CFP

CART Data Mining'04: First International CART(R) Conferences
Focusing on the Data Mining technology of
Leo Breiman, Jerome Friedman, Richard Olshen, Charles Stone
(CART, MARS(R), TreeNet(tm), PRIM(tm)...)

First Call For submissions

US Venue: San Francisco, March 23-25, 2004
EU Venue: Madrid, May 25-26, 2004

Conference home page: http://www.cartdatamining.com

Submission deadline: October 27, 2003

Keynote Speakers:

Leo Breiman, University of California, Berkeley
Jerome Friedman, Stanford University
Richard Olshen, Stanford University
Charles Stone, University of California, Berkeley

Conference Sponsor: Salford Systems

The conferences are intended to serve several functions:

• A festschrift and opportunity to honor the four authors of CART and meet with them in person. Each is planning to offer a keynote paper.

• A venue to exchange ideas and experiences focused on the practice of data mining.

• A networking opportunity leading to the creation of local user groups and the establishment of a user newsletter.

• A place to learn about extensions to CART related technology and anticipated future developments

• An opportunity to obtain both basic and advanced training offered by practical and theoretical experts

The conference series will provide an opportunity for data mining professionals to exchange ideas on the art and practice of the real world analysis of complex data. Contributed papers covering any application of CART, MARS, PRIM, and TreeNet are encouraged, including innovative and unusual applications.

Breiman's Random Forests will be the subject of an introductory tutorial. A workshop devoted solely to RF will be scheduled separately.

IMPORTANT DATES

October 27, 2003 Submission deadline for contributed papers
December 22, 2003 Notification of paper/presentation acceptance
January 19, 2004 Camera-ready presentations due
March 23-24, 2004 main conference San Francisco
May 25-26 2004 Madrid conference

For further Information, visit www.cartdatamining.com