Data Mining / Analytic Events News, Aug 2010

• Deadline for the INFORMS Data Mining Contest is Oct 10 - Aug 24, 2010.
  the goal is to predict stock price movements (over 60 minutes) at five minute intervals with accurate predictive analysis solutions.
• Data Mining: Failure to Launch [ Free Webinar ] - Aug 24, 2010.
  Attend this free webinar to learn how to get started with data mining and overcome both strategic and tactical limitations that cause data mining projects to fall short of their potential.
• Front-line Predictive Analytics Experts Speaking at PAW DC - Aug 24, 2010.
  A wealth of front-line experience is sharing their knowledge at Predictive Analytics World DC, October 19-20, 2010, including speakers from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Life Line Screening, Merkle, MetLife Auto & Home, Miles Kimball, Monster, Paychex, Xerox PARC.
• Data Mining/Survival Analysis Techniques - Aug 24, 2010.
  Look deeper into your data and make better informed business decisions with data mining experts Michael Berry or Gordon Linoff. Attend one of their upcoming classes and see how they have solved problems for customers around the world.
• Free Webinar, Sep 15: Data Visualization for Fraud Analysis - Aug 20, 2010.
  The 4 key phases of data visualization for fraud analysis and other insights on applying data visualization techniques to identify fraud.
• Last 4 weeks of IEEE ICDM Contest. Still time to join and win $5K of prizes - Aug 9, 2010.
  Half of the ICDM 2010 Contest organized by TunedIT for IEEE International Conference on Data Mining had already passed. 460 teams have registered so far and over 60 of them submitted one or more solutions.
• Data-driven journalism: What is there to learn? - Aug 6, 2010.
  On Aug 24, in Amsterdam, this conference will bring together journalists and specialists in data mining, data visualisation and multimedia.
• PAKDD 2010 Awards - Aug 5, 2010.
  Awards presented at the PAKDD 2010, 14th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, held in Hyderabad, India in June 2010.
• Learn How Experts Mine Data in Denver, CO or Washington, DC - Aug 3, 2010.
  Save up to 50% on registrations thru Aug 6 for Aug 23-27 (Denver) Predictive Analytics & Data Mining Course Series
• M2010 Data Mining Conference - Aug 3, 2010.
  30% Discount to KDnuggets subscribers! Hundreds of analytics professionals and more than 40 speakers will attend M2010. Learn techniques to give your company a competitive edge.
• Two new Predictive Analytics World events Announced - Aug 3, 2010.
  PAW will take place in London, UK, Nov 15-16, 2010, and in San Francisco at the Marriott Marquis, March 14-15, 2011. Speaker proposals are being sought.
• Tools for Discovering Patterns in Data, Sep 13-14, Charlottesville, VA - Aug 2, 2010.
  a practical, experience-based, concepts course, known for demystifying data mining with clarity and humor. Learn to isolate the essential aspects of a problem and select and combine appropriate software tools to find useful patterns in noisy, incomplete data.

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