CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
                          SIGKDD 2006
         THE 12TH ACM SIGKDD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
            ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING

                     August 23 - 26, 2006
                     Philadelphia, USA
             http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigkdd/kdd2006/
                   http://www.kdd2006.com


IMPORTANT DATES:
  Tutorial proposals due                    March 7,  2006
  Notification of acceptance/rejection      April 7,  2006
  Camera-ready copy of tutorial notes due   June 1,   2006

Overview

The KDD-2006 organizing committee invites proposals for tutorials to
be held in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials are an effective
way to educate conference attendees about specific topics, or to
provide background necessary to understand technical advances. For
KDD-2005, we are seeking proposals for tutorials of 2.5 to 3 hours in
duration. For examples of typical KDD tutorials, see the set of
accepted tutorials for previous conferences:
  * KDD-2005
  * KDD-2004
  * KDD-2003
  * KDD-2002
  * KDD-2001

Proposals should be submitted electronically by March 7th to the
Tutorials Chair:

  * Ronen Feldman, Bar Ilan University
    

Submissions must be in PDF (preferred) or Word.
Proposals should include the following:
  * Basic information:
    Title, brief description, name and contact information for each
    tutor, length of the proposed tutorial. Also identify any other
    venues in which the tutorial has been or will be presented. Any
    evidence supporting excellent teaching skills will enhance chances
    of acceptance.
  * Audience:
    Proposals must clearly identify the intended audience for the
    tutorial (e.g., novice users of statistical techniques, or expert
    researchers in text mining). What background will be required of
    the audience? Why is this topic important/interesting to the KDD
    community? What is the benefit to participants? Provide some
    informal evidence that people would attend the tutorial (e.g., related
    workshops and tutorials).
  * Coverage:
    Enough material should be included to provide a sense of both the
    scope of material to be covered and the depth to which it will be
    covered. The more details that can be provided, the better (up to
    and including links to the actual slides). Note that the tutors
    should NOT focus mainly on their own research results. A KDD
    tutorial is not a forum for promoting one's research or product.
    If, for certain parts of the tutorial, the material comes directly
    from the tutors' own research or product, please indicate this in
    the proposal.
  * Bios:
    Brief biographical information on each tutor (including
    qualifications with respect to the tutorial's topic).
  * Special equipment (if any):
    Please indicate any additional equipment needed (if any). The
    standard equipment includes a LCD projector, an overhead
    projector, a single projection screen and cordless microphones.