D S * CONFERENCES & SEMINARS 01.26.99
Jan 27-29, 1999
DATA MINING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Location: Orlando, Florida
Contact: http://www.gordianknot.com
800-405-2114
agent@gordianknot.com
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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Feb 14-19, 1999
DWI FOURTH ANNUAL DATA WAREHOUSING IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE
Location: Anaheim, California
Contact: http://www.dw-institute.com
March 9-11, 1999
DCI'S DATA WAREHOUSE SUMMIT
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: http://www.dci.com/datawhse
March 9-10, 1999
FEDERAL DATA MINING SYMPOSIUM & EXPOSITION '99
Location: McLean, VA
Contact: carbone@mitre.org
Description: Data users, analysts, administrators, managers, developers, researchers, theoreticians, and vendors are cordially invited to attend and submit papers for presentation at Federal Data Mining '99. The 1st Federal Data Mining Symposium included numerous vendors and all types of researchers and users of data mining tools and techniques to create a unique opportunity to discuss data mining in the domain of the government. There is no element of the Federal Government, nor information technology corporation that does not have a critical interest in "mining the golden nugget" from the vast repositories of information available to them.
Apr 19-21, 1999
STRATEGIES AND TOOLS FOR SUCCESSFUL DATA WAREHOUSES
Location: Dallas, TX
Contact: http://www.dci.com
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, 1999
THIRD PACIFIC-ASIA CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND
DATA MINING
Location: Beijing, China
Contact: http://ain2.ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/pakdd99/
Jul 5-16, 1999
WORKSHOP ON DATA MINING IN ECONOMICS, MARKETING, & FINANCE
MACHINE LEARNING & APPLICATIONS
Location: Chania, Greece
Contact: http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/skel/eetn/acai99
In recent years there has been a huge increase in Economic, Marketing and Finance databases with examples including Government surveys, supermarket sales information and minute by minute stock prices. The common denominator for these examples is that the amount of data is overwhelming for the typical user and specialized tools are needed to aid in an analysis. By approaching an analysis as a search for knowledge (data mining), rather than to test a hypothesis (classical statistics), previously unknown relationships in the data can be discovered.
The workshop has two main aims: to present the current trends in Data Mining as a research area and to link this with the experience gained by practitioners. Topics could include: new techniques/algorithms, success/failure case stories, comparisons between different tools, new ideas for future research. Data Mining has its roots in practical problem solving. So although technical topics are encouraged, the main focus will be on Data Mining as a tool for applied research. Active discussions are welcome and in particular the views of users.
Jul 17 or 18, 1999
DATA MINING WITH EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS: RESEARCH DIRECTIONS.
Location: Orlando, Florida
Contact: http://www.ppgia.pucpr.br/~dmea/
The general goal of the workshop will be to discuss promising and necessary research directions in data mining with evolutionary algorithms.
The workshop length will be either half day or full day, depending on the number of submitted papers. The workshop will consist of presentations by selected speakers, followed by discussions. Speakers will be selected via submission of short papers, reviewed by an international program committee. Submitted papers must address important research directions and open problems, rather than just discuss some particular algorithm developed by the authors.
The workshop will have a limited number of participants. If you cannot submit a paper or if your paper is not selected, you can still attend the workshop if you are invited by the Chairman. Invitees will be selected via submission of a short CV, describing their relevant expertise, main publications, etc.
The following items must be submitted to the Workshop Chairman:
Important Dates:
Paper and CV submission: papers must arrive by March 12
Acceptance/rejection Notification: March 26
Camera-ready paper: April 21
Workshop Chairman:
Prof. Alex Alves Freitas
PUC-PR (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana)
Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Informatica Aplicada
Predio da Engenharia Eletrica e Computacao
Rua Imaculada Conceicao, 1155. Prado Velho.
Curitiba-PR, 80215-901
BRAZIL
Aug 31 - Sep 3, 1999
EURO-PAR '99: HIGH-PERFORMANCE DM AND KDD
Location: Toulouse, France
Contact: http://www.enseeiht.fr/europar99/
Description: Euro-Par is the premier European conference on parallel computing and normally attracts about 300 participants. It is an annual international conference, dedicated to the promotion and advancement of all aspects of parallel computing. The objective of Euro-Par is to provide a forum to promote the development of parallel computing both as an industrial tool and as an academic discipline, extending the frontiers of the state of practice as well as the state of the art. Euro-Par'99 features 23 topics. Each topic (formerly called workshop) is arranged by a small committee, consisting of a global chair, a local chair, and usually two, sometimes more vice-chairs. One main topic of Euro-Par'99 is Parallel Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
Dec 6-8, 1999
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISCOVERY SCIENCE
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Contact: http://www.i.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ds99
The second international conference on Discovery Science (DS'99) will be held at Waseda University International Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan, from December 6 to 8, 1999. The conference will be sponsored by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area "Discovery Science", in cooperation with Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, and with SIG of Data Mining, Japan Society for Software Science and Technology. The conference will be colocated with the Tenth International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory (ALT'99).
The "Discovery Science" is a three year project from 1998 to 2000 that aims to (1) develop new methods for knowledge discovery, (2) install network environments for knowledge discovery, and (3) establish the Discovery Science as a new area of Computer Science. A systematic research is planned that ranges over philosophy, logic, reasoning, computational learning and system developments. We are now close to the end of the first year and quite a few new research results are being expected.
The main objective of this conference is to provide an open forum for intensive discussions and interchange of new information among researchers working in the new area of Discovery Science. We believe that such forum will be of benefit to the participants of the conference as well as to the "Discovery Science" project.
Invited lectures will be delivered by Professor Donald Michie (University of Edinburgh), Professor Stuart Russell (University of California, Berkeley), Professor Jan M Zytkow (University of North Carolina). There will be three more speakers invited by ALT'99: Katharina Morik (University of Dortmund), Robert Schapire (AT&T Shannon Lab.), and Kenji Yamanishi (NEC).
Dec 15-17, 1999
IAT '99: 1ST ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT AGENT TECHNOLOGY
Location: Hong Kong
Contact: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/IAT99
Description: The Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT) is a high-quality, high-impact biannual agent conference series. As the first meeting in this new series, IAT'99 will primarily focus on (i) the state-of-the-art in the development of intelligent agents and (ii) the theoretical and computational foundations of intelligent agent technology. The aim of IAT'99 is to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields, such as computer science, information technology, business, education, human factors, systems engineering, and robotics to (i) examine the design principles and performance characteristics of various approaches in intelligent agent technology, and (ii) increase the cross-fertilization of ideas on the development of autonomous agents and multiagent systems among different domains. By encouraging idea-sharing and discussions on the underlying logical, cognitive, physical, and biological foundations as well as the enabling technologies of intelligent agents, IAT'99 is expected to stimulate the future development of new models, new methodologies, and new tools for building a variety of embodiments of agent-based systems.
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