CFP

                               KDD-2001
                        Preliminary Call for Papers

The Seventh ACM SIGKDD International Conference
on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

                August 20-23, 2001, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA

http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2001/

On-line, interconnected systems offer unprecedented opportunities for
discovery and learning from the wealth of accompanying
data. Extracting useful knowledge from such data is becoming more
difficult, as volume and complexity push traditional techniques beyond
their limits. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) techniques
automate the process of extracting knowledge from data. The annual ACM
SIGKDD conference brings together researchers and practitioners
focusing on new developments and challenges in KDD brought about by
this data explosion.

Suggested Paper Topics include (but are not limited to):

Methods and Algorithms: data mining, web mining, text mining, mining
time-series data, mining mixed-type data, mining high-dimensional
data, incorporating domain knowledge, open-ended discovery, scalable
algorithms, statistical methods, unconventional knowledge
representations.

The KDD Process: process modeling, process automation, data cleaning,
human involvement, visualization, interactive exploration,
interestingness, evaluating knowledge and discoveries.

Integrated Systems: embedded KDD techniques, unification of mining
with database architectures, integration of data
mining/warehousing/OLAP, exploration and discovery systems.

Applications and Experiences: e-commerce, privacy issues,
personalization, activity monitoring, scientific applications,
benchmarks, new application areas, tools, commercial successes or
failures.

Organizing Committee

 General Chair:
                      Mario Schkolnick, SGI
 Program Chairs:
                      Foster Provost, NYU
                      Ramakrishnan Srikant, IBM Almaden
 Industrial Session Chairs:
                      Vasant Dhar, NYU
                      Surajit Chaudhuri, Microsoft Research
 Best Paper Awards Chair:
                      Jiawei Han, Simon Fraser University
 Conference Treasurer
                      Ian Davidson, SGI
 Panels Chair:
                      Pedro Domingos, Univ. of Washington
 Publicity Chair:
                      George John, E.phiphany
 Tutorials Chair:
                      Tom Fawcett, HP Labs
 Workshops Chair:
                      Roberto Bayardo, IBM Almaden
 SIGKDD Chair:
                      Won Kim, Cyber Database Solutions


Important Dates

Electronic Abstract Due: Feb 26, 2001
Submissions Due: March 2, 2001
Workshop Proposals: Feb 1, 2001
Panel/Tutorial Proposals: March 2, 2001

Paper Submission

Papers should describe original work that has not appeared and is not
under review elsewhere (specialized workshops excluded). Both basic
and applied research papers are solicited, as well as papers
describing applications making significant research
contributions. Paper length should be a maximum of 20 pages, using
12pt. font, 1.5 line spacing, and 1in. margins. We strongly encourage
electronic submission of papers. An electronic abstract of at most 250
words must be submitted by Feb 26, 2001. Details of the submission
process can be found on the conference web site
http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2001/