2011 International Symposium on Foundations of Data Mining and Learning
(In conjunction with 2011 IEEE International Conference on Granular Computing)

Kaohsiung, Taiwan
November 8-10, 2011

Call for Papers
(Published by IEEE, Indexed by EI)

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Data Mining has been developed, though vigorously, under rather ad hoc and vague concepts. The goal of studying Foundations of Data Mining and Learning is to laying sound foundations for Mining and Discovery, shaping new data mining paradigms, seeking solutions to long standing data mining problems, and stimulating new data mining research directions.
The central objective in this symposium is to explore various fundamental issues of data mining and learning, spark new communications and collaborations between researchers and practitioners, and foster the study of data mining as a scientific field.
Both data mining researchers and practitioners are welcome to submit original and high quality papers on relevant topics in the field of data mining.

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Topics of Interest
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This symposium will focus on, but not limited to, the following topics
* Mathematical foundations of Data Mining and Learning
* Logical aspects of Data Mining
* Modeling of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
* Theory of Learning and Discovery
* Theory of Patterns
* Theory of Intelligence
* Complexity in Data Mining and Discovery
* Uncertainty in Data Mining and Discovery
* Data Mining and Computing with Words
* New paradigms for Data Mining and Learning
* Solutions to Long-Standing Data Mining Problems
* Theory-Guided Practice in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

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Symposium Organizers
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# Honorary Chair
# Stephen Smale, City University of Hong Kong

# Symposium Co-Chairs
# Shusaku Tsumoto, Shimane University, Japan
# Vincent S. Tseng, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
# Ying Xie, Kennesaw State University, USA

# Organizing Committee
# T. Y. Lin, San Jose State University, USA
# Tony Hu, Drexel University, USA

# Contact
# tsumoto@computer.org, tsengsm@mail.ncku.edu.tw, yxie2@kennesaw.edu

# Website
# http://science.kennesaw.edu/~yxie2/FDML2011/

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Important Dates
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Electronic submission of full papers: July 1, 2011
Notification of paper acceptance: August 15, 2011
Camera-ready of accepted papers: September 1, 2011
Symposium: November 8 - 10 , 2011

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Paper Submission URL
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http://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2011/GrC11/scripts/submit_symposium.php?subarea=S1

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Paper Length
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Up to 6 pages in IEEE 2-column format

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Manuscript Templates
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IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines
8.5" x 11"
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html