=================================================================== KDD-2005 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ===================================================================
The Eleventh ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining August 21-24, 2005 Chicago, IL, USA http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2005 http://www.kdd2005.com =================================================================== The KDD-2005 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The purpose of a workshop is to provide participants with the opportunity to present and discuss novel research ideas on active and emerging topics of knowledge discovery and data mining. A workshop should also support the interaction and feedback among topic specialists from academia, industry and government. The organizers of approved workshops are required to announce the workshop and call for papers, gather submissions, conduct the reviewing process and decide upon the final workshop program. They must also prepare an informal set of workshop proceedings to be distributed with the registration materials at the conference. They may choose to form organizing or program committees for assistance in these tasks. IMPORTANT DATES: Workshop proposals due: March 7, 2005 Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 28, 2005 PROPOSAL DETAILS: Proposals should be no more than three pages in length and must include the following: * Description of the workshop topic and the associated research issues * Reasons why an ACM SIGKDD workshop on this topic should take place * Description of the anticipated target group(s) of attendees * Duration of the workshop (full day or half day) * Contact information (address, email, phone) for all organizers, and a designated primary contact person The organizers are encouraged to provide the following additional information if possible: * A preliminary list of reviewers * A list of potential authors * A list of potential attendees Proposers are encouraged to have their drafts reviewed by potential workshop participants before submission. Workshop proposals should be sent by e-mail in either PDF/PS or ASCII format to the Workshops Chair: Mohammed J. Zaki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
