CALL FOR PAPERS - DATA MINING 2000 Second International Conference on DATA MINING 5 - 7 July 2000 - Cambridge University, UK Organised by Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2000/data2000/ CONFERENCE DIRECTORS N Ebecken - COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil C A Brebbia - Wessex Institute of Technology, UK A Weigend - New York University, USA INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE M Costantino - London, UK M Mattoso - COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil L Sucharov - Wessex Institute of Technology, UK M Quafafou - Inst de Recherche en Informatique de Nantes, France R Tsaih - National Chengchi University, Taiwan B Wuthrich - University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong A Zanasi - IBM Italy S.p.A., Italy N Zhong - Yamaguchi University, Japan H G Zimmermann - Siemens AG, Germany OBJECTIVES Data mining is a promising and relatively new area of current research and development which can provide important advantages to the users. It can yield substantial knowledge from data primarily gathered for a wide range of quite different applications. Financial institutions have derived considerable benefits from its application and other industries and disciplines are now applying the methodology to increasing effect. The second International Conference on Data Mining will provide an international forum for the sharing of original research results and practical development experiences among researchers and applications developers from different areas such as computer experts, statisticians, knowledge acquisition specialists, data analysts, IT consultants, data visualisation experts, and users and developers in business and industry. The Conference aims to bring together the participants from academic and research, industry and government organisations. The meeting will allow participants to learn about the many different applications of data mining and how the techniques can help in their own field. LOCATION AND DATES The Conference will be held from 5 - 7 July 2000. New Hall, with its established gardens and many old trees, provides a tranquil setting with easy access from the motorway and ample parking - yet is only ten minutes walk from the heart of Cambridge. It is an international and cosmopolitan college which enjoys new links with Japan through the presence within its grounds of the Kaetsu Educational and Cultural Centre. ACCOMMODATION Special rates have been negotiated with the University. Details will be available in the Provisional Programme and will be sent to all delegates nearer the time. CONFERENCE DINNER An evening dinner will be held during the conference which provides the opportunity for delegates to meet socially and discuss ideas in a more informal setting. All delegates and partners are welcome to attend. Further information will be available from the Conference Secretariat nearer the time. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of the conference will be published to a high standard by WIT Press and will be available to delegates at the Conference. The Proceedings will also be distributed worldwide through the international book trade. MINI-DISPLAY FACILITIES Mini exhibition facilities will be available for those firms or organisations wishing to display products, services, hardware software, literature relating to the theme of the conference. Please contact the Conference Secretariat for details. TIME SCHEDULE Return Reply Form: As soon as possible Submit Abstract: As soon as possible Submit Final Manuscript: 7 March 2000 CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited on the topics outlined and others falling within the scope of the Meeting Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted by mail, fax or Email as soon as possible and no later than 23 November 1999. Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, results and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper. The final acceptance will be based on the full length paper. The author must attend the conference to present the paper, if accepted. Each submitted paper is subject to a separate registration. TOPICS Applications of Data Mining in Science, Engineering, Business,Industry, Medicine Data Warehousing and Databases Internet Applications Fraud Detection and Prevention Data Mining as a Tool for Marketing and Sales Support Managing Data Mining Projects Data Mining Software Data Discovery Data Mining Methodologies Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Multi-database Mining Machine Learning Methods Neural Networks and Decision Trees Genetic Algorithms in Data Mining Parallel and Distributed Techniques Market Basket Analysis Visualisation in Data Mining Statistically Based Tools Clustering and Classification Techniques Tools for Pattern Discovery Prediction of Future Trends with Historical Data Case Studies CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Conference Secretariat - DATA MINING 2000 Wessex Institute of Technology Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst Southampton, SO40 7AA Telephone: 44 (0) 23 80 293223 Fax: 44 (0) 23 80 292853 Email: wit@wessex.ac.uk