text_combined: alek kolcz wunhduveliriitedu nearduplicate detection attracted recent years considerable attention due large practical significance problem online application continuing growth observed internet special session aim bring together researchers practitioners tackling various aspects nearreplica detection proposed areas focus although limited benchmark collections evaluation applicationspecific definitions near duplicates imageaudio based nearreplica detection blocklevel vs document level nearreplica detection spam email filtering plagiarism scalability new novel applications near duplicate detection submissions formatted according cidm 2007 guidelines sent via email alekiriitedu important dates paper submission november 15 2006 notification acceptance december 15 2006 camera ready submission january 15 2007 conference april 15 2007 information visit main page nearduplicate detection thu 07 aug 2008 060309 0500 uai cfp cidm07 special session new directions challenges nearduplicate detection