Welcome!
What's New
- The new KDD-2012 website is up!
- KDD-2012 conference will take place in Beijing, China from August 12-16, 2012.
- 1070 people attended KDD-2011!
- KDD-2011 proceedings are available at http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2020408
- The 2011 SIGKDD Dissertation Awards have been announced.
- The KDD-2011 program has been announced. It includes keynote talks by Peter Norvig, Stephen Boyd, David Haussler, and Judea Pearl.
- The KDD-2010 conference videos have been released.
- Letter by the SIGKDD Executive Committee: "Data Mining" Is NOT Against Civil Liberties
Mission Statement
SIGKDD aims to provide the premier forum for advancement and adoption of the "science" of knowledge discovery and data mining. SIGKDD will encourage:
- basic research in KDD (through annual research conferences, newsletter and other related activities)
- adoption of "standards" in the market in terms of terminology, evaluation, methodology
- interdisciplinary education among KDD researchers, practitioners, and users
SIGKDD activities include the annual Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining and the SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter. You can also read about the charter, organization, or the annual SIGKDD awards using the navigation bar on the left.
Membership benefits of joining SIGKDD include: a discount in the KDD conference registration, discounts in SIGKDD partner conferences, subscription to the SIGKDD newsletter, and a chance to make a difference in the KDD field.