SDM/IBM EARLY CAREER DATA MINING RESEARCHER AWARD About the Award: The SDM/IBM Early Career Data Mining Researcher Award for Excellence in Data Analytics seeks to recognize one individual (no runner up/ honorable mention) who has made outstanding, influential, and lasting contributions in the field of data analysis and who will be within 10 years of having received their PhD degree as of the calendar year prior to the year of the award. For example, an award winner in 2020 should have received their PhD no earlier than 2009. Nominations: A candidate may be nominated by any member of the community except members of the Award Selection Committee. An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award. Nominations must be submitted to the Award Selection Committee Co-Chairs by email at cdomenic@gmu.edu and nchawla@nd.edu with "SDM/IBM Research Award" as the subject. A nomination application (a single PDF file) should contain the following: 1-Name/email of nominator (self-nominations are not permitted). 2-Name/email of candidate being nominated. 3-A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award. Note that since the award ?is for outstanding contributions, the statement and supporting letters should address what the contributions are and why they are both outstanding and significant. The nomination should also list the names and email addresses of up to 3 persons who will provide letters supporting the nomination. 4-CV of the nominee (the CV must clearly indicate date of degree received) 5-Up to three support letters. The letters should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination. The letter writers may not be the nominator nor Award Selection Committee members. Important Dates: .Nomination Deadline: March 30, 2020 .Results Notification: April 15, 2020 Award Selection Committee: Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame (Co-Chair) Carlotta Domeniconi, George Mason University (Co-Chair) Arindam Banerjee, University of Minnesota Dimitrios Gunopulos, University of Athens, Greece Zoran Obradovic, Temple University (Steering Committee Representative) Jimeng Sun, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Note that members of the selection committee cannot be nominators or provide support letters. Also note that the intent is to select exactly one awardee - re-nominations for subsequent years are permissible as long as the individuals continue to maintain eligibility. The committee at its discretion may elect not to make an award in a particular year.