Newsletter

 

The Newsletter of the Section on Data Mining will be published two times a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. The fall newsletter will be published in time for the INFORMS Annual Conference. Archives of newsletters will be maintained on this page. The Fall 2004 newsletter is now available.

 

Right now, we are gathering material for the first issue to be published in spring 2004. The newsletter will publish articles, news, and announcements relevant to the Section on Data Mining and its member. This will include:

w          Section News

w          Feature Articles

w          Member Profiles

w          New Software

w          Special Issues of Journals

w          Call for Papers

w          Upcoming Conferences

w          Member News

w          Dissertation Abstracts

For inclusion in the Spring 2004 newsletter, please submit your contribution by April 5th, 2004.

 

I would like to note a special opportunity for Ph.D. students and recent graduates to publicize their research. If you would like to publish an abstract of your recently or soon to be completed dissertations in the newsletter, please submit the following information electronically to the editor:

w          Dissertation Title

w          Institution

w          Graduate date (expected or actual)

w          Advisor Name

w          Abstract (about 500 words)

The Editor reserves the right to select abstracts for publication in the newsletter, and abstracts that greatly exceed the length recommendation will be edited for length. The timing of the dissertation should be approximately within six months of the publication of the newsletter (e.g., dissertation abstracts of graduates from December 2003 or May 2004 would be appropriate in the Spring 2004 issue, and dissertation abstracts of graduates from May or December 2004 would be appropriate for the Fall 2004 issue).

 

Your ideas for future issues are always welcome. If you have news or announcements that you wish to share with the member of this section, or if you have suggestions for regular features to include in the newsletter, please call or email the newsletter editor.

 

Dr. Siggi Olafsson

Newsletter Editor

 

515/294-8908

olafsson@iastate.edu