U'09 will provide a unique forum for brainstorming and exchanging
ideas and available resources.We invite contributions from the
academia research community and the development and application
community.
Workshop Topics
- Statistical models We are interested in critical
reviews on how the existing probabilistic models and methods can or
cannot meet the new challenges in uncertain data mining.
- Solution principles We solicit the latest advances in
uncertain data mining. Interesting solutions and analysis of the
potential and limitations of existing principles are highly
welcome.
- Novel analysis tasks and mining problems We invite
submissions which propose open problems for research and
development. A problem statement should clearly define a challenging
problem, analyze why the problem is important and useful, and why it
is challenging so that the existing methods or straightforward
modifications cannot solve the problem effectively and
efficiently.
- Application stories We welcome descriptions of
interesting applications where uncertain data plays an important
role. Such papers should explore the causes of uncertainty in the
data, the representation of uncertainty in data, and the implication
of uncertainty on data analysis.
- Data sets We call for donation of data sets and
synthetic data generators which can help in the research and
development of mining uncertain data. Accompanying a data set or a
data generator, a paper may analyze the characteristics of the data
set and the situations where the data set is good as a testing
benchmark.
Submissions
We welcome submissions of both technical papers and vision/position
papers. Papers presenting new controversial issues are particularly
valued.
To stimulate effective idea exchange and brainstorming, we will have
two categories of papers and presentations.
- A long
paper has up to 8 pages in ACM template and tentatively has 20 minutes in oral
presentation.
- A "birds of a feather" paper has 2-4 pages in ACM template and
tentatively has 5-10 minutes in oral presentation.
Paper submission will be electronic through
https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/U2009/
Important Dates
- May 4, 2009: submission deadline
- May 15, 2009: Author notification