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KDD-2000 Sixth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on 2000 ACM SIGKDD AwardsCall for NominationsThe ACM SIGKDD (Special Interest Group in Knowledge Discovery in Data and Data Mining) has established two awards, the SIGKDD Innovation award and the SIGKDD Services award. Each award carries a $1,000 monetary award and a plaque. This note calls for nominations for these awards. The deadline for nominations is June 25, 2000. The SIGKDD Innovation Award is given for outstanding and major technical contributions to the field of knowledge discovery in data and data mining that have had large impact in furthering the theory and/or development of commercial systems The SIGKDD Services Award is given for outstanding and major services contributions to the field of knowledge discovery in data and data mining that include such professional service as the running of professional societies and conferences, educating students and professionals, funding R&D activities, etc. Anyone in the field can nominate one or more persons or group. Nominations should include a 200-500 word statement to justify the nomination. The award winners will be selected by the SIGKDD awards committee, consisting this year of
The award winners will be announced at KDD-200 in Boston. The SIGKDD chair and the members of the SIGKDD awards committee are not eligible for the award. Please send the nominations before June 25 by post or e-mail to Heikki Mannila Nokia Research Center PO Box 45 FIN-00045 Nokia Group, Finland Heikki.Mannila@nokia.com Additional information can be obtained from Heikki Mannila
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