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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">please consider submitting original research work at the intersection of AI, data science, and applications to the
<b>IEEE SDS 2025, to be held in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 26-27, 2025.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Specifically, address central questions such as:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">What novel developments in AI, machine learning, data representations, and computing frameworks and tools can open new application domains?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Which interesting applications challenge the state of the art?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Which applications address the most urgent societal or business needs but currently lack efficient solutions?
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We invite original research submissions focusing on novelty, best practice and use case orientation.
<b>Submissions are required to demonstrate both scientific-technical depth and practical applicability</b>,
<b>encompassing methods along the full pipeline of data science and AI systems</b> - from data acquisition and data management, through data analysis using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), to visualization, data product design, and the management
of societal effects. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Topics of Interest Topics include but are not limited to, the following
<b>key focus areas for 2025</b>: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-US">Large Language and Foundation Models
<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-US">Human-AI Interaction
<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-US">AI and Data Analytics for Science
<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-US">AI and Society</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There are short (4 pages, IEEE 2-column format) and long papers (8 pages) are accepted. All accepted publications will by published by IEEE on IEEE Xplore. The acceptance rate of 2024 was ~35%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Important dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Submission deadline: February 7, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Review until: March 20, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Rebuttal Period: March 31 - April 4 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Decision Notification: April 16, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please find the full call for papers here:
<a href="https://mcusercontent.com/de4b4a6f3f2494d677593a7f4/files/5e9ab53c-6e46-106b-2163-3e36b6863f74/SDS2025_CallforPapers.pdf">
https://mcusercontent.com/de4b4a6f3f2494d677593a7f4/files/5e9ab53c-6e46-106b-2163-3e36b6863f74/SDS2025_CallforPapers.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best, Thilo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">ZHAW School of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Prof. Dr. Thilo Stadelmann, FECLT, SMIEEE<br>
<br>
[aktuell abwesend als Gastprofessor an der Universität Zürich, Institut für Neuroinformatik, bis Februar 2025]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Zentrumsleiter Centre for Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Leiter Machine Perception and Cognition Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Tel: +41 58 934 72 08, Fax: +41 58 935 72 08<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Email:<span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="thilo.stadelmann@zhaw.ch"><span style="color:#0563C1">thilo.stadelmann@zhaw.ch</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Web:<span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="http://www.zhaw.ch/cai"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.zhaw.ch/cai</span></a>,
<a href="http://stdm.github.io/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://stdm.github.io</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Büro: TN 03.64, Technikumstrasse 71, CH-8400 Winterthur<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Postanschrift: ZHAW School of Engineering, Thilo Stadelmann, Postfach, 8401 Winterthur, Schweiz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Lageplan:<span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/hochschule/lageplaene/lageplan-winterthur-technikumstrasse.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/hochschule/lageplaene/lageplan-winterthur-technikumstrasse.pdf</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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