[Event at CIG] 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.
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 nchawla at 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

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