ECML PKDD 2011 - The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases

September 5-9, 2011
Athens, Greece
http://www.ecmlpkdd2011.org/


Key Dates
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Abstract submission deadline: April 5, 2011 --) Extended to April 12
Paper Submission deadline: April 12, 2011 --) Extended to April 19
Paper Acceptance Notification: June 3, 2011
Paper Camera Ready: June 12, 2011


Call For Papers
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The European Conference on "Machine Learning" and "Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases" provides an international forum for the discussion of the latest high quality research results in all areas related to machine learning and knowledge discovery in databases and other innovative application domains.

We invite submissions on all aspects of machine learning, knowledge discovery and data mining. We especially encourage submissions of papers that describe the application of machine learning and data mining methods to real-world problems, and highlight new research challenges in new domains such as the web, medicine, biology, neuroscience, engineering, government fields.
Submissions that demonstrate both theoretical and empirical rigor are also highly encouraged.


Proceedings and Special Journal Issues
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The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag ("Lecture
Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series").
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit a significantly
extended version of their paper to two post-conference special issues
of the Springer Verlag journals "Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery"
and "Machine Learning".


Submissions
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All aspects of the submission and notification process will be handled
online via the Microsoft CMT.

The papers must be written in English and formatted according to
the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence guidelines.
Authors instructions and style files can be downloaded at:
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
The maximum length of papers is 16 pages in this format.

Papers submitted should report original work; ECML PKDD 2011 will
not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under
review or has already been accepted for publication in a journal
or another conference. Authors are also expected not to submit
their papers elsewhere during the review period.

Papers submitted to ECML PKDD 2011 will normally be reviewed by
minimum of two referees. The review process will be double blind.
Student submissions should be clearly indicated on the submission form.


Conference Organization
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General co-Chairs
Prof. Aris Likas (Univ. of Ioannina, Greece)
Prof. Yannis Theodoridis (Univ. of Piraeus, Greece)

Program Commitee chairs
Prof. Dimitris Gunopulos (Univ. of Athens, Greece)
Dr. Thomas Hofmann (Google Research)
Prof. Donato Malerba (Univ. of Bari, Italy)
Prof. Michalis Vazirgiannis (Athens Univ. of Economics and Business, Greece)


Venue
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ECML PKDD 2011 will take place in Athens, Greece. Athens is the capital of
Greece, standing at a strategic point in southeastern Europe,
with unique historical and cultural assets and a location of exceptional
natural beauty, privileged with a perfect weather climate.


Conference Web Page & Social Networking
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Please visit regularly the conference web page to get the latest updates in
the conference:
http://www.ecmlpkdd2011.org
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