KDnuggets^TM News 07:n21, Nov 6, 2007

1. Poll Results: DBMS use in data mining - storage, preprocessing ...
2. Netflix Grand Prize - when will 10% improvement be reached?
3. What simple data mining question eliminates link spam?
4. KDD-08 Call for Papers, Workshops, Panels, Tutorials
5. Top items from KDnuggets News 07:n20, Oct 23

6. Mastering Data Mining: A Step-by-Step Approach (NO CHARGE)

7. Free Webcast Nov 14: Intro to Data Mining (vendor-neutral)
8. Dec 4 Webcast: Profiting from Prediction: Using Analytics to Drive Effective Marketing

9. Exploratory Data Mining Course - NEW!
10. Data Mining Course Series for Executives, Managers or Practitioners [ Dec, Las Vegas | Jan, Orlando ]

11. Burlington, MA: Principal/Senior Product Manager at Oracle Data Mining Technologies
12. Austin, TX: Sales and Marketing Analyst, Business Intelligence at National Instruments
13. St Paul, MN: Business Intelligence : Decision Support Analyst, at Ecolab
14. New York, NY: Data Mining Analyst at TACODA
15. Minnetonka, MN or Fort Washington, PA: Sr. Database Marketing Analyst at Ovations Insurance Solutions
16. Hoffman Estates, IL: Manager, SHC Analytics at Sears Holdings Management Corporation
17. Tagerwilen, Switzerland: Innovation and Forecasting Analyst at SAF Simulation Analysis and Forecasting AG

18. Machine Learning Postdoc in Functional Genomics at U. Ottawa/OISB
19. PhD/Postdoc Position on Process Mining at TU/e, Netherlands
20. Post-Doc Fellowship in Machine Learning and Data Mining at U. Ottawa

21. re-weighting in Boosting Algorithm ?

22. Data Mining and Counterterrorism
23. CART on Numb3rs TV show
24. New Book: Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel
25. A Brief History of Text Analytics

26. Real-Time Analytics: The Importance of Strategic Alignment and Ease of Use
27. Infinity Insurance to Fast Track Customer Claims with SPSS Predictive Analytics
28. Omniture to Buy Visual Sciences, Furthering Consolidation
29. Outsourcing analytics: risking long-term defeat?
30. Teradata Tops Gartner Magic Quadrant for Database Management
31. AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance
32. University of Alabama Uses SAS� to Increase Enrollment by 40 Percent
33. Medio Systems takes on larger rivals in mobile-search race
34. Web Analytics: Not Just Growing, But Diversifying

35. IEEE CIBCB 2008: Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics, due Nov 30, 2007
    Intelligent Environments (IE 08), due Jan 15, 2008
    KDD-08 Workshops, due Feb 15, 2008
    KDD-08 Research Papers, due Feb 23, 2008
    KDD-08 Industrial/Government Applications, due Feb 23, 2008
    KDD-08 Panel proposals, due Mar 15, 2008
    KDD-08 Tutorial proposals, due Mar 15, 2008
    ADMA 2008, due Feb 26, 2008
    
36. KDD-08 Call For Workshop Proposals, due Feb 15
37. KDD-08 Call For Papers: Industrial/Government Applications Track, due Feb 23
38. KDD-08 Call for Panel Proposals, due March 15
39. KDD-08 Call for Tutorials, due March 15

I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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