners. These will not be evaluated using solely theoretical research criteria, but will take general interest and presentation stringer into consideration. + Alternative and additional examples of possible topics include: Data Mining for Business Intelligence; Emerging technologies in data mining; Computational performance issues in data mining; Data mining in usability; Advanced prediction modelling using data mining; Data mining and national security; Data mining tools; Data analysis; Data preparation techniques (selection, transformation, and preprocessing); Information extraction methodologies; Clustering algorithms used in data mining; Genetic algorithms and categorization techniques used in data mining; Data and information integration; Microarray design and analysis; Privacy-preserving data mining; Active data mining; Statistical methods used in data mining; Multidimensional data; Automatic data cleaning; Data visualization; Theory and practice (knowledge representation and discovery); Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD); Uncertainty management; Data reduction methods; Data engineering; Content mining; Indexing schemes; Information retrieval; Metadata use and management; Multidimensional query languages and query; Multimedia information systems; Search engine query processing; Pattern mining; Applications (examples: data mining in education, marketing, finance and financial services, business applications, medicine, bioinformatics, biological sciences, science and technology, industry and government, ...). SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit a draft paper in PDF format (up to 7 pages, standard double column IEEE style, single spaced, 10 pt font size, margins left/right/bottom/top 0.75" (19 mm), first page top margin 1" (25 mm)), to the DMIN'09 online paper submission system by Feb. 25, 2009. The link to the online submission system will be available on the DMIN'09 website (www.dmin--2009.com). The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address of each author as well as the name of the conference the paper is being submitted to (i.e., DMIN'09). The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. To reflect upon feedback from last year we will extend the feedback given within the review in aligning them with the IEEE guidelines for IJCNN and WCCI. In particular, we aim at a fair, objective and transparent review process. Therefore, we are publishing the review criteria to further support the reviews provided (see www.dmin--2009.com). Papers will be evaluated for relevance to DMIN, originality, significance, information content, clarity, and soundness on an international level. Each aspect will be evaluated on a scale of 1 (bad - reject) to 10 (excellent - accept) or 10%-100%. Papers need to achieve at least 50% overall score to be accepted without mandatory revisions. Each paper will be refereed by at least two researchers in the topical area, and all reviews are being considered for the acceptance/rejection decision. Each reviewer can indicate their expertise and therefore their relative confidence in a particular recommendation. The camera-ready papers will be reviewed by one person. We particularly encourage submissions of industrial applications and case studies from practitioners. To reflect the requirements of an application or project centric case study presentation, these will be subject to different review criteria. In particular, they will not be evaluated using predominantly theoretical research criteria of originality etc., but will take general interest and presentation stronger into consideration. The camera-ready papers will be reviewed by one person. CONFERENCE SPONSORS: The list of co-sponsors of DMIN'09 will soon be finalized which will include research laboratories and centers affiliated with major institutions. The reputation and caliber of the co-sponsors of the 2009 WORLDCOMP conference will be comparable to the 2008 conference which included: Past Academic Co-sponsors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab., MIT + Computational Biology and Functional Genomics Lab., Harvard University + Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology Lab., Dept. of Statistics, Harvard University + Biomedical Cybernetics Lab., Harvard University + Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin + Statistical and Computational Intelligence Lab., Purdue University + Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University and Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) + University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab. + BioMedical Informatics and Bio-Imaging Lab. of Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University + Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Lab., University of Texas at Austin + Statistical Genetics Research Group of Columbia University, New York + Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences + University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota). Past Corporate Co-sponsors: Google, Intel, and Salford Systems. Other Co-sponsors: Int'l Technology Inst. (ITI), GridToday, HPCwire, HPC Software Inc., STEM Education Society, and Hodges' Health. MEMBERS OF PROGRAMME AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: The programme committee includes members of the chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The names of the members of the programme committee will soon be posted on the web site. Those interested in joining the programme committee should email the following information to the programme chair Dr. Sven F. Crone (eMail [log in to unmask]): Name,affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, and a short biography with research interests and a list of ISI references papers. For the list of the members of programme committee of DMIN'08, refer to: http://www.dmin-2008.com/programme_committe.htm Many members of the programme committee include renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts. IMPORTANT DATES: February 7, 2009: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops February 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages) March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'09) URL WORLDCOMP: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws URL DMIN'09: http://www.dmin--2009.com CONTACT INFORMATION General Enquiries: Robert Stahlbock General Conference Chair [log in to unmask] Programme Committee: Sven F. Crone Conference Programme Co-Chair [log in to unmask] Student Funding Enquiries: Stefan Lessmann Student Chair & Conference Programm Co-Chair [log in to unmask] Tutorials Session Proposals: Philippe Lenca Tutorial Chair [log in to unmask] Special Session Proposals: Gary M. Weiss Special Session Chair [log in to unmask] Exhibitors & Corporate Sponsors : Wolfram Lippe Exhibit Chair [log in to unmask]