Scope & Topics
- Techniques for utilizing
foundation models (like LLMs) for data preprocessing and feature extraction in mining large
datasets.
- Foundation models for anomaly
detection, clustering, and classification in data mining.
- Mining unstructured data using
foundation models for improved pattern recognition and data analysis.
- Sentiment analysis using
foundation models in diverse applications and industries.
- Emotion recognition and
affective computing through foundation models.
- Understanding human emotions
through large-scale textual data and deep learning techniques.
- Investigating affective
computing methods integrating linguistic and computational approaches, aiming to understand and
interpret emotions, sentiments, and affective states through machine learning and foundation
models, e.g., LLMs, or other data mining techniques.
- Interpretability and
explainability of foundation models in affective computing.
- Utilizing foundation models,
e.g., LLMs for large-scale data analysis and pattern recognition.
- Ethical considerations in
deploying foundation models for data mining and affective computing.
- Addressing biases and fairness
issues in foundation model-based applications.
- Societal impact and privacy
concerns related to the utilization of LLMs.
- Adaptation and fine-tuning of
foundation models, e.g., LLMs for domain-specific affective data.
- Applications of foundation
models, e.g., LLMs in sentiment-aware decision-making processes.
- Semantic understanding and
context-based affective analysis.
- Techniques to interpret and
explain the predictions of foundation models in data mining and affective computing.
- Explaining the decision-making
process of foundation models for better transparency and trust.
- Encompassing language modeling,
text generation, sentiment analysis, summarization, and various aspects of data mining.
- Architecture and functioning of
foundation models, such as LLMs (e.g., ChatGPT).
- Integration of visual, textual,
and phonetic information using foundation models for improved data understanding and analysis.
- Multimodal sentiment analysis
and affective computing with fusion of diverse data sources.
- Conversational AI and text
generation tasks.
- Applications of foundation
models, e.g., LLMs in healthcare, finance, customer service, education, and other
industry-specific domains.
- Case studies and success
stories showcasing the impact of foundation models in various fields.
- Hands-on sessions for
participants to engage with foundation models, e.g., LLMs, experiment with applications, and
brainstorm future directions in the field.
Paper Submission
Submitted papers must be in English. The Program
Committee will undertake a double-blind review of all papers based on their technical merit,
relevance to the field of data mining, originality, significance, and clarity. Every submitted paper
should include an abstract of no more than 200 words and should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages
using a 10pt font size, including references, appendices, etc. Authors are instructed to follow the
Springer LNCS/LNAI manuscript submission guidelines for their submissions.
The Microsoft CMT service ( https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com) is used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service is provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support. All papers must be electronically submitted via the
CMT paper submission system
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/RAFDA2025), and only in PDF format.
Although authors can submit supplementary material in a separate PDF file, the reviewers are not
obliged to consider it. Any papers failing to adhere to the Submission Policy will be rejected
without review. Submitting a paper signifies that if the paper is accepted, at least one author will
undertake regular registration and present the paper.
All submissions to RAFDA must be original work and
not be under review or published in any other conference or journal. Submissions of papers must
conform to the double-blind review policy, requiring the removal of any information identifying the
author(s) from the main manuscript and any supplementary files. In discussing previous work, authors
should reference their own studies in the third person and include all appropriate citations.
Formatting Template
All manuscripts should strictly adhere to the
aforementioned format for preparation and submission. Deviation from this format may result in the
disqualification of the paper from the RAFDA workshop of the conference.
Journal Publication
Extended versions of selected workshop papers will
be published in either Cognitive Computation or IEEE ACSA.