ACM Data Mining Conference March 20, 2010

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 16, 2010 -- ACM Data Mining Conference- Association of Computing Machinery welcomes Data Miners to the second un-conference March 20, 2010 at eBay in San Jose! Popular demand has pushed registration up 100% from ACM’s last event. Conference underwriters include eBay, LinkedIn, Kxen, Revolution Computing, and Salford Systems. For more information contact conference organizers:
Greg Makowski, www.LinkedIn.com/in/GregMakowski,
Patricia Hoffman, Ph.D. www.LinkedIn.com/in/PatriciaHoffmanPhd,

Mike Bowles, Ph.D. www.LinkedIn.com/in/MikeBowles

Come see the expert panel:

Moderator: Patricia Hoffman, Ph.D. Mathematician and Scientific Researcher, Aha Solutions!

* Ted Dunning, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer at DeepDyve

DeepDyve provides technical literature to a wide audience. Dr. Dunning created MusicMatch’s recommendation system and revenue optimization system. He also created ID Analytics large scale identity fraud systems.

* Joseph B. Rickert Revolution Computing

Mr. Rickert preformed statistical analysis of clinical trials and built economic models for Cedar Associates. He founded Scotts Valley Instruments. He started his career by building mathematical models of communication networks for NASA, CIA, and NSA.
* Giovanni Seni, Ph.D. Elder Research and Professor at Santa Clara University

Dr. Seni has lectured on “From Trees to Forest and Rule Sets – A Unified Overview of Ensemble Methods” . His text, “Ensemble Methods in Data Mining: Improving Accuracy Through Combining Predictions “ is now available. His research interests include statistical pattern recognition, data mining , and human-computer interaction applications. He holds five U.S. patents and has published over twenty conference and journal articles.

* Michael Walker, Ph.D. Professor at Stanford University and President of Walker Bioscience

Dr. Walker provides statistics consulting for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the areas of drug development, medical devices, clinical trials, and molecular diagnostics. His work has lead to FDA and CLIA approvals, articles in the New England Journal of Medicine and in Lancet, numerous patents, and new products to diagnose and treat disease. He consults for venture capital companies to evaluate investments in life sciences and works with life science start-ups to obtain funding and advise on corporate strategy and product development.

* Hugh Williams, Ph.D. Vice President, Search Engine Engineer, Buyer Experience Development eBay

Dr. Williams is an innovator, inspiring leader, and expert in search engines and web services. In the past he managed a large R&D team at Microsoft’s Bing. He has written books for O’Reilly Media Inc.
* Mike Bowles, Ph.D. Seasoned in Startups, Data Mining and Quantitative Finance

Dr. Bowles was founder and Chairman of Board at iBeam Broadcasting, and founding CEO at Com21. He is experienced with quantitative

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