[Event at CIG] SDM'22: IBM Early Career Data Mining Research Award

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*SDM'22: *IBM EARLY CAREER DATA MINING RESEARCHER AWARD


------------------------- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS -------------------------


Nomination *Deadline*: *March 22*, 2022

Results *Notification*: *April 15*, 2022


------------------------- 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 Ph.D. degree as of the calendar year prior to the year of
the award. For example, an award winner in 2021 should have received their
Ph.D. no earlier than 2010. An award winner in 2022 should have received
their Ph.D. no earlier than 2011.


Applications for 2022 should include achievements dated no later than March
22, 2022.



------------------------- 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 Co-Chairs by email sesh at ucsc.edu and
arindamb at illinois.edu with *“SDM/IBM Research Award [2022]”* 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. 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.


Award Selection Committee:

C. Seshadhri (Co-Chair)

Arindam Banerjee (Co-Chair)

Leman Akoglu

Stratis Ioannidis

S. S. Ravi

Hanghang Tong

Tony Wirth

Xifeng Yan


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.