INTRODUCTION Data Mining 2002 is the third in the series on `Data Mining Methods and Applications'. The conference provides an international forum for researchers and practitioners, to share state-of-the-art research results and applicative experiences, with an expected special focus on CRM, Competitive Intelligence and HR. A special session on Text Mining will be organized and chaired by N.Milic (Microsoft Research) and P.Coupet (TEMIS). WHO SHOULD ATTEND The conference aims to bring together researchers, developers, users and practitioners from academia and research, industry and government organizations. BENEFITS TO YOU -Keep up-to-date on the latest advances in the field. -Present your research within a unique forum. -Collaborate with experts from around the world. -Immediate publication of your research, if your paper is accepted. The conference book is distributed at Registration. -Your research work will be publicised internationally. LOCATION Bologna (Italy) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna and houses over 400,000 inhabitants. Situated on the South-Eastern side of the Po Valley on the foothills of the Apennines, it is only one hour by train from Florence and two hours by train from Venice. The international airport is approximately 15 minutes (3 miles) from the hotel by car or taxi. Few European cities show such a contrast between picturesque medieval times and busy modern commercial life as vividly as Bologna. Characterised by long porticoes, mediaeval towers, XIII - XVII century palaces, monumental churches and the warm red colour of the brick buildings, this is interspersed with old arcade streets lined with busy shops, modern theatres and office buildings. CONFERENCE VENUE The conference will be held at the Royal Hotel Carlton, located in the historic and commercial centre of Bologna. Special rates have been negotiated on behalf of our delegates. Further details regarding booking will be made available in the Provisional Programme. EXHIBITION FACILITIES There will be mini-exhibition space available for organisations wishing to exhibit hardware, software, products, services and literature relating to the theme of the conference. Further details are available from the Conference Secretariat. 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 to the Conference Secretariat as soon as possible and no later than 8th January 2002. Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, results and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper. Final acceptance will be based on the full-length paper, which if accepted, must be presented at the conference. Each submitted paper is subject to a separate registration. TOPICS Data Mining Methodologies and Techniques Data Warehousing Web Mining Text Mining Structure Mining and Context Mining Visualisation in Data Mining Parallel Processing Techniques Applications in Science and Engineering Applications in Finance, Business and Industry Applications in Health and Medicine Case Studies TIME SCHEDULE Submit Abstract (300 words): 8th January 2002 Submit Camera Ready Final Paper: 21st May 2002 CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN A Zanasi, META Group, Inc., Italy C A Brebbia, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK N Ebecken, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil P Melli, IBM Italia S.P.A, Italy INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE O Ciftcioglu, Delft University of Tech, The Netherlands M Costantino, J. P. Morgan Securities, UK P Coupet, TEMIS SA, France P Giudici, University of Pavia, Italy A Gualtierotti, IDHEAP. Switzerland A Kalousis, University of Geneva, Switzerland T Khabaza, SPSS, UK D Lane, University of Modena, Italy G S Loo, University of Auckland, New Zealand D Malerba, University of Bari, Italy M Mattoso, COPPE-UFRJ, Brazil H Messatfa, IBM France SA, France N Milic-Frayling, Microsoft Research Ltd, UK A H Milley, SAS Institute Inc, USA R Nakhaeizadeh, DaimlerChrysler AC, Germany P J-S Pan, Nat Kaihsiung Inst of Tech, Taiwan G Piatetsky-Shapiro, KD Nuggets, USA S O Rezende, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil D Riano, University of Tarragona, Spain J Roddick, Flinders University, South Australia M F R Rodrigues, Porto Polytechnic,Portugal M Sacca, University of Calabria, Italy M. Schkolnick, Silicon Graphics, Inc., USA D Sitnikov, Kharkov Academy of Culture, Ukraine J Sunil Rao, Case Western Reserve University, USA R Tsaih, National Chengchi University, Taiwan R Turra, CINECA, Italy D E N Van den Poel, Ghent University, Belgium N Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan H G Zimmermann, Siemens AG, Germany CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Lucy Southcott, Conference Secretariat - Data Mining 2002 Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7AA, UK. Tel:+44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax:+44 (0) 238 029 2853 Email: lsouthcott@wessex.ac.uk More Informations at: www.wessex.ac.uk Alessandro ZANASI META Group Program Director (Int'l) Tel.:+39 059 237634 (home office, with answering machine) Mobile: +39 349 4131718 Personal email: a_zanasi@yahoo.it