ACM Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

KDD Techniques

� New KDD algorithms

� Mining the Web

� Mining text/Multimedia data

� Incremental algorithms

� High-dimensional data

� Background knowledge

� Combining multiple models

Mining Enterprise Databases

� Scalable algorithms

� Data cleaning/noisy data

� Unification of mining with querying

� Database architectures for KDD

� Database primitives for KDD

� Distributed architectures for KDD

� Integration: mining/warehouse/OLAP

Implementation and Applications

� Implementation & use of KDD systems

� Data mining and e-commerce

� Data mining and privacy issues

� Vertical applications

� Case studies: success/failure

� Benchmarks

Human Interaction and the KDD Process

� Data and knowledge visualization and visualization of large, high-dimensional data

� Evaluating knowledge and potential discoveries

� Interactive exploration

KDD-2000

Sixth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on
Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining
August 20-23, 2000
Boston, MA, USA

Research Papers

Camera Ready Copy Guidelines

Author Abstract/Paper Submission Page

Program Committee Management Page

Electronic abstracts are REQUIRED.� It is strongly recommended that you submit full papers also electronically.� However, if you wish to submit full papers as hard copies, send 6 copies to:

Raghu Ramakrishnan

KDD 2000

Computer Sciences Department

1210 West Dayton Street

University of Wisconsin-Madison

WI 53706, USA

Electronic Submissions:

Submit Electronic Abstract by Feb. 28, 2000

Electronic Submission Feb. 29 � Mar. 3, 2000

Hardcopy Submissions:

Submit Electronic Abstract by Feb. 29, 2000

Paper Hardcopy Deadline Mar 3, 2000

Note:� Separate title page is not required, but a harsh page limit of 20 pages (including figures and references) will be enforced.� Papers submitted in parallel to other conferences will not be considered for KDD-2000.

Research Papers:
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit research papers on any topics of relevance to knowledge discovery and data mining. In addition to fundamental research, we solicit papers fostering cross-fertilization and interdisciplinary integration, as well as papers that describe significant experiences and implementation lessons.

How to Submit Research Papers:
Electronic Abstract: By February 29, 2000, authors must electronically submit an abstract containing:

the title of the paper
the subject areas of the paper
the names of the authors
an abstract of at most 250 words

Hard Copy of Full Paper: By March 3, 2000, authors must submit six hardcopies of their research paper, which should:

be a maximum of 20 pages, not counting the title page
have a line spacing of 1.5
use no smaller than a 12pt font
have at least a 1 inch margin on each side

Electronic Submission of Full Paper: Authors may choose to submit the full research paper electronically instead of submitting hard copy versions. Electronic submission of papers will begin February 29^th 1pm PST and end on March 3rd. To submit an electronic version of the full paper, authors must:

Submit an Electronic Abstract by February 28, 2000.
Submit the full paper in Word 95/97, PDF or PostScript format. Word and PDF are the preferred formats, but PostScript will be accepted. It is the absolute responsibility of the authors to ensure that the submitted papers will print easily using a variety of printers. The paper will be rejected if that is not the case. All PostScript submissions need to be uncompressed and printable by both Windows and Unix machines.
Include their Paper ID (assigned during abstract submission) and email address.

Note: You must electronically submit an abstract for a paper to be considered. The address to mail the hardcopies will appear on the electronic submission confirmation page and will also be emailed to the author who submits the abstract. The contact author's address, telephone number, email address and PaperID (which will be assigned by the electronic submission system) should appear on the title page of the submission. If you submit your full research paper in hard copy format, you will receive an email confirmation by March 10^th. If you submit your full research paper electronically, you will receive an email confirmation within 24 hours of your submission.� Overlength or late papers will be rejected without review.

All authors of accepted papers will be required to sign copyright release forms, and one author of each accepted paper will be expected to present the paper at the conference. Questions regarding research papers may be directed to program committee chairs: Raghu Ramakrishnan and Sal Stolfo at kdd2000@cs.wisc.edu.

Awards:

� Best Paper Awards:� The KDD-2000 Best Paper Awards recognize the best paper in two categories:� fundamental research and applications/applied research.� Fundamental research papers are judged by the significance and originality of their contribution.� Application/applied research papers are judged by the practical impact and current or potential usefulness of the work.� In both categories, the clarity and quality of presentation are also considered.

� Student Travel Awards:� SIGKDD, AAAI, SIGMOD and SIGART are sponsoring student travel awards to KDD-2000, August 20-23, 2000, Boston, MA.� Detailed information will be made available at http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2000.�

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