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D S * CONFERENCES & SEMINARS 10.13.98

Oct 18-21

FIRST ANNUAL DSS SUMMIT
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Contact: http://www.dbsummit.com/dss/98home.htm

Oct 25-29

ORACLE APPLICATION USERS GROUP FALL CONFERENCE
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact: http://www.oaug.org

Oct 26-30

DATA MINING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Location: Carey, North Carolina
Contact: http://www.sas.com/events/otherevents/dmtech98/index.html

Oct 26-30

MICROSTRATEGY DSS WORLD
Location: Washington, D.C.
Contact: http://www.strategy.com

Nov 5

NOVABASE DATA MINING SEMINAR
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Contact: http://www.novabase.pt/nbsd/dm_textointro.html

Nov 1-6

THE DATA WAREHOUSING INSTITUTE'S FOURTH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Location: Orlando, Florida
Contact: http://www.dw-institute.com

Nov 3-5

DCI'S DATABASE & CLIENT/SERVER WORLD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Contact: http://www.dci.com/database

Nov 3-5

DCI'S INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE (I*CON)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Contact: http://www.dci.com/icon

Nov 3-5

DCI'S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Contact: http://www.dci.com/kmc

Nov 3,4,5

INTEQ'S EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Locations: Los Angeles, California
San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington

Contact: http://www.inteqgroup.com

November 4-5

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
Location: Washington, DC
Contact: http://www.gordianknot.com
800-405-2114
agent@gordianknot.com

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 

                     offered by
               The Gordian Institute
                 Registration $995
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OVERVIEW
This two-day course will present technology that may enhance existing software systems by simulating an expert's decision making process. Using these intelligent systems you may: 

     1.) Disseminate problem solving knowledge and abilities throughout
         your organization
     2.) Provide consistent, solutions and recommendations at the click
         of a mouse or keystroke
     3.) Observe and learn how an expert arrives at a solution.

COURSE CONTENT
A successful knowledge-based system implementation consists of two major components: the decision making mechanism, and the knowledge base. This course will first focus on introducing the fundamental principles of the technology. Discussions will follow on issues relating to the design and development of practical system.

Next, the course will introduce the concepts of knowledge engineering: the process of developing a knowledge base. Under this topic, the procedures and techniques needed to develop a successful knowledge base will be discussed.

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING WORKSHOP
A mock knowledge engineering session will be conducted to demonstrate the techniques discussed in the class. The resulting knowledge base will be used to develop a knowledge-based system using commercial software tools and tested. Source code of the knowledge-base system will be made available to attendees at the end of the course. Attendees are encouraged to bring to the class any problems that might be suitable for a knowledge-based implementation.

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Nov 4-6, 1998

DATA MINING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Location: Dallas, Texas
Contact: http://www.gordianknot.com
800-405-2114
agent@gordianknot.com

DATA MINING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

A broad-brushed, intensive introduction of methods, applications, tools and techniques 

                    offered by
              The Gordian Institute
               Registration: $1495

WHAT MAKES THIS COURSE UNIQUE?
This course focuses on actual use and implementation of data mining methods. The instructor will also show how to evaluate various data mining products. Exercises will reveal impressive results from the same tool that may have failed in other categories. The workshops will save immeasurable time and effort in assessing and selecting which suite of tools and techniques will perform best for your application.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

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You will quickly receive complete details to include pricing, course outline, instructor background, site logistics and registration form through any of the following:

Nov 12

EMERGING DATA WAREHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Contact: http://pw1.netcom.com/~damane/nov12.html

Nov 7-13, 1998

SUPERCOMPUTING '98 (SC98)
Location: Orlando, FL
Contact: http://www.supercomp.org/sc98/
Come visit Tabor Griffin Communications at booth #620;
we look forward to meeting you!

Nov 16-18

DATA WAREHOUSE AND DATA MINING TECHNOLOGY IN TELECOMMUNICATION
Location: Orlando, Florida
Contact: http://www.ibcusa.com/conf/datawarehouse/

Nov 16-17

MANAGING DATA WAREHOUSE PROJECTS: THE KEY ISSUES
Location: San Francisco, California
Contact: http://www.dci.com

Nov 18-20

DATA ANALYSIS & MODELING FOR THE DATA WAREHOUSE
Location: San Francisco, California
Contact: http://www.dci.com

Nov 30

GREATER BOSTON DATA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Location: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Contact: http://www.dama.org/chapters/Boston.htm

Dec 1-3

STRATEGIES & TOOLS FOR SUCCESSFUL DATA WAREHOUSES
Location: Orlando, Florida
Contact: http://www.dci.com

Dec 2,3

INTEQ'S EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Locations: Denver, Colorado
Phoenix, Arizona
Contact: http://www.inteqgroup.com

Dec 7-8

MANAGING DATA WAREHOUSE PROJECTS: THE KEY ISSUES
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: http://www.dci.com

Dec 7-9

THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SCENE: GIGA'S SHOWCASE FOR IT INNOVATION
Location: La Quinta, California
Contact: http://www.gigaweb.com/events
781-792-2669

Description: Some of the world's leading CIOs will provide live, unstaged evaluations of the latest technology products at "The Emerging Technology Scene: Giga's Showcase for IT Innovation," Dec. 7, 8 and 9, 1998 at the La Quinta Resort & Club, La Quinta, CA. "The Scene will not only provide the earliest look yet at emerging first quarter products in five different technology areas, it will do so in an interactive format in which attendees can evaluate and rate the new products," said Marlene Nusbaum, vice president, conference development.

"This dynamic new format ensures an honest assessment of the latest products by providing a live, without-a-net evaluation by senior-level users and by the audience itself," Nusbaum said. "In addition, our selection process ensures that we are showcasing the most cutting edge products available. All products are being blindly and competitively chosen by some of the most respected analysts in the industry based on extremely selective criteria."

Senior-level IT leaders who will evaluate the products include: J. Scott Dinsdale, Senior Vice President and CIO, BMG Entertainment; Jim Griffin, CEO, OneHouse, former CIO, Geffen Records; Chris Jurasek, Manager, Application Development, Solo Cup Co.; K. Angela Kapp, Vice President of Special Markets and New Media, Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.; Sukan Makmuri, Vice President, Information Technology, Bank of America, and Josef Mandelbaum, VP of Electronic Marketing, American Greetings Corp.

Each of the five technology segments, or TechnoVistas, being featured will be introduced by a Giga Information Group analyst, who will present a technology perspective and a business framework, pose questions, make predictions and set the context for vendor product demonstrations. After the demonstrations, the senior-level IT end users will provide feedback on the new products in a "User's Views and Reviews" session. Each session will be moderated by a Giga analyst and will include audience feedback via electronic polling.

The Scene is structured around five TechnoVistas:

The Amazing Future of the Desktop. Explores what new functionality will be offered and what the next generation desktop will look like. Behind the Scenes at the Website. Identifies a host of hot, new software tools, which make creative web development possible. Serving up Servers. Displays new, powerful technologies designed to meet the challenges of a burgeoning Internet-enabled population of corporate users.
The Network of the Well-Connected Enterprise. Examines the network as a vitally important strategic asset and puts products to the test in a set of real-life scenarios, developed by Giga Information Group analysts, which solution suppliers must address.
The Boomer's Kids-What's Coming Next? Looks at the immediate future and presents research technologies and products available in the coming year that will serve both business and personal needs.

Technology Futurist Saffo To Speak

Paul Saffo, Director, The Institute for the Future (IFTF) will be the opening keynote speaker for The Scene. Saffo is a technology forecaster studying long-term information technology trends and their impact on business, society and culture. His essays have appeared in The Harvard Business Review, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Fortune. He is the author of Dreams in Silicon Valley, a book of his essays.

Executive Exchanges and Investor Insights

In addition, Executive Exchanges and Investor Insight sessions will run concurrently throughout the show. The Executive Exchanges provide an opportunity for peer-to peer idea sharing and small group interaction with Giga analysts.

The Investor Insight sessions, which are open to the press, will consist of sector review sessions conducted by Giga senior analysts, and will cover market trends and vendor positioning. Vendor executive breakout sessions will be held with senior managers from presenting vendors, providing an opportunity for interactive discussions in a small, informal setting.

Giga Information Group (NASDAQ:GIGX), headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., sells knowledge which supports enterprise decision making in the field of Information Technology ("IT") with a focus on computing, telecommunications and related industries. Giga began providing its services in April 1996, and today, its global client base exceeds 860 organizations, comprising over 11,000 individual users, including IT vendors, IT users and institutional investors.

In the USA, Giga is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in Norwell, MA, Santa Clara, CA, Norwalk, CT, New York, NY, and Chicago, IL. In Europe, Giga's offices cover Scandinavia, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy. Giga is also represented in Israel, and its services are distributed in Spain and Portugal by Informatica El Corte Ingles.

Dec 8-10

DCI'S DATA WAREHOUSE SUMMIT
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Contact: http://www.dci.com/datawhse

Dec 8-10

DCI'S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Contact: http://www.dci.com/kmc

Dec 9-11

DATA ANALYSIS & MODELING FOR THE DATA WAREHOUSE
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: http://www.dci.com

Jan 27-29, 1999

DATA MINING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Location: Orlando, Florida
Contact: http://www.gordianknot.com
800-405-2114
agent@gordianknot.com

DATA MINING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

A broad-brushed, intensive introduction of methods, applications, tools and techniques 

                    offered by
              The Gordian Institute
               Registration: $1495

WHAT MAKES THIS COURSE UNIQUE?
This course focuses on actual use and implementation of data mining methods. The instructor will also show how to evaluate various data mining products. Exercises will reveal impressive results from the same tool that may have failed in other categories. The workshops will save immeasurable time and effort in assessing and selecting which suite of tools and techniques will perform best for your application.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

REQUEST FULL COURSE DETAILS
You will quickly receive complete details to include pricing, course outline, instructor background, site logistics and registration form through any of the following:

Apr 21-23 1999

THIRD INTL CONFERENCE & EXPO ON THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF
KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING
Location: London, United Kingdom
Contact: http://www.demon.co.uk/ar/PADD99/

Apr 26-28

THIRD PACIFIC-ASIA CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING
Location: Beijing, China
Contact: http://ain2.ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/pakdd99/

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