Call for ICDM 2026 Tao Li Award
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Aug 12, 2026, 6:29:20 AM (yesterday) Aug 12
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ICDM Tao Li Award was established in December 2017. The purpose of the award is to honor Professor Tao Li’s life and accomplishment, and reward excellent early career researchers (individuals either in a doctoral program or who have received a doctoral degree less than 10 years prior to receiving the Award) in the field of data mining and machine learning. The award, worth $2,000 in check, for one awardee, will be given out once a year at the annual IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM).
Previous Award Winners
2025: Dr. Jundong Li; University of Virginia, USA
2024: Dr. Shirui Pan; Griffith University, Australia
2023: Dr. Danai Koutra; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2022: Dr. Evangelos (Vagelis) Papalexakis; University of California, Riverside, USA
2021: Dr. Jiliang Tang; Michigan Stte University, USA
2020: Dr. Jing Gao; Purdue University, USA
2019: Dr. Hanghang Tong; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
2018: Dr. Jilles Vreeken, Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany
2026 Tao Li Award Selection Criteria
* The awardee is either in a doctoral program or has received a doctoral degree less than 10 years prior to Nov 12, 2026.
* The awardee has made significant achievement in the area of data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
* The awardee has demonstrated significant impact in research contribution, leadership, and services.
* The awardee has obtained a strong reference from a world leading researcher in the field.
* The awardee commits to attend the ICDM-2026 ceremony on site to receive the award.
Application Submission
Candidates should submit applications to ICDM.Tao.Li.A...@gmail.com, with following materials being included in the package (please include materials in one zip file, preferably compiling all documents as one pdf file):
* A one-page executive CV of the candidate.
* Response to the above selection criteria (2 pages maximum).
* Certificate showing PhD degree awarding intuition and the time receiving the PhD degree.
* One referee letter with referee's contact details and signatures (preferably NOT applicant’s PhD advisor). The referee can directly send the reference letter to the committee (ICDM.Tao.Li.A...@gmail.com), with applicant's name being listed in the email subject.
Submission Deadline
August 22, 2026
Any inquiries and questions about this year’s Tao Li award should be addressed to: ICDM.Tao.Li.A...@gmail.com.
For more information about the Tao Li Award or ICDM-2026, please access ICDM-2026 website (http://icdm2026.neu.edu.cn/)
ICDM Tao Li Award was established in December 2017. The purpose of the award is to honor Professor Tao Li’s life and accomplishment, and reward excellent early career researchers (individuals either in a doctoral program or who have received a doctoral degree less than 10 years prior to receiving the Award) in the field of data mining and machine learning. The award, worth $2,000 in check, for one awardee, will be given out once a year at the annual IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM).
Previous Award Winners
2025: Dr. Jundong Li; University of Virginia, USA
2024: Dr. Shirui Pan; Griffith University, Australia
2023: Dr. Danai Koutra; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2022: Dr. Evangelos (Vagelis) Papalexakis; University of California, Riverside, USA
2021: Dr. Jiliang Tang; Michigan Stte University, USA
2020: Dr. Jing Gao; Purdue University, USA
2019: Dr. Hanghang Tong; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
2018: Dr. Jilles Vreeken, Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany
2026 Tao Li Award Selection Criteria
* The awardee is either in a doctoral program or has received a doctoral degree less than 10 years prior to Nov 12, 2026.
* The awardee has made significant achievement in the area of data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
* The awardee has demonstrated significant impact in research contribution, leadership, and services.
* The awardee has obtained a strong reference from a world leading researcher in the field.
* The awardee commits to attend the ICDM-2026 ceremony on site to receive the award.
Application Submission
Candidates should submit applications to ICDM.Tao.Li.A...@gmail.com, with following materials being included in the package (please include materials in one zip file, preferably compiling all documents as one pdf file):
* A one-page executive CV of the candidate.
* Response to the above selection criteria (2 pages maximum).
* Certificate showing PhD degree awarding intuition and the time receiving the PhD degree.
* One referee letter with referee's contact details and signatures (preferably NOT applicant’s PhD advisor). The referee can directly send the reference letter to the committee (ICDM.Tao.Li.A...@gmail.com), with applicant's name being listed in the email subject.
Submission Deadline
August 22, 2026
Any inquiries and questions about this year’s Tao Li award should be addressed to: ICDM.Tao.Li.A...@gmail.com.
For more information about the Tao Li Award or ICDM-2026, please access ICDM-2026 website (http://icdm2026.neu.edu.cn/)
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