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ICDM '12 (The 12th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining) 

Call for Papers, Workshops, Tutorials

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Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society

December 10-13, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Important Dates

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- Workshop proposals: April 6, 2012

- Workshop notification: April 30, 2012

- ICDM contest proposals: April 30, 2012,

- Conference full paper submissions: June 18, 2012

- Demo and tutorial proposals: August 10, 2012

- Workshop paper submissions: August 10, 2012

- Conference paper, tutorial, demo notifications: September 18, 2012

- Workshop paper notifications: October 1, 2012,

- Camera-ready copies and copyright forms: October 15, 2012

The IEEE International Conference on Data Mining series (ICDM) has

established itself as the world's premier research conference in data

mining. ICDM '12 provides a leading international forum for the

presentation of original research results, as well as exchange and

dissemination of innovative ideas, drawing researchers and

practitioners from a wide range of data mining related areas such as

statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, databases,

visualization, and high performance computing. By promoting novel,

high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to

challenging data mining problems, the conference seeks to continuously

advance the state-of-the-art in data mining. Besides the technical

program, the conference will feature invited talks from research and

industry leaders, as well as workshops, tutorials, panels, and the

ICDM data mining contest.

Paper Submissions 

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We invite high quality submissions on all aspects of data mining and

knowledge discovery. Papers should be original and innovative,

rigorously evaluated and well-presented. Broad areas of interest

include, but are not limited to (see

http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~icdm/Topics.shtml for a more detailed list of

topics):

 * Novel Algorithms

 * Theory and Foundations

 * Systems and Frameworks

 * Innovative Applications

 * Large-scale Approaches

All submitted papers will be judged based on their significance,

originality, repeatability, and clarity.  Substantially similar papers

that have already been accepted, or are simultaneously under review

during the ICDM review period will not be considered. Papers will be

triple-blind reviewed and should be limited to a maximum of 10 pages.

Papers that do not comply with the Submission Guidelines (available at

http://icdm2012.ua.ac.be) will be rejected without review.

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the

IEEE Computer Society Press. Regular paper will be allocated 10 pages

in the proceedings, and longer oral presentation time, whereas short

papers will be allowed 6 pages in the proceedings, with shorter oral

presentation time.  A selected number of IEEE ICDM '12 top-ranked

papers will be invited for possible inclusion, in expanded and revised

form, in the Knowledge and Information Systems journal

(http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~kais/) published by Springer.

Repeatability Guidelines: To ensure the long term viability of data

mining research, every effort should be made to provide the

source-code (or executables), as well as the datasets (or their

closest publicly available equivalents). The experimental results

section should mention all relevant implementation details and

parameter specifications, so that the results can be independently

duplicated.

The ICDM '12 paper review system is at

Workshops 

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ICDM '12 will host short and long workshops that focus on new research

directions and initiatives. All accepted workshop papers will be

included in a separate workshop proceedings published by the IEEE

Computer Society Press.

The deadline for workshop proposals is April 6, 2012.  The deadline

for Workshop paper submissions is August 10, 2012.

For instructions on submitting a workshop proposal, go to:

ICDM Best Paper Awards

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IEEE ICDM Best Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference on the

authors of (1) the best research paper, (2) the best application

paper, and (3) the best student paper. Strong, foundational results

will be considered for the best research paper award and

application-oriented submissions will be considered for the best

application paper award. A best student paper award will also be

given.

Tutorials

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ICDM '12 will host short and long tutorials that focus on new research

directions and initiatives. The deadline for submission of tutorial

proposals is August 10, 2012.

ICDM Data Mining Contest

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ICDM '12 will host a data mining contest to challenge researchers and

practitioners with a real practical data mining problem.

ICDM Data Mining Demos

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ICDM '12 will host demos. Demos are solicited for demonstrating data

mining software systems and libraries closely related to the area of

data mining and knowledge discovery, or showing new technological

advances in applying data mining techniques. The deadline for demo

submissions is August 10, 2012.

Student Travel Scholarships

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A selected number of student travel scholarships will be available to

support student authors to attend ICDM '12 to present their

papers. The student travel scholarship committee will make the final

decision for the final awarded students. In general, US$500 to US$1000

will be awarded to each successful applicant.

Organizing Committee

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Conference Co-Chairs:

* Bart Goethals (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

* Geoff Webb (Monash University, Australia)

Program Co-Chairs:

* Arno Siebes (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

* Jeffrey Xu Yu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

* Mohammed J. Zaki (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Steering Committee:

* Xindong Wu (Chair) (University of Vermont, USA)

* David J. Hand (Imperial College, London, UK)

* Ramamohanarao Kotagiri (University of Melbourne, Australia)

* Vipin Kumar (University of Minnesota, USA)

* Heikki Mannila (University of Helsinki, Finland)

* Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro (KDnuggets, USA)

* Shusaku Tsumoto (Shimane University, Japan)

* Benjamin W. Wah (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)

* Philip S. Yu (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)

* Osmar R. Zaiane (University of Alberta, Canada)

Local Arrangements Chair:

* Gianluca Bontempi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Finance Chair:

* Joost Kok (Leiden University, Netherlands)

Awards Committee Chair:

* Jiawei Han (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Workshops Co-Chairs:

* Charles X. Ling ((University of Western Ontario, Canada)

* Jilles Vreeken (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Tutorial Co-Chairs:

* Toon Calders (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)

* Nikolaj Tatti (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Contest Co-Chairs:

* Wei Fan (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)

* Gabor Melli (VigLink, USA)

Demo Co-Chairs:

* Francesco Bonchi (Yahoo! Research, Spain)

* Matthijs van Leeuwen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Panel Chair:

* Katharina Morik (Technische Universitat Dortmund, Germany)

Publicity Co-Chairs:

* Siegfried Nijssen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

* Ruili Wang (Massey University, New Zealand)

Sponsorship Co-Chairs:

* Wei Ding (University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA)

* Dirk Van Den Poel (Ghent University, Belgium)

PhD Forum Co-Chairs:

* Yann-Ael Le Borgne (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

* Evimaria Terzi (Boston University, USA)

Further Information

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Please contact ICDM '12 Chairs by email: icdm2012chairs@gmail.com