Computational Data Analytics Workshop (CDAW 2012)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
October 24-25, 2012

2012 Theme: Health Informatics for Public Health

The inaugural Computational Data Analytics Workshop (CDAW 2012) aims to bring
together leading researchers, scientists and scholars from academia, industry and
government to exchange and share research results, experience, challenges and
solutions in Computational Data Analytics (CDA).

Each year the workshop will have a focal topic. For the first CDAW, the theme is
Health Informatics for Public Health.

CDAW 2012 invites the submission of papers on original and previously unpublished
research in computational data analytics as it relates to public health.

Important Dates:
Papers and Student Posters Due July 20, 2012
Notification of Acceptance August 13, 2012
Camera-Ready Paper/Poster Due August 31, 2012
Registration Deadline August 31, 2012
Workshop Dates October 24-25, 2012

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Analysis of Symbolic & Structured Data
Business Intelligence
Classification
Clustering
Computational Bayesian Methods
Data Mining
Data Pre-Processing
Data Streams and Massive Data
Data Uncertainty
Design of Experiments
Dimensionality Reduction
Dynamic/Streaming Data
Feature Extraction
Fuzzy Statistical Analysis
Graphical Models
Heterogeneous Data
Imprecise Data and Fuzzy Methods
Linked Data
Machine Learning
Metadata and Data Representation
Mixed models for Complex and Large Problems
Multimedia Data
Multi-Source Data
Multivariate Data Analysis
Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
Pattern Recognition
Robust Data Mining
Security of CDA
Social Network Data
Support Vector Machine
Symbolic Data Analysis
Text Data Analysis
Time Series Analysis
Trustedness of CDA
Ubiquitous Knowledge Discovery
Verification and Validation of CDA
Visual Analytics

Submissions Guidelines and Workshop Proceedings

CDAW welcomes 2 types of submissions:
1. Full papers of 4 to 8 pages of work not already published or under review for
publication in other conferences or journals.
2. Student Posters (abstracts of up to 500 words are submitted for review).
Submissions are accepted only electronically, in PDF format. Papers must conform
to the IEEE conference paper style. Papers may not exceed 8 pages including all
figures, tables, references, and supplementary material. Reference style files for
papers are available at
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/conference
Templates.html.

Final poster size is 30” X 40”.

Papers and posters should be submitted via EasyChair
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdaw2012

Workshop Chair
* Laura Pullum, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Program Committee
* Itamar Arel, University of Tennessee, USA
* Barbara Beckerman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
* Robert Patton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
* Thomas Potok, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
* Mallikarjun Shankar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
* Christopher Symons, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
* Georgia Tourassi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
* Brian Worley, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Workshop Site
http://cda.ornl.gov/workshops/2012/CDAW/