<s>
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
,	O
representing	O
the	O
Association	O
for	O
Computing	O
Machinery	O
's	O
(	O
ACM	O
)	O
Special	O
Interest	O
Group	O
(	O
SIG	O
)	O
on	O
Knowledge	O
Discovery	O
and	O
Data	B-Application
Mining	I-Application
,	O
hosts	O
an	O
influential	O
annual	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KDD	B-Application
Conference	O
grew	O
from	O
KDD	B-Application
(	O
Knowledge	O
Discovery	O
and	O
Data	B-Application
Mining	I-Application
)	O
workshops	O
at	O
AAAI	O
conferences	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
started	O
by	O
Gregory	O
I	O
.	O
Piatetsky-Shapiro	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
Usama	O
Fayyad	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conference	O
papers	O
of	O
each	O
proceedings	O
of	O
the	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
International	O
Conference	B-Operating_System
on	I-Operating_System
Knowledge	I-Operating_System
Discovery	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
Data	I-Operating_System
Mining	I-Operating_System
are	O
published	O
through	O
ACM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDD	B-Application
is	O
widely	O
considered	O
the	O
most	O
influential	O
forum	O
for	O
knowledge	O
discovery	O
and	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KDD	B-Application
conference	O
has	O
been	O
held	O
each	O
year	O
since	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
became	O
an	O
official	O
ACM	O
Special	O
Interest	O
Group	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Past	O
conference	O
locations	O
are	O
listed	O
on	O
the	O
KDD	B-Application
conference	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
annual	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
conference	O
is	O
recognized	O
as	O
a	O
flagship	O
venue	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4489	O
papers	O
were	O
published	O
at	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
conference	O
over	O
22	O
years	O
between	O
1994-2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
annual	O
conference	O
of	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
has	O
received	O
the	O
highest	O
rating	O
A*	O
from	O
independent	O
organization	O
Computing	O
Research	O
and	O
Education	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
flagship	O
conferences	O
,	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
imposes	O
a	O
high	O
requirement	O
to	O
present	O
and	O
publish	O
submitted	O
papers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
innovative	O
research	O
in	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
,	O
knowledge	O
discovery	O
,	O
and	O
large-scale	O
data	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	O
emphasizing	O
theoretical	O
foundations	O
are	O
particularly	O
encouraged	O
,	O
as	O
are	O
novel	O
modeling	O
and	O
algorithmic	O
approaches	O
to	O
specific	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
problems	O
in	O
scientific	O
,	O
business	O
,	O
medical	O
,	O
and	O
engineering	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
recognizes	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
KDD	B-Application
community	O
with	O
its	O
annual	O
and	O
Service	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
year	O
KDD	B-Application
presents	O
a	O
Best	O
Paper	O
Award	O
to	O
recognizes	O
papers	O
presented	O
at	O
the	O
annual	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
conference	O
that	O
advance	O
the	O
fundamental	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
knowledge	O
discovery	O
in	O
data	O
and	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winning	O
the	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
Best	O
Paper	O
Award	O
(	O
Best	O
Research	O
Track	O
Paper	O
)	O
is	O
widely	O
considered	O
an	O
internationally	O
recognized	O
significant	O
achievement	O
in	O
a	O
researcher	O
's	O
career	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
award	O
recognizes	O
innovative	O
scholarly	O
articles	O
that	O
advance	O
the	O
fundamental	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
knowledge	O
discovery	O
in	O
data	O
and	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
,	O
all	O
papers	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
conference	O
are	O
reviewed	O
by	O
research	O
track	O
program	O
committee	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
determination	O
of	O
the	O
award	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
advancement	O
made	O
by	O
authors	O
through	O
the	O
paper	O
to	O
the	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
knowledge	O
discovery	O
and	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anyone	O
who	O
submits	O
a	O
scholarly	O
article	O
to	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
is	O
considered	O
for	O
this	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
Best	O
Paper	O
Award	O
(	O
Best	O
Research	O
Track	O
Paper	O
)	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
49	O
individuals	O
between	O
1997	O
and	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Year	O
Name	O
Position	O
Affiliation	O
1997	O
Foster	O
Provost	O
Professor	O
New	O
York	O
University	O
1997	O
Tom	O
Fawcett	O
Principal	O
Data	O
Scientist	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
Data	O
Science	O
1998	O
,	O
1999	O
Pedro	O
Domingos	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
2000	O
Anne	O
Rogers	O
Associate	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
Chicago	O
2000	O
Daryl	O
Pregibon	O
(	O
Former	O
)	O
Head	O
of	O
Statistical	O
Research	O
AT&T	O
Labs	O
and	O
Bell	O
Labs	O
2000	O
Kathleen	O
Fisher	O
Chair	O
&	O
Professor	O
Tufts	O
University	O
2000	O
Corinna	O
Cortes	O
Head	O
of	O
Research	O
Google	O
2001	O
Ruben	O
H	O
.	O
Zamar	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
British	O
Columbia	O
2001	O
Raymond	O
T	O
.	O
Ng	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
British	O
Columbia	O
2001	O
Edwin	O
M	O
.	O
Knorr	O
Tenured	O
Senior	O
Instructor	O
University	O
of	O
British	O
Columbia	O
2002	O
Padhraic	O
Smyth	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Irvine	O
Associate	O
Director	O
Center	O
for	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
and	O
Intelligent	O
Systems	O
2002	O
Darya	O
Chudova	O
VP	O
of	O
Bioinformatics	O
Guardant	O
Health	O
2003	O
Éva	O
Tardos	O
Professor	O
&	O
Dean	O
Cornell	O
University	O
2003	O
,	O
2005	O
Jon	O
Kleinberg	O
Professor	O
Cornell	O
University	O
Member	O
National	O
Academy	O
of	O
Sciences	O
National	O
Academy	O
of	O
Engineering	O
American	O
Academy	O
of	O
Arts	O
and	O
Sciences	O
2003	O
David	O
Kempe	O
Associate	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
Southern	O
California	O
2004	O
Raymond	O
J	O
.	O
Mooney	O
Professor	O
The	O
University	O
of	O
Texas	O
at	O
Austin	O
2004	O
Mikhail	O
(	O
Misha	O
)	O
Bilenko	O
Head	O
of	O
AI	O
and	O
Research	O
Yandex	O
2004	O
Sugato	O
Basu	O
Principal	O
Scientist	O
Google	O
2004	O
,	O
2005	O
Christos	O
Faloutsos	O
Professor	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
Fellow	O
ACM	O
2005	O
Jure	O
Leskovec	O
Associate	O
Professor	O
Stanford	O
University	O
Chief	O
Scientist	O
Pinterest	O
Member	O
,	O
Board	O
of	O
Directors	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
2006	O
Thorsten	O
Joachims	O
Chair	O
&	O
Professor	O
Cornell	O
University	O
Fellow	O
ACM	O
,	O
AAAI	O
,	O
Humboldt	O
2007	O
Srujana	O
Merugu	O
Principal	O
Data	O
Scientist	O
Flipkart	O
2007	O
Deepak	O
Agarwal	O
VP	O
of	O
Engineering	O
LinkedIn	O
Fellow	O
American	O
Statistical	O
Association	O
Member	O
,	O
Board	O
of	O
Directors	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
2008	O
Wei	O
Wang	O
Chair	O
&	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
Director	O
Scalable	O
Analytics	O
Institute	O
2008	O
Fei	O
Zhou	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
Florida	O
2008	O
Xiang	O
Zhang	O
Associate	O
Professor	O
Pennsylvania	O
State	O
University	O
2009	O
Yehuda	O
Koren	O
Staff	O
Research	O
Scientist	O
Google	O
2010	O
Carlos	O
Guestrin	O
Director	O
of	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
Professor	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
Co-founder	O
,	O
CEO	O
Turi	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Best	O
Student	O
Paper	O
Award	O
"	O
recognizes	O
papers	O
presented	O
at	O
the	O
annual	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
conference	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
student	O
as	O
a	O
first	O
author	O
,	O
that	O
advance	O
the	O
fundamental	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
knowledge	O
discovery	O
in	O
data	O
and	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
sponsors	O
the	O
KDD	B-Application
Cup	O
competition	O
every	O
year	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
annual	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
industry	O
and	O
academia	O
,	O
particularly	O
students	O
,	O
interested	O
in	O
KDD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
has	O
also	O
published	O
a	O
biannual	O
academic	O
journal	O
titled	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
Explorations	O
since	O
June	O
1999	O
when	O
Usama	O
Fayyad	O
took	O
on	O
role	O
of	O
Founding	O
Editor-inChief	O
as	O
ACM	B-Operating_System
SIGKDD	I-Operating_System
was	O
formed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
founding	O
Board	O
of	O
Directors	O
of	O
SIGKDD	B-Operating_System
in	O
1998	O
consist	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
