Meetings

Netherlands Study Center for Technology trends

Symposium: DEALING WITH THE DATA FLOOD Mining data, text and multimedia

23 April 2002 Rotterdam, Beurs - World Trade Center, The Netherlands

Offering an introduction in the possibilities of data mining, text and multimedia mining. With examples of applications in science, business and government. The perpective of the individual (knowledge worker) is also discussed.

Cost: Euro 100, incl. book (880 p.), CD-rom, lunch and drinks

For additional info, contact: otten@stt.nl , 070-3029834

The language at the symposium will be English, The book is also in English

Sincerely, Jeroen Meij jeroen.meij@stt.nl STT

Summary:

Nearly every business and science area is confronted with an increase in data flows. Data that is collected and processed. Data that holds valuable information, and may provide us knowledge, but often is inaccessible because of its form and volume. Fortunately, new methods are emerging and evolving that enable us to create knowledge from data. Specifically, methods and tools that extract previously unknown information from aggregations of data. To name a few examples, patterns and relations can be revealed, clusters identified and predictions made. The application extends to many types of data: concepts can be derived from large text collections, image and video collections can be analyzed. The symposium will offer an introduction into the possibilities of data mining, text mining and multimedia mining. Several examples will illustrate applications in science, business and government. Special attention is given to the applications for knowledge workers in relation to learning and knowledge management.