Welcome
What's New
- May 28: The winners of this year's SIGKDD Doctoral Dissertation Award have been announced
- June 15: Deadline for SIGKDD Elections (open to all ACM SIGKDD members) here is the slate of candidates.
- June 28-July 1: KDD-2009, the Fifteenth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, will take place in Paris, France.
- SF Bay ACM Data Mining SIG.
- Letter by the SIGKDD Executive Committee: "Data Mining" Is NOT Against Civil Liberties
Mission Statement
The primary focus of the SIGKDD is to provide the premier forum for advancement and adoption of the "science" of knowledge discovery and data mining. To do this, SIGKDD will encourage:
- basic research in KDD (through annual research conferences, newsletter and other related activities)
- adoption of "standards" in the market in terms of terminology, evaluation, methodology
- interdisciplinary education among KDD researchers, practitioners, and users
SIGKDD activities include the annual Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining and the SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter. You can also read about the charter, organization, or the annual SIGKDD awards using the navigation bar on the left.
Membership benefits of joining SIGKDD include the SIGMOD-initiated DiSC, a CD-ROM publication containing each year's major database conference proceedings, including the KDD-99 (and beyond) proceedings, $30-50 discount in the KDD conference registration, discounts in SIGKDD partner conferences, subscription to the SIGKDD newsletter, and a chance to make a difference in the KDD field.