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KDD 2005 Workshop - KDD Success Stories and Practice Prize

The First Annual Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and
Data Mining Success Stories
and introducing The KDD Practice Prize

MOTIVATION

From its inception Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) has been guided by the need to solve practical problems. This is reflected in the innovative creation of the Industrial Track and KDD Cup at the annual ACM SIGKDD conference. Yet because of length restrictions, confidentiality, and other restrictions, few articles describe a completed implementation or what we will term a "case study". The small number of case studies are made up for by their prominence. Anecdotally, case studies are one of the most discussed topics at KDD. It is only human to favor the telling of stories. Stories can capture the imagination and inspire researchers to do great things.

THE WORKSHOP

It is our pleasure to announce the establishment of the first in a series of workshops that will focus on successful KDD implementations. The workshop series will be entitled "KDD Success Stories". These workshops will highlight KDD implementations that have been responsible for a significant and measurable improvement in business operations, or an equally important scientific discovery, or some other benefit to humanity. KDD Success Stories organizing committee members will reserve the right to contact the deployment site and validate the various facts of the implementation.

Some examples of KDD Success Stories include:

• a description of how KDD techniques were able to identify a gene involved in cancer,
• Description of a system that autonomously hedges funds in on-line auctions,
• Description of a deployed Customer Relationship Management system that significantly increased the profitability of the deployment organization.

KDD PRACTICE PRIZE

The KDD Practice Prize will be awarded each year to the best submitted KDD Success Story paper. The prize will be awarded for work that has had a significant and quantitative impact in the application in which it was applied, or has significantly benefited humanity. Detailed rules and regulations can be found on the KDD Success Stories web site, www.kddsuccessstories.com .

Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2005

THE PRACTICE PRICE

• Prize money: The ACM is sponsoring the following prize purse:
• $500 for first place winner
• $300 for second place winner
• $200 for third place winner

For submission details and further information, see
www.kddsuccessstories.com