GFKL 2012 - The 36th Annual Conference of the German Classification Society on Data Analysis, Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery

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Deadline: March 31, 2012 | Date: August 01, 2012-August 03, 2012

Venue/Country: Hildesheim, Germany

Updated: 2012-03-17 15:29:09 (GMT+9)

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*** The 36th Annual Conference of the German Classification Society on ***

*** Data Analysis, Machine Learning, and Knowledge Discovery ***

The 36th Annual Conference of the German Classification Society (GfKl 2012) on

Data Analysis, Machine Learning, and Knowledge Discovery

Hildesheim, Germany

August 1 to 3, 2012

http://www.gfkl2012.de

The 36th Annual Conference of the German Classification Society (GfKl) takes place in Hildesheim, Germany, from August 1 to August 3, 2012. We solicit contributions from scholars and partitioners on all domains where statistical and learning methods are being developed and applied to solve scientific problems, including the Areas below:

Data Analysis and Statistics

Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery

Data Analysis in Marketing

Data Analysis in Finance

Data Analysis in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Data Analysis in Interdisciplinary Domains, including archaeology, astronomy, education, linguistics, musicology, natural sciences, psychology and social sciences

Topics in these areas include but are not limited to:

AREA Data Analysis and Statistics - Theory of) Clustering and Classification - Time Series Analysis - Large Scale Data Analysis - Data Stream Mining - Multivariate Statistics (Variable Selection, Dimension Reduction, Optimal Prediction, É) - Resampling methods in classification - Analysis and clustering of time series - Graph and network analysis - Clustering of association/correlation matrices - Statistics in criminalistics and law

AREA Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery - Classification and regression - Dimensionality reduction - Frequent pattern mining

Relational learning - Online algorithms and algorithms for data streams - Knowledge representation and discovery - Feature space reduction - Methods for personalization and recommender systems - Text mining & statistical natural language processing - Web mining - Methods for social networks and other large graphs - Image analysis and computer vision

AREA Data Analysis in Marketing - Classification and Regression-type Approaches - Methods for Knowledge Representation and Discovery - Methods for Personalization and Recommender Systems - Methods for Analyzing and Representing Social Networks - Methods for Preference and Positioning Analysis - Text & Web Mining

AREA Data Analysis in Finance - Analysis of Financial Time Series - Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Financial Data - Data Mining in Finance - Market Risk Management - Credit Risk Management - Applications in Banking and Other Financial Institutions - Applications in Corporate Finance

Applications in Personal Finance - Model Risk

AREA Data Analysis in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics - Prediction models/signatures - Data preparation/normalization - Ensemble methods - Dimension reduction - Statistical validation issue - Mixture models - Change-point problems - Regulation network inference

AREA Data Analysis in Interdisciplinary Domains - Data analysis in social sciences - Statistics and classification in education - Data analysis in libraries and information science - Analysis of astronomy data - Analysis of music data

GfKl 2012 also incorporates a Workshop on Library and Information Science (LIS'2012),

soliciting contributions on the role of classification and data analysis in this domain.

Important Dates

March 31, 2012: Abstract submission deadline

April 27, 2012: Notification of acceptance

August 1-3, 2012: Conference

August 31, 2012: Full paper submission deadline - for the post-conference proceedings (tentative)

November 16, 2012: Notification of acceptance for the post-conference proceedings (tentative)

The post-conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Series "Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization".

PC Chairs

Myra Spiliopoulou, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany

Lars Schmidt-Thieme, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Local Organization

Lars Schmidt-Thieme, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Ruth Janning, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Conference location

Located in Hildesheim, the University of Hildesheim is renowned for quality research and education. Hildesheim is a beautiful town with UNESCO World Heritage Sites, located in the very center of Germany. Hildesheim has excellent train connections from all major cities of Germany, and is located only 30 km away from the international airport of Hannover.