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                        Call for Papers
ACM TKDD Special Issue on Interactive Data Exploration and Analytics (IDEA)

         Paper submission deadline: Fri, Dec 11, 2015 *extended*

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We call for novel and high-quality papers on the topic of Interactive 
Data Exploration and Analytics for a special issue of ACM Transactions 
on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD).

The special issue aims to present the state-of-the-art of data mining 
and machine learning techniques that allow users to interactively explore 
their data, receiving near-instant updates to every requested refinement. 
The focus is on interactivity and effective integration of techniques 
from data mining, visualization, and human-computer interaction. 

* Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to

- Interactive data mining and machine learning algorithms
- Visualizations for interactive data mining
- Demonstrations of interactive data mining
- Quick, high-level data analysis methods
- Anytime data mining algorithms
- Visual analytics of both data and models
- Methods that allow meaningful intermediate results
- Data surrogates
- Online algorithms
- Adaptive stream mining algorithms
- Theoretical/complexity analysis of instant data mining
- Learning from user input for action replication/prediction
- Active learning / mining

* Submission Information

In line with the scope of ACM TKDD, we welcome papers that lay theoretical 
foundations, papers that provide new insights into the design and 
implementation of data mining tools, and those that describe user and data 
mining developer experiences and issues in real-world applications.  

Submitted manuscripts will be reviewed following the same model and rigour 
as TKDD's regular track, except that the guest editors will be in charge of
assigning reviewers and the decisions. Submissions will be judged primarily 
on originality and relevance, but effective presentation is also critical. 

All submitted manuscripts must be written in English and may contain only 
original work that has not been published by, or currently under review at  
any other journal, conference, symposium, or workshop. 

The only allowed exception are "major value-added extensions" of papers 
previously published or currently under review. A submission that is based 
on one or more such manuscripts should consist of at least 30% new material; 
the new material should contain substantial novel contributions, which are 
explicitly stated both in the cover letter and the Introduction of the 
submission.

Submissions should be prepared according to:
  http://tkdd.acm.org/authors.html#ManuscriptPreparation

And manuscripts should be submitted through Manuscript Center:
  http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tkdd
Select "IDEA special issue" as Manuscript Type during submission.

All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. 
Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors.

* Important Dates

Paper submission			Fri, Dec 11, 2015 *extended*
First reviews				Fri, Feb 5, 2016
Revision submission			Fri, April 1, 2016
Second reviews				Fri, May 13, 2016
Camera ready 				Fri, June 17, 2016

Note that this is an approximate schedule (except for the initial submission
deadline). Exact timing depends on the availability of reviewers and revision
submission; our goal is to reach a final decision for each paper as soon as 
possible.

* Guest Editors

Matthijs van Leeuwen, Polo Chau, Jilles Vreeken, Dafna Shahaf, Christos Faloutsos

Contact information: 
  idea.tkdd@gmail.com