[edm-announce] CFP: Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining
- From: "Tiffany Barnes" <tbarnes2@xxxxxxxx>
- To: edm-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:14:09 -0500
EDM'09
Cordoba, Spain
Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining
Call for papers, submissions due March 31, 2009
http://www.educationaldatamining.org/EDM2009/<http://www.EducationalDataMining.org>
July 1-3, 2009
The Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining brings
together researchers from computer science, education, psychology,
psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large data sets to answer
educational research questions. The increase in instrumented
educational software, as well as state databases of student test
scores, has created large repositories of data reflecting how
students learn. The EDM conference focuses on computational
approaches for using those data to address important educational
questions. The broad collection of research disciplines ensures
cross fertilization of ideas, with the central questions of
educational research serving as a unifying focus. This Conference
emerges from preceding EDM workshops at the AAAI, AIED, ICALT, ITS,
and UM conferences.
Topics of Interest
We welcome papers describing original work. Areas of interest
include but are not limited to:
* Improving educational software. Many large educational data
sets are generated by computer software. Can we use our discoveries
to improve the software's effectiveness?
* Domain representation. How do learners represent the domain?
Does this representation shift as a result of instruction? Do
different subpopulations represent the domain differently?
* Evaluating teaching interventions. Student learning data
provides a powerful mechanism for determining which teaching actions
are successful. How can we best use such data?
* Emotion, affect, and choice. The student's level of interest
and willingness to be a partner in the educational process is
critical. Can we detect when students are bored and uninterested?
What other affective states or student choices should we track?
* Integrating data mining and pedagogical theory. Data mining
typically involves searching a large space of models. Can we use
existing educational and psychological knowledge to better focus our
search?
* Improving teacher support. What types of assessment information
would help teachers? What types of instructional suggestions are
both feasible to generate and would be welcomed by teachers?
* Replication studies. We are especially interested in papers
that apply a previously used technique to a new domain, or that
reanalyze an existing data set with a new technique.
Important Dates
* Paper submissions: March 31, 2009
* Acceptance notification: May 1, 2009
* Camera ready paper: May 20, 2009
* Conference: July 1-3, 2009
Submission types:
* Full papers: Maximum of 10 pages. Should describe substantial,
unpublished work.
* Young researcher: Maximum of 8 pages. Designed for graduate
students and undergraduates.
Conference organization
* Conference Chairs: Cristobal Romero Morales and Sebastian
Ventura (cromero@xxxxxx, sventura@xxxxxx)
* Program Chairs: Tiffany Barnes and Michel Desmarais
(tbarnes2@xxxxxxxx, michel.desmarais@xxxxxxxxxx)
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Tiffany Barnes
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
UNC Charlotte
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