Review Criteria for
Research Paper Submissions

ORIGINALITY

Are the problems or approaches new? Is this a novel combination of existing techniques? Does the paper Point out differences from related research? Address a new problem or one that has not been studied in depth? Introduce an interesting research paradigm? Describe an innovative combination of KDD techniques with ones from other disciplines? Introduce an idea that appears promising or might stimulate others to develop promising alternatives?

SIGNIFICANCE

Is the work reported important? Does it advance the state of the art? Does the paper stimulate discussion of important issues or alternative points of view?

TECHNICAL QUALITY

Is the paper technically sound? Does it carefully evaluate the strengths and limitations of its contributions? Are its claims backed up? Does the paper offer a new form of evidence in support of or against a well-known technique? Does the paper back up a theoretical idea already in the literature with experimental evidence? Does it offer a theoretical analysis of prior experimental results?

PRESENTATION

Is the paper clearly written? Does it motivate the research? Does it describe the inputs, outputs, and basic algorithms employed? Are the results described and evaluated? Is the paper organized in a logical fashion? Is the paper written in a manner that makes its content accessible to most KDD researchers?