Abstract :
This is the twelfth annual IEEE International Conference on Data Mining. It has grown in size and stature, and is considered today as a premier international research conference on data mining. After San Jose, USA (2001), Maebashi City, Japan (2001), Melbourne, USA (2003), Brighton, UK (2004), Houston, USA (2005), Hong Kong, China (2006), Omaha, USA (2007), Pisa, Italy (2008), Miami, USA (2009), Sydney, Australia (2010) and Vancouver, Canada (2011) it is fitting that ICDM return to Europe.
