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KDIR is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

SCOPE

Knowledge Discovery (KD) is an interdisciplinary domain focusing upon methodologies for identifying valid, hidden, novel, potentially actionable and meaningful information, from within data of all kinds. Knowledge discovery encompasses an end-to-end process involving: data preparation, the application of learning techniques and the presentation of the acquired knowledge in a manner that is both meaningful and (importantly) explainable. The learning techniques used range from statistically-based data mining, through sophisticated machine learning models to deep learning. Current trends in the field of KD include Explainable AI, Hybrid-learning, and the application of knowledge discovery to ever increasingly diverse data sets. Information Retrieval (IR), in turn, is concerned with the gathering of relevant information, from unstructured and semantically fuzzy data in texts and other media, typically in response to a user query. This encompasses searching for information within data sources (such as documents and images) and for metadata about those data sources, as well as searching within databases of all kinds and the Web. Automation of IR enables the reduction of information overload. The tools and techniques of KD are increasingly used to enhance and automate IR processes. Current trends in IR include learning to rank models, data representation using embedding techniques, and the use of knowledge graph technology. The scope of the KDIR conference covers all aspect KD and IR, and the overlap between the two.


CONFERENCE TOPICS


  • Information Extraction
  • Context Discovery
  • Knowledge Discovery in Databases
  • Applications of Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Neural Networks
  • Statistical Methods
  • Data Analytics
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Generative AI
  • Mining Text and Semi-Structured Data
  • Pre-Processing and Post-Processing for Data Mining
  • Data Processing and Exploratory Data Analysis
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Feature Selection
  • Clustering and Classification Methods
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Interpretable and Explainable AI
  • Knowledge Graphs and Ontologies

IC3K KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

IC3K 2027 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Authors should also avoid using an excessive number of self-citations and an excessive number of co-authors.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted complete papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on digital support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 27 - 29 October, 2027

Paper Submission: April 27, 2027
Authors Notification: June 18, 2027
Camera Ready and Registration: June 30, 2027

Paper Submission: June 3, 2027
Authors Notification: July 26, 2027
Camera Ready and Registration: September 6, 2027

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: June 11, 2027

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: June 11, 2027

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: June 11, 2027

Demos
Demo Proposal: June 11, 2027

Panels
Panel Proposal: June 11, 2027

SECRETARIAT

KDIR Secretariat
Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
             2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: kdir.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://kdir.scitevents.org

VENUE

Available soon.

IC3K CONFERENCE CHAIR

Jorge Bernardino, Polytechnic University of Coimbra, Portugal

PROGRAM CHAIR

Available soon.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Mayer Aladjem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Nuno Almeida, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Eva Armengol, IIIA CSIC, Spain
Claudio Biancalana, Roma Tre University, Italy
Isabelle Bichindaritz, State University of New York at Oswego, United States
Paula Brito, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Alina Campan, Northern Kentucky University, United States
Beatriz De La Iglesia, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Lachit Dutta, Faculty of Technology, Gauhati University, India
Bilel Elayeb, Yncréa Ouest, L@bISEN, ISEN de Nantes, France
Susan Gauch, University of Arkansas, United States
Yogan Jaya Kumar, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Eitel J.M. Lauría, School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Marist University, United States
Carson K. Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada
Jake Luo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
J. Fco. Martínez-Trinidad, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico
Dulani Meedeniya, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Marcin Michalak, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Richi Nayak, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Farhad Oroumchian, University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Zbigniew W. Ras, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
Alessia Sarica, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
Asadollah Shahbahrami, University of Guilan, Iran
Ahmed Shehata, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Domenico Ursino, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Manuel Vilares Ferro, University of Vigo, Spain
Albert Weichselbraun, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, Switzerland
Nicola Zeni, University of Trento, Italy

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