[kdd] Welcome to the IVOA Interest Group in Knowledge Discovery in Databases!

[Nick Ball]

Sounds good. I plan to put up a front page for point (4), the guide, shortly.

Nick

On 2010-07-14, at 1:38 PM, Raffaele D'Abrusco wrote:

> From Giuseppe Longo:
> 
> Dear Colleagues
> 
> I am writing to inform you that Raffaele and Omar have activated the IVOA
> WIKI pages for the Interest Group in Knowledge Discovery in Databases
> (KDD). You can find this page at the following address:
> 
> http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaKDD
> 
> The first activities will proceed according to what was decided during
> the last Interop meeting in Victoria.
> 
> I also wish to remind all of you that Raffaele D'Abrusco (CfA-USA) has
> volunteered to act as secretary of the IG. I do thank him for his help.
> 
> Let me shortly summarize the main task we should pursue:
> 
> 1. Build a vocabulary of the main terminology used in DM (Data Mining) and
> KDD (R. D'Abrusco). This is crucial in order to have a common platform on
> which to build the future collaborations;
> 
> 2. Start a census of DM and ML (Machine Learning) tools and methods of
> astronomical interest (all);
> 
> 3. Begin to define a group of template datasets to be used for
> benchmarking of algorithms (C. Donalek, Caltech-USA)
> 
> 4. Begin to write a short and user friendly guide for data mining in
> astronomy (N. Ball, G. Longo and whoever wishes to contribute).
> 
> 5. Start the discussion on how the various DM tasks correlate with
> existing VO standards and eventually propose to the new community new
> ones.
> 
> Obviously this is only the beginning of the story. Everyone who wants to
> contribute or suggest topics and/or actions is encouraged to do so. For
> the success of this IG it will be crucial to have contributions from
> everyone of us.
> 
> Some of you have never participated in the IVOA activities. I hope that
> this IG-KDD will also serve to attract new ideas and fresh blood to our
> community.
> 
> PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND ALL YOUR FEEDBACKS, COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
> 
> Wishing to all of us good work, I remain
> 
> Most sincerely yours
> Giuseppe Longo
> (Chair)
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Nick Ball
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
5071 West Saanich Road
Victoria, BC  V9E 2E7
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