Call for Tutorials
The SIAM Data Mining (SDM10) Organizing Committee invites proposals for
tutorials
to be held in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials are an effective
way to
educate and/or provide the necessary background to the intended audience
enabling
them to understand technical advances.
For SDM10, we are seeking proposals for tutorials on all topics related to
data mining. A
tutorial may be a theme-oriented comprehensive survey, discuss novel data
mining
techniques or may center around on successful and timely application of
data mining in
important application areas (e.g. medicine, national security, computer
security,
social networks, bioinformatics, scientific data analysis). For examples
of typical
SIAM tutorials, see the set of accepted tutorials at previous
SIAM conference http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm09/tutorials.php.
Tutorials are open to all conference attendees without any extra fees.
A typical tutorial will be 2 hrs long (longer tutorials can be considered).
Previous SDM conferences attracted up to 100 attendees in a tutorial.
Proposals should be submitted electronically by October 9, 2009 to:
Jennifer G. Dy
Associate Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
[email protected]
Proposals should be submitted in PDF format (for other formats please
contact the tutorial chair first).
Proposals should include the following:
1. Basic Information: Title, brief description, name and contact
information for
each tutor, length of the proposed tutorial. If the intended tutorial is
expected to
take longer than 2 hours, a rationale is expected. Also identify any other
venues in
which the tutorial has been or will be presented.
2. Intended Audience: Proposals must clearly identify the intended audience
for the
tutorial (e.g., novice, intermediate, expert).
What background will be required of the audience?
Why is this topic important/interesting to the SIAM data mining
community?
What is the benefit to participants?
Provide some informal evidence that people would attend (e.g.,
related workshops).
3. Coverage: Enough material should be included to provide a sense of both
the scope of
material to be covered and the depth to which it will be covered. The more
details that
can be provided, the better (up to and including links to the actual slides
or viewgraphs).
Note that the tutors should not focus mainly on their own research results.
If, for
certain parts of the tutorial, the material comes directly from the tutors'
own
research or product, please indicate this clearly in the proposal.
4. Biographies: Provide brief biographical information on each tutor
(including qualifications
with respect to the tutorial's topic).
Special equipment (if any): Please indicate any additional equipment needed
(if any).
The standard equipment includes an LCD projector and single projection
screen.
Important Dates:
Submission : October 9, 2009
Decision Notification : November 6, 2009
Complete Set of Tutorial Viewgraphs (Slides): February 19, 2010_______________________________________________
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