DM: PAKDD-98: Call for Participation

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                         *  P A K D D ' 98  *
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  2nd Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

                Melbourne, Australia, April 15-17, 1998
 
              C A L L   F O R   P A R T I C I P A T I O N

            Home Page: http://www.sd.monash.edu.au/pakdd-98


PAKDD-98 is pleased to announce that it is now taking registrations.
A copy of the registration form is attached below.  The on-line
registration process is fully automated and can be found at
http://www.sd.monash.edu.au/pakdd-98/on-line.shtml.
 
Tutorials:

  * Jiawei Han (Simon Fraser University, Canada),
    Data Mining: An Overview from Database Perspective
  * Chris Wallace (Monash University, Australia),
    Applications of Minimum Message Length in Data Analysis

Invited Speakers:

  * Jiawei Han (Simon Fraser University, Canada),
    OLAP Mining: An Integration of Data Mining and Data Warehousing
    Technologies
  * Chris Wallace (Monash University, Australia),
    Intrinsic Classification with Spatial Correlation
  * Bhavani Thuraisingham (MITRE Corporation, USA),
    Data Warehousing, Data Mining, and Security

Technical Sessions:

  Of the 110 submissions, PAKDD-98 accepted 31 regular papers; an
  acceptance rate of 28%. In addition, over 20 papers were accepted as
  posters for short presentations.  The paper list is available on the
  conference home page (http://www.sd.monash.edu.au/pakdd-98).

Additionally, a panel discussion and a workshop are being organised
and their details will soon be put on the conference home page.

For more information about PAKDD-98 please check the conference's home
page, or contact:

        Dr Xindong Wu
        School of Computer Science and Software Engineering
        Monash University
        900 Dandenong Road
        Caulfield East, Melbourne 3145
        Australia
 
        Phone: +61 3 9903 1025
        Fax: +61 3 9903 1077
        Email: Xindong.Wu@fcit.monash.edu.au

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REGISTRATION FORM

                        PAKDD-98, 15-17 April 1998
  Melbourne Convention Centre, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Australia

Conference Registration Fee:

               Before 1 April 1998       After 1 April 1998 
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Regular (*)       AUS$400                      AUS$500 
Student           AUS$200                      AUS$250
Tutorials     one: $100; both: $150      one: $150; both: $250

If you register for one tutorial only, please tick

        ________ by Jiawei Han  ________ by Chris Wallace

(*) Conference dinner included for regular registration only. 

        ________ Yes, I would like to attend.

        ________ No, I do not wish to attend.

    $70 for student registration and/or for an additional ticket.

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Payment should be made in Australian Dollars by cheque (check) or
international money order to MONASH UNIVERSITY and accompany the
registration form. Written cancellations received by 14 April 1998
will be liable to a 50% service fee. After this date there will be no
refund.

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Please return registration form and fee to: 

   Michelle Riseley
   School of Computer Science and Software Engineering
   Monash University
   900 Dandenong Road
   Caulfield East, Melbourne 3145
   Australia

   Tel: +61-3-9903-2488
   Fax: +61-3-9903-1077
   E-mail: Michelle.Riseley@fcit.monash.edu.au