ICDM '10: The 10th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining
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Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society

December 13-17, 2010, Sydney, Australia
http://datamining.it.uts.edu.au/icdm10

Call for Papers
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Important Dates
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May 06, 2010: Deadline for workshop proposals
May 06, 2010: Deadline for ICDM contest proposals
Jul 02, 2010: Deadline for full paper submission
Jul 13, 2010: Deadline for demo proposals, tutorial proposals,
and proposals
Sep 10, 2010: Notification of acceptance
Oct 04, 2010: Camera-ready copies and copyright release forms

The IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) has
established itself as the world's premier research conference in data
mining. The 10th edition of ICDM (ICDM '10) provides a leading forum
for presentation of original research results, as well as exchange and
dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. The
conference covers all aspects of data mining, including algorithms,
software and systems, and applications. In addition, ICDM draws
researchers and application developers from a wide range of data
mining related areas such as statistics, machine learning, pattern
recognition, databases and data warehousing, data visualization,
knowledge-based systems, and high performance computing. By promoting
novel, high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to
challenging data mining problems, the conference seeks to continuously
advance the state-of-the-art in data mining. Besides the technical
program, the conference will feature workshops, tutorials, panels, and
the ICDM data mining contest.

Paper Submissions
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High quality papers in all data mining areas are solicited. Original
papers exploring new directions will receive especially careful
consideration. Papers that have already been accepted or are currently
under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered
for ICDM '10.

Paper submissions should be limited to a maximum of 10 pages in the
IEEE 2-column format, the same as the camera-ready format
(http://www.ieeeconfpublishing.org/cpir/AuthorKit.asp?Community=CPS&Facility=CPS_Dec&ERoom=ICDM+2009).
All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of
technical quality, relevance to data mining, originality,
significance, and clarity. A double blind review process will be
adopted. Authors should avoid using identifying information in the
text of the paper. A Submission Form to submit your work will be
announced on the ICDM '10 website.

Accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and accorded oral
presentation times in the main conference. Submissions accepted as
regular papers will be allocated 10 pages in the
proceedings. Submissions accepted as short papers will be allocated 6
pages in the proceedings and will have a shorter presentation time at
the conference than regular papers.

A selected number of IEEE ICDM '10 accepted papers will be invited for
possible inclusion, in expanded and revised form, in the Knowledge and
Information Systems journal published by Springer-Verlag.

ICDM Best Paper Awards
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IEEE ICDM Best Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference on the
authors of (1) the best research paper, (2) the best application
paper, and (3) the best student paper. Strong, foundational results
will be considered for the best research paper award and
application-oriented submissions will be considered for the best
application paper award. The best student paper award will be given to
the authors of the best paper written solely by one or more students.

Workshops and Tutorials
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ICDM '10 will host short and long tutorials as well as workshops that
focus on new research directions and initiatives. All accepted
workshop papers will be included in a separate workshop proceedings
published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

ICDM Data Mining Contest
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ICDM '10 will host a data mining contest to challenge researchers and
practitioners with a real practical data mining problem. For further
details on proposals and expression of interest, please see the Call
for Data Mining Contest Proposals.

Topic of Interest
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Topics related to the design, analysis and implementation of data
mining theory, systems and applications are of interest. These
include, but are not limited to the following areas: data mining
foundations, mining in emerging domains, methodological aspects and
the KDD process, and integrated KDD applications, systems, and
experiences. A detailed listing of specific topics can be found at the
conference website.

Organizing Committee
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Honorary Chair:
Ramamohanarao Kotagiri, Melbourne University, Australia

Conference Co-Chairs:
Chengqi Zhang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Dimitrios Gunopulos, University of California - Riverside, USA

Program Co-Chairs:
Geoff Webb, Monash University, Australia
Bing Liu, University of Chicago, USA

Steering Committee:
Xindong Wu (Chair), University of Vermont, USA
David J. Hand, Imperial College, London, UK
Ramamohanarao Kotagiri, University of Melbourne, Australia
Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA
Heikki Mannila, University of Helsinki, Finland
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, KDnuggets, USA
Shusaku Tsumoto, Shimane University, Japan
Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Philip S. Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Osmar R. Zaiane, University of Alberta, Canada

Local Arrangements Chair
Longbing Cao, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Finance Chair
Xinquan Zhu, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Further Information
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Professor Chengqi Zhang
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia
Tel: +61-2-9514 7941; Fax: +61-2-9514 4517
http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~chengqi/
Email: chengqi@it.uts.edu.au