KDnuggets^TM News 06:n03, Feb 7, 2006

1. Poll Results: 7 New KDnuggets Forums created
2. New poll: Google subpoena - is privacy more important than child protection?
3. Free Access to Data Mining Research, Case Studies, and Articles
4. An Appreciation of Leo Breiman (1928-2005)
5. Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM/Customer Data Mining, 1Q06
6. Data mining tells government and business a lot about you
7. Most popular items from KDnuggets News 06:n02

8. Salford Systems Releases TreeNet(tm) 2.0, No Cost 30-day Download Available
9. Oracle Data Mining (ODM) - Free Self Study Tutorial

10. SPSS Data Mining and Predictive Modeling workshop (complimentary, reg. required)
11. Salford Courses: 50% off for Salford Data Mining Conference Attendees

12. Halifax, UK: Senior Data Mining Analyst at Birmingham Midshires (HBOS group)
13. New York, NY, USA: Vice President, Online Marketing Analytics at Poindexter Systems
14. Singapore: Data Analytics Managers / Consultants at RedPill Solutions
15. Singapore: Data Mining & Analytics Practice Head at RedPill Solutions

16. New Books: Querying XML and Commonsense Reasoning
17. Data Mining Tools: Which One is Best For CRM?
18. New Book: An�lisis de Datos Comerciales (in Spanish)
19. New Book: T�cnicas para el An�lisis de Datos Cl�nicos (in Spanish)

20. Portrait Software acquires Quadstone
21. RiverGlass Inc. Awarded $150,000 IPG Grant from Governor Blagojevich
22. Chertoff: NSA Data mining is legal, necessary
23. New Behavioral Targeting Ideas in MSN's AdLab
24. Pediatrix Data Mining Identifies Favorable Antibiotic Combination
25. Purdue center finds data management techniques for homeland security
26. Avis Europe Deploys SPSS Predictive Analytics Software
27. Blindfolding Big Brother - IBM tools for search with anonymity
28. Scientists Focus On Predictive Analytics For Space Travel
29. WebSideStory Buys Visual Sciences
30. Major breakthroughs in interventional radiology thanks to Bayesian Networks
31. Strategic Analytics Launches TrueCapital� Software

32. Feb 14 Early Reg. for Salford Data Mining Conference, 29-31 Mar, San Diego

33. KDD-06 Research Papers and Industrial/Government Applications, due Mar 3
    KDD-06 Panels, Workshops, Tutorial Proposals, due Mar 7
    Special Session on Evolution of Web in AI Environment (Ewebai), due Mar 6
    Call for Chapters: Rough Computing: Theories, Technologies and Applications, due Mar 15
    4th Workshop on Intelligent Techniques for Web Personalization, due Mar 31
    IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST 2006), due Mar 31
    Workshop Proposals for ICDM-06: The 6th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, due Apr 10
    Inductive Logic Programming, due Apr 15
    Workshop on Probabilistic Modeling and Machine Learning in Structural and Systems Biology, due Apr 23
    Intelligent Data Analysis in bioMedicine And Pharmacology, due May 1
    

"The privacy law that protects your e-mail does not protect your Google search terms," Orin S. Kerr, a professor at the George Washington University Law School