ADMA2026 Call for Special Session Proposals

The 22^nd International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA2026) will be held in Hong Kong SAR, China, November 1-3, 2026. ADMA2026 aims at bringing together the experts on data mining from around the world, and providing a leading international forum for the dissemination of original research findings in data mining, spanning applications, algorithms, software and systems, as well as different applied disciplines with potential in data mining. This time-honored conference has been ranked C level by CCF (China Computer Federation).

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in this premier annual event through organising Special Sessions on particular research and applications of advanced data mining. ADMA2026 special sessions are an important part of the main conference program, aiming to promote emerging and cross-disciplinary data mining research areas that are not well established at an advanced level or require intensive domain specific expertise, e.g., bioinformatics, healthcare, cyber security, transportation, manufacturing, finance, and commerce. The same evaluation criteria and quality control apply as for the main conference, but the papers must adhere to the area of the special session they are submitted to, and the reviewers should be experts in that area. All accepted special session papers will be included in the ADMA2026 proceedings.

We welcome proposals of organizing special sessions to initiate and strengthen interaction and cooperation among different communities. Special session proposals will be reviewed based on their topic quality and compliance to the submission guideline as well as their relationship to the main conference themes and topics. Preference may be given to timely topics that are critical for data mining and applications, inspire highly interactive discussions, and showcase the impact of advanced data mining techniques.

Important Dates

Proposal Submission Guideline

Special session proposals should be sent directly as pdf to the Special Session Track Chairs via email. The proposal should include the following information:

• Title: title (and possibly acronym) of the special session.

• Abstract: no more than 100 words, to allow conference attendees to understand the topic and the focus of the special session.

• Aims and Scope: Description of its aims and the scope of suggested topics, for the interest of the general data mining community and the ADMA2026 attendees.

• Rationale: Explanation and justification on the novelty and timeliness of the special session, and its relevance to the ADMA community.

• Organization Team: Provide a list of organizers, with nominating at least one of them being the primary contact person(s). Specific information required for each organizer:

• Names

• Affiliations

• Country

• Short bio (including relevant event organisation experience)

• Primary contact person or not.

• E-mail

• Homepage (if any)

• A list of potential Technical Program Committee members.

• Estimated number of submissions. Each submission should NOT exceed 15 pages in LNAI format.

• Summary for the previous editions of this special session (if any), including particularly the number of papers received/accepted.

Special Session Organisation Guideline

• A website with the “call for papers” information for the accepted special session should be created and widely publicized via various mailing list and on social media.

• The important dates should comply with the following timeline:

  • Paper Submission Deadline: May 29, 2026

  • Paper Notification: August 3, 2026

  • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: August 17, 2026

• Submission site: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ADMA2026

• Special session organizers join the “Special Session” track on the submission site as a track chair and should be able to manage reviewers and submissions. All submissions of a special session can be easily selected by ticking the corresponding option of “SUBJECT AREAS”.

• Special session papers strictly follow the same specifications, requirements, and policies as the main track submissions in terms of the paper length, formatting, and important policies. Please refer to “Submission Guidelines” in the main track Call for Papers.

• The peer-review of special session submissions is coordinated by the corresponding special session organizers and should be fully aligned to the main track reviewing process and criteria. Technical Program Committee members should be invited and managed by the special session organizers, but the peer-review should be double-blind.

• The special session organizers make recommendations of accepting/rejecting a paper in their special session, which must be validated by the Special Session Track Chairs. The final decision of accepting/rejecting a special session paper is made by the ADMA2026 Program Chairs to ensure uniform quality control for all special sessions and consistency with the main track.

CMT Acknowledgment

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Contact Program Chairs

• Weitong Chen (Adelaide University, Australia): weitong.chen@adelaide.edu.au
• Guanfeng Liu (Macquarie University, Australia): guanfeng.liu@mq.edu.au
• Wei Hu (Nanjing University, China): whu@nju.edu.cn