Call for nominations: SDM/IBM Early Career Data Mining Researcher Award

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SDM/IBM EARLY CAREER DATA MINING RESEARCHER AWARD

About the Award:
The SDM/IBM Early Career Data Mining Researcher Award for Excellence in
Data Analytics 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 example, an award winner in 2018 should have received their PhD
no earlier than 2007 from their alma mater.

Nominations:
A candidate may be nominated by any member of the community. An individual
may nominate at most one candidate for this award. Nominations must be
submitted to the Award Selection Committee Chair by email with “SDM/IBM
Research Award” as the subject. A nomination application (a single PDF
file) should contain the following:
1 Name/email of nominator (self-nominations are not permitted).
2 Name/email of candidate being nominated.
3 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.
4 CV of the nominee (the CV must clearly indicate date of degree received)
5 Up to three support letters from persons other than the nominator – these
should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination.

Important Dates:
•    Nomination Deadline:  January 15, 2018
•    Results Notification:    March 1, 2018

Award Chair:
The award selection committee will be chaired by Zoran Obradovic, Temple
University (Chair): zoran.obradovic at temple.edu

Note that members of the selection committee cannot be nominators or
provide support letters. Also note that the intent is to select exactly one
awardee – re-nominations for subsequent years are permissible as long as
the individuals continue to maintain eligibility. The committee at its
discretion may elect not to make an award in a particular year.
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