ICDM 2004 Business Meeting

Agenda ICDM 2004 conference report –Rajeev Rastogi ICDM 2004 paper statistics (results of data mining) –Shushaku Tsumoto ICDM 2005 conference organization –Elizabeth Diaz

ICDM 2004 Program Overview 15 Research Sessions (3 parallel tracks) –39 regular papers, 66 short papers 4 Invited Talks –data quality, object prediction, search engines 1 Panel 4 Tutorials –data mining mistakes, data streams, data grid management 7 Workshops (2 full day, 5 half day) –life sciences, foundations, privacy and security Social Event: Excursion to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Strong technical program!

ICDM 2004 Conference Organization Conference Chair: Max Bramer Program Chairs: Katharina Morik, Rajeev Rastogi Tutorial Chair: Kyuseok Shim Workshop Chair: Stan Matwin Panel Chair: Fosca Gianotti Publicity Chair: Ning Zhong Local Arrangements Chair: Jianfeng Feng Proceedings Chair: Xindong Wu

Website Website by Katharina Morik running for 1 year Least number of daily access was 58, the 25th January 2004 Number of daily accesses was even 280 the 31st December 2003 Largest number of daily access was 2509, the 2nd of June 2004.

ICDM 2004 Conference Organization 10 Vice Chairs –6 USA, 3 Europe, 1 Asia 137 Program Committee Members

Research Paper Selection 445 papers submitted to conference 39 papers accepted in regular category –acceptance rate: ~1 out of papers accepted in short category –overall acceptance rate: ~1 out of 4 Stringent, multi-step review process –initial round of reviews (most papers had 3 reviews, all papers had at least 2 reviews) –discussion phase: resolve conflicting review scores –vice chairs recommend papers to accept –program chairs, vice chairs meet (July 26) to decide on final list of papers to accept

Best Paper Award 15 papers were considered as candidates for best paper –average score of at least 4, or –support from at least one reviewer for best paper Program chairs narrowed 15 to 5 papers Best paper selected from 5 based on voting –committee consisting of program chairs + vice chairs Best paper: Non-redundant data clustering David Gondek and Thomas Hofmann

Student Travel Awards 5 travel awards of $500 each sponsored by IBM –cover student travel to Brighton, UK Total of 36 applications received Criteria for selecting the final 5 student papers to receive award –paper accepted in regular category –paper received an average score of at least 4 –student is primary author 3 USA, 1 Europe, 1 Australia

Participation at ICDM 2004 Total number of registrants: 237 –conference: 142, tutorials: 27, workshops: 66 Truly International!

Agenda ICDM 2004 conference report –Rajeev Rastogi ICDM 2004 paper statistics (results of data mining) –Shushaku Tsumoto ICDM 2005 conference organization –Elizabeth Diaz