Austin ACM SIGKDD Big Data and Fraud Conference

[David G. Boney]

Initial meeting for organizing the Austin ACM SIGKDD Big Data and Fraud Conference

Monday, December 9, 2013 at 7:00 PM

Mangia Pizza, 8012 Mesa Drive, Austin, TX

The Big Data and Fraud Conference will be an official ACM conference hosted by Austin ACM SIGKDD with published proceeding.

Proposed Conference Date: Spring 2015

Requesting volunteers for:

1. Organization Committee;

2. Reviewers for conference papers;

3. Volunteers for the day of the conference.

Volunteers for the organization and reviewers committees need to be, or will need to become full members of ACM and SIGKDD, $124. Volunteers will be requested to make a commitment for the year leading up to the conference to assist in organizing the conference.

I am requesting members of Austin ACM SIGKDD with a Ph.D. to volunteer for the paper review committee

Agenda

1. ACM requirements for a conference

2. Publication of conference proceedings

3. Keynote Speaker

4. Paper review committee

5. Meeting venues and cost

6. Hotel arrangements for out of town participants

7. Web site

8. Ticket cost and administration

9. Advertizing

a) ACM - free

b) Other professional societies

10. Corporate Underwriters

11. Budget

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Sincerely,
David G. Boney
Chair, Austin ACM SIGKDD
ch...@austin-acm-sigkdd.org
http://www.meetup.com/Austin-ACM-SIGKDD/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/austinsigkdd/