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CALL FOR PAPERS and PROBLEMS ECML/PKDD Workshop SSDM'16

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The 2nd ECML/PKDD Workshop on Statistically Sound Data Mining (SSDM'16)

https://sites.google.com/site/whamalaipages/ssdm2016

Riva del Garda, Italy - September 19, 2016

In conjunction with The European Conference on Machine Learning and
Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases
(ECML/PKDD'16)

Paper submission: Monday, July 4 2016
Problem submission: Monday, Sep 12 2016 (preferrably earlier)

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The goal of this workshop is

* to build bridge between data mining and statistics, to combine
expertise on efficient algorithms to knowledge on statistically sound
methods
* to offer a place for networking among data miners,
machine learners, statisticians and people who apply these methods in
their work
* to review the current state of affairs, specify important open problems,
share solutions and brainstorm new ideas

You can contribute to the workshop by

* submitting a paper and giving a presentation in the workshop
(the paper can be an insightful position paper or describe work-in-progress;
see instructions on https://sites.google.com/site/whamalaipages/ssdm2016)
* suggesting good problems to be worked together
* participating group works where these problems are worked together
* coming to discuss and meet new people who may be just missing your expertise

Important dates

* Paper submissiond deadline Monday, July 4 2016
* Notification Monday, July 25 2016
* Problem suggestions before Monday, Sep 8 2016
* Workshop Monday, Sep 19 2016

Organizers: Wilhelmiina Hämäläinen (Academy of Finland/Aalto
University, Finland) and Geoff Webb (Monash University, Australia)

Note: To participate the workshop, one of the authors should attend
ECML/PKDD'16. Fees http://www.ecmlpkdd2016.org/attending.html
There is a special discount for early registerations.

For more information, see
https://sites.google.com/site/whamalaipages/ssdm2016
or contact Wilhelmiina Hämäläinen wilhelmiina.hamalainen@gmail.com