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The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining
DMIN'08
Date and Location: July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, USA
You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings/book.
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 their full paper in PDF format
(about 5 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), via the DMIN'08 online paper submission system
by Feb. 25, 2008. The link to the online submission system will be
available on the DMIN'08 website (www.dmin-2008.com - currently under
construction).
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 (ie, DMIN'08).
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
constructive 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-2008.com - currently under construction).
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'08 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
2008 conference will be comparable to the 2007 offering of the
conference which included:
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).
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 PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
The program 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 program committee will soon be posted on the web site.
Those interested in joining the program committee should email
Sven F. Crone ([log in to unmask]) and Robert Stahlbock
([log in to unmask]) the following information: Name,
affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address,
tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests.
For the list of the members of program committee of DMIN'07, refer to:
http://www.dmin-2007.com/programme_committe.htm
Many members of the program 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:
January 16, 2008: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops
Feb. 25, 2008: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2008: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2008: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 14-17, 2008: The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining
(DMIN'08)
URL WORLDCOMP: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org
URL DMIN'08: http://www.dmin-2008.com [currently under construction]
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