Call for Nominations: 2026 SDM Early Career Data Mining Research Award
SIAM SDM Publicity Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Call for Nominations for the 2026 SDM Early Career Data Mining Research Award.
About the Award
The SDM Early Career Data Mining Research Award seeks to recognize one individual (no runner up/honorable mention) who has made outstanding, influential, and lasting contributions in the field of data analysis and who will be within 10 years of having received their PhD degree as of the calendar year prior to the year of the award. For 2026, the winner must have received their PhD no earlier than 2015.
Applications for 2026 should include achievements dated no later than September 21, 2026, Anywhere on Earth.
The SDM Early Career Data Mining Research Award seeks to recognize one individual (no runner up/honorable mention) who has made outstanding, influential, and lasting contributions in the field of data analysis and who will be within 10 years of having received their PhD degree as of the calendar year prior to the year of the award. For 2026, the winner must have received their PhD no earlier than 2015.
Applications for 2026 should include achievements dated no later than September 21, 2026, Anywhere on Earth.
Nominations
A candidate may be nominated by any member of the community except members of the Award Selection Committee. An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award.
Nominations must be submitted to the Award Selection Committee Chair by email to Prof. Nitesh Chawla at nch...@nd.edu with “SDM Research Award 2026” as the subject.
A nomination application (a single PDF file) should contain the following:
- Name/email of nominator (self-nominations are not permitted).
- Name/email of candidate being nominated.
- A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award. Note that since the award is for outstanding contributions, the statement and supporting letters should address what the contributions are and why they are both outstanding and significant. The nomination should also list the names and email addresses of up to 3 persons who will provide letters supporting the nomination.
- CV of the nominee (the CV must clearly indicate date of degree received).
- Up to three support letters. The letters should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination. The letter writers may not be the nominator nor Award Selection Committee members.
A candidate may be nominated by any member of the community except members of the Award Selection Committee. An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award.
Nominations must be submitted to the Award Selection Committee Chair by email to Prof. Nitesh Chawla at nch...@nd.edu with “SDM Research Award 2026” as the subject.
A nomination application (a single PDF file) should contain the following:
- Name/email of nominator (self-nominations are not permitted).
- Name/email of candidate being nominated.
- A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award. Note that since the award is for outstanding contributions, the statement and supporting letters should address what the contributions are and why they are both outstanding and significant. The nomination should also list the names and email addresses of up to 3 persons who will provide letters supporting the nomination.
- CV of the nominee (the CV must clearly indicate date of degree received).
- Up to three support letters. The letters should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination. The letter writers may not be the nominator nor Award Selection Committee members.
Important Dates
- Nomination Deadline: September 21, 2026
- Results Notification: October 1, 2026
- Nomination Deadline: September 21, 2026
- Results Notification: October 1, 2026
Award Selection Committee
- Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame (Chair)
- Vagelis Papalexakis, University of California Riverside (Steering Committee Representative)
For additional details, please visit the SDM26 website:
https://www.siam.org/conferences-events/siam-conferences/sdm26/program/special-events/
Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues and your professional networks.
Best regards,
SDM26 Publicity Team
- Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame (Chair)
- Vagelis Papalexakis, University of California Riverside (Steering Committee Representative)
For additional details, please visit the SDM26 website:
https://www.siam.org/conferences-events/siam-conferences/sdm26/program/special-events/
Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues and your professional networks.
Best regards,
SDM26 Publicity Team