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Special Session
Spatio-Temporal Data Mining: Theory and Applications

In Conjunction With

25th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering &

Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems 2012
June 9, 2012-June 12, 2012
Dalian, China
http://ssdut.dlut.edu.cn/iea-aie/

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Important Dates:
* Paper submission: Jan. 6, 2012
* Notification of acceptance: Feb. 6, 2012
* Author registration: March 1, 2012
* Camera ready form: March 1, 2012
* Conference date: June 9-12, 2012


Scope:

Spatio-temporal data is explicitly or implicitly utilized

in many application areas such as: remote-sensing images,

environment and climate analysis, traffic and trajectories

analysis, etc. Potentially valuable patterns and

information are hidden in spatio–temporal data sets.

Especially designed data mining methods and algorithms are

needed to discover knowledge in spatio-temporal data sets.

The goal of IEA/AIE 2012 is to connect recent advances in

research with the real world industrial/government

application. The proposed special session is meant to

attract participants interested in research topics and

real world application in which spatial and temporal

consideration are paramount.

Topics of Interest:

* Advances in analysis of spatio-temporal data.
* Data mining theory, techniques and tools for spatio-

temporal patterns.
* Specific techniques and algorithms for dealing with time

series data and streaming data.
* Applications and case studies for geocoded data.
* Association rules and pattern mining for spatio-temporal

data.
* Trajectory analysis for moving objects.
Topics are not restricted to the above list and additional

research issues related to spatio-temporal data mining are

also welcomed.



Information for authors:

Authors are invited to electronically submit their paper,

written in English, of up to 10 single spaced pages,

presenting the results of original research or innovative

practical applications relevant to the conference and the

special session. Practical experiences with state-of-the-

art AI methodologies are also acceptable when they reflect

lessons of unique value to the conference attendees.

Shorter works, up to 6 pages, to be presented in 10

minutes, may be submitted as SHORT PAPERS representing

work in progress or suggesting possible research

directions. All paper submissions will be done

electronically, as indicated in the conference web site.
All papers will be peer reviewed and final copies of

papers for inclusion in the conference proceedings will be

published in a bound volume by Springer-Verlag (format

instructions) in their 'Lecture Notes in Artificial

Intelligence' series. Now the submission website is

available:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieaaie2010

Organization Chairs:

Tomasz F. Stepinski, Thomas Jefferson Chair Professor,

University of Cincinnati, stepintz@uc.edu
Dan Simovici, Professor, University of Massachusetts

Boston, dsim@cs.umb.edu
Wei Ding, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts

Boston, ding@cs.umb.edu

Organization Committee
Tomasz F. Stepinski, University of Cincinnati,

stepintz@uc.edu
Dan Simovici, University of Massachusetts Boston,

dsim@cs.umb.edu
Wei Ding, University of Massachusetts Boston,

ding@cs.umb.edu
Yang Mu, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA,

yangmu@cs.umb.edu
Kui Yu, Hefei University of Technology, China