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We are organizing three projects to honor Leo Breiman this year. First, Salford Systems' Data Mining Conference will open with a special session devoted to his scientific contributions. Second, we would like to construct Leo's scientific "family tree," identifying Leo's students, collaborators, and others whose work has been influenced in an important way by Leo's research and professional activities. Finally, we would like to create a small "memory book" of appreciative notes and thoughts, stories, or photos which we will collate to present to Leo's family.

Please send your contributions for the scientific genealogy or memory book to breimantribute@salforddatamining.com.

Lesser known Gems in Breiman's Research:

The opening session, from 7-9PM on March 29th, will feature a discussion of Leo Breiman's extensive contributions to data mining, machine learning, and statistics. The session will focus on some of Breiman's lesser known innovations that may be influential in the future.

Speakers will include:

• Richard Carson, University of California, San Diego
• Adele Cutler, Utah State University
• Jerome Friedman, Stanford University
• Richard Olshen, Stanford University
• Chuck Stone, University of California, Berkeley
• Rob Tibshirani, Stanford University

For further information please email:

breimantribute@salforddatamining.com or call (619) 543-8880

Conference Website: www.salforddatamining.com