MLB 2012 - Special Session on Machine Learning for Business

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Deadline: January 18, 2012 | Date: June 10, 2012-June 15, 2012

Venue/Country: Brisbane, Australia

Updated: 2012-01-01 10:43:53 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

part of IJCNN:

2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence

Brisbane, Australia

June 10-15, 2012

* MORE INFORMATION

http://www.icmc.usp.br/~mlb-wcci

* ORGANIZERS

André Carvalho, University of São Paulo (USP) at São Carlos, Brazil

Carlos Soares, LIAAD-INESC TEC-Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do

Porto, Portugal

Ricardo B. C. Prudêncio, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) at

Recife, Brazil

Teresa B. Ludermir, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) at Recife,

Brazil

* DESCRIPTION

Business, government and science organizations are increasingly moving

towards decision-making processes that are based on information. In

parallel, the amount of data representing the activities of

organizations that is stored in databases is also growing. Therefore,

the pressure to extract as much useful information as possible from

this data is very strong. Many tools for Data Mining (DM) and Business

Intelligence (BI) have been developed for that purpose, including

Neural Networks and other Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. These

methods are increasingly being integrated into other information

systems and tools (e.g., customer relationship management, database

management systems, network security tools). Despite the maturity of

the field, new problems and applications are continuously challenging

both researchers and practitioners. The successful development of

solutions for those problems requires that companies and universities

work in close contact. Feedback from people with a business-oriented

perspective is useful to assess current research results and to

provide researchers with new challenges to work on. On the other hand,

practitioners as well as decision makers in general need to be in

touch with state-of-the-art research. Otherwise, they will not be able

to provide the best solutions to their problems or to the problems of

their clients. However, contact between these two communities is not

as frequent as would be desirable. Although neural networks, pattern

recognition, data mining and machine learning conferences provide an

important contribution, they mostly attract an audience with a more

technical and research background.

Following the successful organization of similar events together with

other prestigious conferences (KDD, ECML-PKDD and PAKDD), in 2012 we

have teamed up with IJCNN. The goal of this special session is to

bring together practitioners and researchers both from companies,

government and academia, therefore promoting the exchange of

experiences, ideas and challenges.

* OBJECTIVES

To promote the exchange of ideas between researchers and

practitioners, from companies, government and universities and coming

from different areas of expertize, including neural networks, machine

learning, data mining, pattern recognition, soft computing, fuzzy

systems and statistics. This is achieved by presenting and discussing:

-case studies and experience reports of the application of intelligent

technologies, emphasizing the benefits as well as the lessons learned

-challenges and innovative applications

-integration of intelligent technologies with other technologies and

business processes

* TOPICS OF INTEREST

We are interested in presentations concerning applications, techniques

and products. We are interested in applications from (but not

restricted to) the following areas: government, banking and finance,

insurance, retail, e-business, telecommunications, network security,

entertainment, automotive industry, health and pharmaceutics.

We welcome success stories as well as applications which did not

succeed. In any case the presentations should include lessons learned

that can be useful in different situations. Submissions comparing

different tools on applications are also interesting. In the case of

techniques, we are particularly interested in innovative techniques

used to address novel problems. Finally, submissions concerning tools

can describe the integration of computational intelligence

technologies into Information Systems tools of different kinds,

especially in the case of tools for vertical applications.

* SUBMISSION

Papers should be submitted following the instructions at the WCCI 2012

web site at: http://www.ieee-wcci2012.org/

Select the correct special session AND notify the chairs of your

submission by sending email to dmbizfep.up.pt.

* IMPORTANT DATES

-Paper submission deadline: January 18, 2012

-Paper acceptance notification: February 20, 2012

-Final paper submission: April 2, 2012

-Conference: June 10-15 2012