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covered in this minitrack (which is not meant to be complete or comprehensive) includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>New methods and algorithms of data/text mining and advanced analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>The process and new methodologies of conducting data/text mining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Ethical and privacy issues in data/text mining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Novel applications of data mining for better decision making <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Data pre-processing related aspect of data/text mining, such as data characterization, data cleaning, data integration, data sampling, data reduction, data visualization, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Design issues, challenges and opportunities in agile analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Emerging technologies and techniques, investment and governance mechanisms, coproduction methodologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Evolutions to scoring and data mining algorithms for advanced analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>In-database vs. in-memory advanced analytics capabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Visualization for supporting advanced analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>People and culture issues in managing advanced analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Critical success factors for advanced analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>If you are interested in submitting a manuscript for review please note the following important dates (taken from the HICSS Website - </span><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</a><span style='color:black'>): <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsobodytext2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:81.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-81.0pt;line-height:12.5pt'><span class=xstyle151><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#CC0033'>June 15 </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Submit full manuscripts for review.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> The review is double-blind; therefore this submission must be without author names.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsobodytext2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:81.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-81.0pt;line-height:12.5pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsobodytext2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:81.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-81.0pt;line-height:12.5pt'><span class=xstyle221><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#CC0033'>August 15 </span></b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Acceptance notices are emailed to authors by the Review System (make sure your server accepts the address: </span><a href="https://email.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=uYnkcuFdZ0WmFa4xAWJglArDksLPEs9IPHGrXboNxSU1JFloT50E78RvcooCyCtfgaUF9IOnjS4.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fprecisionconference.com%2f%7ehicss" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://precisionconference.com/~hicss</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>). At least one author of each accepted paper must immediately make plans to attend the conference, including initiating fiscal, visa, or other travel guarantees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsobodytext2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:81.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-81.0pt;line-height:12.5pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:81.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-81.0pt;line-height:12.5pt'><span class=xstyle221><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#CC0033'>September 15 </span></b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>S<b>ubmit Final Paper for Publication</b>. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:81.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-81.0pt;line-height:12.5pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>If you are willing to be a reviewer please notify us as soon as you can, and indicate the number of manuscripts (1, 2, 3, or more) that you would be willing to review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Please refer to the HICSS Web site for further and more up-to-date information:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://email.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=uYnkcuFdZ0WmFa4xAWJglArDksLPEs9IPHGrXboNxSU1JFloT50E78RvcooCyCtfgaUF9IOnjS4.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hicss.hawaii.edu%2fhicss_42%2f42callforpapers.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/</a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Also, if you have any questions please feel free to contact either of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><b><span lang=IT style='color:black'>Dursun Delen</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=IT style='color:black'> </span></span><span lang=IT style='color:black'>(</span><a href="https://email.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=uYnkcuFdZ0WmFa4xAWJglArDksLPEs9IPHGrXboNxSU1JFloT50E78RvcooCyCtfgaUF9IOnjS4.&URL=mailto%3adursun.delen%40okstate.edu"><span lang=IT>dursun.delen@okstate.edu</span></a><span lang=IT style='color:black'>)</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Oklahoma State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Phone: (918) 594-8283 Fax: (918) 594-8281<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='color:black'>Asil Oztekin</span></b><span style='color:black'> (</span><a href="mailto:asil_oztekin@uml.edu">asil_oztekin@uml.edu</a><span style='color:black'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>University of Massachusetts – Lowell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Phone: (978) 934-2714 Fax: (978) 934-4034<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='color:black'>Haluk Demirkan</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'>(</span><a href="https://email.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=uYnkcuFdZ0WmFa4xAWJglArDksLPEs9IPHGrXboNxSU1JFloT50E78RvcooCyCtfgaUF9IOnjS4.&URL=mailto%3ahaluk.demirkan%40asu.edu">haluk.demirkan@asu.edu</a><span style='color:black'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Arizona State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Telephone: (480) 965-9067 Fax: (480) 965-8392<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>