<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">KDDM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: APPLICATIONS, STRATEGIES & TECHNIQUES</b><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="h5">
<div style="text-align:left"><b>Call for Book Chapters</b></div><div><b><br></b></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b>Proposals due June 30, 2013 (<a href="mailto:kddm4dev@gmail.com" target="_blank">kddm4dev@gmail.com</a>)</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Important Dates:</div><div>June 30, 2013: Proposal Submission Deadline </div>
<div>July 20, 2013: Notification of Decision on Proposal</div><div>December 6, 2013: Full Chapter Submission Deadline</div><div><br></div><div>Editors: </div><div>Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson (Virginia Commonwealth University)<br>
</div><div>Corlane Barclay (University of Technology, Jamaica)</div><div><br></div><div>Publisher: CRC Press</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Book Objectives</b></div><div>The primary objective of this book is to fill some of the void in the provision of suitable techniques and strategies in the successful application of Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining (KDDM) across multiple domains and region. The book is primarily focus on topics of interest <i>to</i> or <i>about</i> developing economies. It is intended to serve as a reference guide for data analyst, managers, executives, researchers and students in how to successfully manage and implement data mining initiatives in organizations.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The book seeks to explain the KDDM process in a simple, practical and easily implementable manner by:</div><div><ul><li>Identifying and discussing some of the key challenges, issues and considerations in managing data mining projects across all the KDDM processes,</li>
<li>Discussing some of the key concepts and techniques in developing robust and complete data mining objectives aligned to strategic business objectives,</li><li>Discussing some of the key concepts and techniques necessary for modelling data to satisfy requirements, and</li>
<li>Discussing the social implications of data mining including security, privacy, ethical and legal considerations.</li></ul></div></div><div><div>Recommended topics include, but are not limited to:</div><div><ul>
<li>Best practices and methodologies in KDDM</li><li>KDDM Process models<br></li><li>Privacy and security issues in KDDM projects</li><li>Management of KDDM projects:<br></li><li>Economics of data mining<br>
</li><li>Legal and legislative concerns of big data<br></li><li>Cases in KDDM from developing, emerging & transition economies</li><li>Applications and cases of KDDM in businesses and government (education, healthcare, agriculture, tourism, criminal justice administration, social media, and more)</li>
<li>Computer security in data mining<br></li></ul><div><div><b>Target Audience</b></div><div>The book is intended for practitioners, academic researchers, including experienced researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, engaged in KDDM activities particularly in less developed</div>
<div>and emerging countries.</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Submission Procedure</b></div><div>All are invited to submit on or before June 30, 2013, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly outlining and explaining the area of focus, objective and content of the proposed chapter to <a href="mailto:kddm4dev@gmail.com" target="_blank">kddm4dev@gmail.com</a>. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 20, 2013 about the status of their proposals and will be sent chapter writing guidelines.</div>
</div><div><div><br></div><div>Please send all your submissions and/or enquiries to the editors at <a href="mailto:kddm4dev@gmail.com" target="_blank">kddm4dev@gmail.com</a> or <a href="mailto:clbarclay@gmail.com" target="_blank">clbarclay@gmail.com</a>. Also visit <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/kddm4dev2013/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/kddm4dev2013/</a> for further</div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Regards,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="background-color:rgb(234,153,153);font-family:Cambria,serif"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)" size="1">KDDM forEconomic Development</font></b><font size="1" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(234,153,153)">,</span> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/kddm4dev2013" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/kddm4dev2013</a> </font><br>
</p></font></span><div class="im"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font size="1">Editors: Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson & Corlane Barclay<br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<font face="Cambria, serif"><font color="#9900ff" size="1"><span>Proposals due<b>-June 30, 2013</b>; Full Chapter due-<b>December 6, 2013</b></span></font></font></p></div></div></font></span></div></div></div></div>
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