Call for Papers

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WSDM (pronounced “wisdom”) is the premier international ACM conference covering research in the areas of search and data mining on the Web. The 4th ACM WSDM Conference will take place in Hong Kong, during February 9-12, 2011.

WSDM publishes original, high quality papers and presentations related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web, with an emphasis on practical but principled novel models of search, retrieval and data mining, algorithm design and analysis, economics implications, and in-depth experimental analysis of accuracy and performance.

WSDM2011 will have keynotes, invited talks, full paper presentations, posters, tutorials, workshops, social events, etc. Topics covered include but are not limited to：

Web Search

Web Dynamics and Search
Multifaceted and task-driven search
Multimedia Web search
Security and privacy in Web search and mining
User interfaces for search interaction
Distributed, meta, and peer-to-peer search
Vertical portals and search
Search quality benchmarking and evaluation
Ranking and machine learning for ranking

Web Mining

Web measurements, Web evolution, Web models
Clustering, classification, and summarization of Web data
Opinion mining and sentiment analysis
Multimodal data mining
Data, entity, event and relationship extraction
Sense and entity disambiguation
Data integration and data cleaning
Discovery-driven Web and social network mining
Traffic and log analysis
Algorithms and systems for Web-scale search and mining

Social Search and Mining

Social network analysis, theories, models, and applications
Social media analysis: blogs and friendship networks
Social reputation, influence, and trust
User profiling and recommendation systems
User activity modeling and exploitation
Personalized search and ranking
Tags, Users, and Search

Important Dates

Dates	Description
July 25, 2010	Workshop Proposal Deadline
August 1, 2010	Paper Submission Deadline
September 1, 2010	Tutorial Proposal Deadline
October 15, 2010	Decision Notification
October 31, 2010	Final Manuscript Due

Paper Format

Papers must report original research not accepted or under submission to any journal or conference with public proceedings (previous submissions in informal workshops or as posters are allowed, but must be indicated). Papers must be formatted according to ACM guidelines and style files to fit within 10 pages, including references, diagrams, and appendices if any. A submitted paper must be self-contained and in English.

Submissions

Papers must be submitted in PDF format to the paper submission Web site. PDF files must have all non-standard fonts embedded. After upload, please check the copy stored on the site. Submissions that do not view or print properly may be rejected without a chance to rectify the problem. Please contact wsdm2011@easychair.org for any questions.

Review Process

Each paper will be reviewed by at least three regular PC members and one or two senior PC members and is single-blind (that is, the identity of authors is known to the reviewers). Decisions will take into account novelty, technical depth, elegance, practical application, impact, and presentation. For some papers, the PC may ask for clarifications from the authors during an author feedback phase.

Publication

All accepted papers are published in the ACM Digital Library. Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit their expanded versions for publication in the ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (ACM TIST, http://tist.acm.org) through an expedient review and publication process.