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Announcing the PADD97  Call for Papers and Participation

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PADD97 - The First International Conference and Exhibition on
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The Practical Application of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
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Wednesday 23rd April - Friday 25th April 1997, London, UK

The Commercial Value of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining:- An
Exploration Through Practical Applications

PADD97 - The First International Conference and Exhibition on the Practical
Application of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining is a new conference that
aims to demonstrate the use of this key technology for solving real-world
problems in business, industry, and commerce.

This event is being sponsored by the European Union to showcase powerful
industrial and commercial applications of KD and DM-based software.  The
conference will include presentations from leading international companies
that are successfully introducing this innovative technology.

The annual PADD conference provides a major international forum for
information exchange, and includes plenary sessions, a multi-track
conference, introductory and advanced tutorials, round-table discussions,
and full industrial exhibition. The event will provide unrivalled insights
into leading-edge applications, systems, development tools, and techniques.

Call for Participation

Vast amounts of data are being collected by organisations.  KD and DM
techniques are used to extract and transform hidden information into
valuable knowledge through the discovery of relationships and patterns.
Business processes are improved and solutions found to problems.

The latest research suggests that firms who invest in setting up a data
warehouse and the software to mine it can expect a high return on their
investment.  As databases begin to permeate virtually
all aspects of information storage, from e-mail systems to web servers, we
expect this return to increase dramatically.

It is quickly being recognized as an essential business intelligence
tool....a necessary ingredient to discovering the information necessary to
improve a company's market presence and differentiate their products and
services in today's global marketplace.

With the rapid advance in data capture , transmission and storage, large
systems users will increasingly need to implement new and innovative ways
to use the knowledge hidden in their data.  A wealth of potential business
opportunities are available through the use of this technology.


PA EXPO97

PADD will form part of a five day Practical Application Expo which will
also include PAP97-The Practical Application of Prolog, PACT97-The
Practical Application of Constraint Technology and PAAM97-The Practical
Application of Intelligent Agent and Multi Agent Technology.

You are invited to register your interest for PADD97 by completing the
reply form below.

Call for Papers

We invite you to submit a paper or industrial report describing fielded
applications which exploit KD and DM technology and which emphasize the
following aspects:


        * Actual business benefits and business problems addressed

        * Either innovative KD and DM techniques applied to standard domains
          or significant new applications of standard techniques

        * Issues and methods of resolution to get the application
          implemented and deployed

        * why KDD was appropriate

        * How benefits are measured

Papers can be of any length, up to a maximum of twenty pages, and on
virtually any KD and DM related topic, which might include, but are not
limited to the following:


Rule Induction
Classification
Clustering
Summarisation
Learning Systems
Inductive Logic Programming
Pattern Recognition
Predictive Modelling
Neural Networks
Client/Server Systems
Intelligent Agents
Knowledge Acquisition
Decisional Data Analysis
Visualisation
Dependency Detection
Uncertainty Handling
Sequence Processing
Regression Methods for Prediction
Database issues in Data Mining

Since PADD97 focuses on the real-world benefits of KD and DM technology,
preference will be given to papers describing fielded applications,
especially in the business arena. Also of interest are descriptions of
advanced prototypes, tools and techniques, and general survey papers which
indicate the future direction this important technology will take.  Authors
must clearly state whether the systems described are in routine use, and
discuss the criteria used for assessing the performance of both fielded
systems and advanced prototypes.

Dates:
        Submission Deadline:  November 29th, 1996
        Notification:              January 31st, 1997
        Final Papers due:        February 28th, 1997

Submission Details

Five copies of papers written in English, should be received by the
conference organiser, at the address below, on or before November 29th,
1996.
Please include a short abstract, and covering page containing full contact
details and e-mail address.  Authors of successful submissions will be
contacted by 31st January 1997.  Accepted papers (in a camera-ready format)
will be due by February 28th, 1997.

If submitting your paper by courier please use the following address.

PADD97
54 Knowle Avenue
Blackpool
Lancs   FY2 9UD
UK


Call for Demonstrations, Workshops and Tutorials

The conference also provides an opportunity for software vendors and
developers to demonstrate KDD systems. You are invited to contact the
organiser to arrange for your application to be exhibited at the event. If
you would like to organise a workshop or tutorial, or wish to see a
particular topic covered, please contact us.

Programme Committee

The PADD97 Programme Committee comprises a number of highly influential
figures who are recognised experts in the field of Knowledge Discovery and
Data Mining.  Chaired by Howard Arner Jr of ADS, this programme committee
is drawn from industry leaders and first class universities and research
organisations.

Chid Apte                                  IBM Research, USA.
Howard Arner  Jr                     ADS, USA
Max Bramer                              University of Portsmouth, UK
Ivan Bratko                                Ljubljana University, Slovenia
George Drastal                          Siemens, USA
Peter Edwards                           University of Aberdeen, UK
Usama Fayyad                            Microsoft Research, USA
Koichi Furukawa                         KEIO University, Japan
Nada Lavrac                              J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Herve Perdrix                           ISOFT, France
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro        GTE Laboratories, USA
Claude Sammut                           University of New South Wales, Australia
V. Seshadri                               AT&T,USA
Colin Shearer                            ISL, UK
Evangelos Simoudis                    IBM, USA
Gheorghe Tecuci                        George Mason University, USA and
Romanian Academy, Romania
Ken Totton                                BT Laboratories, UK
Ramasamy Uthurusamy             General Motors, USA
Phil Vasey                                LPA, UK
Stefan Wrobel                          GMD, Germany
Xindong Wu                              Monash University, Australia

Organisation

The Conference is organised by The Practical Application Company. The
Sponsorship and Exhibition Coordinator is Clive Spenser, PMG Treasurer, and
Marketing Director of Logic Programming Associates.

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To register interest please take the time to fill in this quick reply form
and send it to mining@pap.com


Name:

Position:

Organisation:

Address:


Postcode:

Country:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

URL:


[ ]     I may submit a paper to PADD97 (Give provisional title if possible)

[ ]     I may wish to attend PADD97 as a delegate

[ ]     My company may wish to sponsor or exhibit at the event

[ ]     I have no interest in this technology. But keep me informed of other
        events in your advanced software technology series

[ ]    I am interested in other events at the Practical Application Expo

[ ]     I have no interest in this. Please remove me from the mailing list



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Steve Cartmell
The Practical Application Company
PO Box 137
Blackpool
Lancs FY2 9UN
UK
Tel:  +44 (0)1253 358081
Fax: +44 (0)1253 353811
email:  steve@pap.com

Allison Roth
The Practical Application Company
PO Box 137
Blackpool
Lancs FY2 9UN
UK
Tel:  +44 (0)1253 358081
Fax: +44 (0)1253 353811
email:  alli@pap.com

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Robin Drogemuller
Head, Division of Construction Management
James Cook University of North Queensland
Townsville Qld 4811, Australia

http://www.jcu.edu.au/~csrd/    Robin.Drogemuller@jcu.edu.au
ph  : +61 77 814321             fax : +61 77 751184





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