We invite papers on anomaly and novelty detection with applications for the financial industry. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Unsupervised approaches
• Semi-supervised approaches
• Spectral methods
• Model-based algorithms (including neural nets, Bayesian nets, SVM’s, rule-based)
• Statistical methods
• Information theoretic approaches
• Graph/Network algorithms
• Use-Cases:
  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
  • Fraud
  • Identity Theft and Fake Account Registration
  • Risk Modeling
  • Account Takeover
  • Promotion Credit Abuse
  • Customer Behavior Analytics
  • Cyber Security

Papers may be submitted for one of the following types of sessions:

• Feature Presentation: These will be 20 minute presentations of a well-studied problem relevant to the financial industry in one of the above listed topics. Submissions to this session should be a short paper of 3-5 (maximum) pages containing an in-depth discussion of the problem addressed and the proposed solution.
• Spotlight Presentation: These will be 5 minute presentations covering ongoing research and novel applications. Submissions to this session should include a one-page summary of the work-in-progress or a novel application.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Submissions must be in PDF format and formatted according to the new Standard ACM Conference Proceedings Template. All submitted papers must be original and should not be under review or accepted for publication elsewhere. Papers will be reviewed and selected by the program committee on the basis of originality, presentation and technical quality.

The short paper for the Feature Presentation should be of maximum 5 pages. The one-page summary for the Spotlight Presentation must be in the form of a structured abstract limited to 500 words. Both the paper and the one-page summary must include clearly written sections with the following details:

• Introduction: Describing the motivation and the problem that is being solved by the authors
• Methodology: Describing the methods and algorithms used or proposed
• Results: Explaining the key findings of the work
• Conclusions: Closing comments from the authors

PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers must be submitted via the following link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kddadf2017

IMPORTANT DATES

• Workshop paper submissions: May 21, 2017 (11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time)
• Workshop paper notifications: June 16, 2017

CONTACT

kdd dot adf dot 2017 at gmail dot com