Call for Papers
2015 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Analytics
October 31, 2015, Philadelphia, PA
http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/philadelphia/data-mining-and-analytics/


The Data Mining (DM) subdivision of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) is organizing the 2015 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Analytics on October 31, 2015 at Philadelphia, PA, in conjunction with the 2015 INFORMS Annual Conference. We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for review. Authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to give a presentation at the workshop and submit a short paper for the workshop proceedings. The published proceedings will be available on a CD at the workshop.
ØThe abstract should not exceed 200 words.
ØThe related paper should not be more than 6 pages.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Data Mining (DM)
Pattern Recognition, Kernel Methods, Data-Driven Optimization, Data-Driven Modeling, Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, Clustering and Classification, DM in Operations Research and Operations Management, Data Mining and Social Networks, Text Mining and Analytics, Foundations of Data Mining and Machine Learning

Quality, Statistics, & Reliability (QSR)
Statistical Learning, System Informatics, Process Control, Process Monitoring, Quality Management, Reliability Engineering, Statistical Quality Control, Industrial Management, Risk Analysis and Management, Six-Sigma, Integrated Nanomanufacturing and Nanoinformatics, Sensor-based Decision Making, Design of Experiments

Analytics
Business Analytics, Big Data, Web Analytics, Healthcare Analytics, Consumer Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Intelligent Systems, Computing, Optimization, Simulation, OR Analytics


Applications
Healthcare, Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing and Operations, Energy, Environmental Science, Biomedical Eng., Mechanical Eng., Power System, Civil Eng.


Timeline
June 15: 200-word abstracts due
June 23: Submission of accepted papers begin
July 20: Proceedings paper due
Aug 22: Decision (accept as-is, reject, revise)
Aug 29: Revisions due
Sep 5: Decision (Accept as-is, Reject)
Oct 31: Presentation in workshop

Submit abstracts and papers online at:
http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/philadelphia/data-mining-and-analytics/

Program Co-Chairs
Mustafa Gokce Baydogan
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
E-mail:mustafa.baydogan@boun.edu.tr

Shuai Huang
Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering University of Washington
E-mail: shuaih@u.washington.edu

Asil Oztekin
Dept. of Operations and Information Systems Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell
E-mail: Asil_Oztekin@uml.edu