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International conference unveils latest in knowledge discovery and data miningFairmont Hotel in San Jose will host 13th ACM SIGKDDCARY, NC (Aug. 06, 2007) – Promoting innovation made possible through predictive analytics, SAS, the leader in business intelligence, announced the upcoming ACM SIGKDD conference also known as KDD. For the 13th year, attendees will gather for keynote speakers, paper and poster presentations, workshops, tutorials, panels, and the KDD Cup competition at the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. The conference takes place Aug. 12-15 in the heart of Silicon Valley and provides a forum for developers and practitioners within the data mining user community to share their research and experience across academia, industry and government. Sunday’s preconference activities include a case study competition – one will highlight SAS® text mining applications in the medical life sciences area – as well as tutorials and award recognition ceremonies. About ACMACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards and recognition of technical excellence. Complementing business activities, this professional society attracts emerging research in the fields of databases, machine learning, applied statistics and visualization. The primary focus of the Special Interest Group KDD is to provide a forum for advancement and adoption of the "science" of knowledge discovery and data mining. About SASSAS is the leader in business intelligence and analytical software and services. Customers at 43,000 sites use SAS software to improve performance through insight from data, resulting in faster, more accurate business decisions; more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; compliance with governmental regulations; research breakthroughs; and better products and processes. Only SAS offers leading data integration, storage, analytics and business intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know® .Back to Recent SAS Press Releases Copyright © SAS Institute Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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