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tsukuba japan ubbo visser university breman germany publicity chairs marcin szczuka warsaw university poland guoyin wang chongqing university posts telecommunications china hui xiong rutgers university usa sponsorship chairs manchung chan hong kong polytechnic university hk einoshin suzuki kyushu university japan hongjin yang chinese academy sciences china proceedings chair xindong wu university vermont usa program vice cochairs aristides gionis university helsinki finland qiang yang hong kong university science technology naren ramakrishnan virginia tech usa howard hamilton university regina canada rosa meo universit degli studi di torino italy hiroki arimura hokkaido university japan david cheung university hong kong yves kodratoff universite parissud france philip chan florida institute technology usa shichao zhang university technology sydney australia alex tuzhilin new york university usa zhihua zhou nanjing university china tu bao ho jaist japan icdm steering committee max bramer university portsmouth uk nick cercone dalhousie university canada ramamohanarao kotagiri university melbourne australia vipin kumar university minnesota usa katharina morik university dortmund germany gregory piatetskyshapiro kdnuggets usa benjamin w wah university illinois urbanachampaign usa xindong wu chair university vermont usa philip yu ibm tj watson research center usa ning zhong maebashi institute technology japan information wiiaticdm06 secretariat department computer science 7f sir run run shaw building hong kong baptist university hong kong email lvz82comphkbueduhk thu 07 aug 2008 031841 0800 uai cfp icdm06