Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis XVIII : 18th International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis, IDA 2020 Konstanz, Germany, April 27–29, 2020 Proceedings

Abstract

We are proud to present the proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA 2020), which was held during April 27–29, 2020, in Konstanz, Germany. The first symposium of this series was organized in 1995 and held biannually until 2009, when the conference switched to being held annually. Following demand expressed by the IDA community in a survey held in 2018, IDA 2020 was the first of the series to take place in spring rather than fall, as was common before. The switch to April, and a more organized outreach to the community, coincided with an increase in the number of submissions from 65 in 2018, to 114 in 2020. After a rigorous review process, 45 of these 114 submissions were accepted for presentation. Almost all submissions were reviewed by at least three Program Committee (PC) members (only two papers had two reviews) and a substantial number of submissions received more than three reviews. In addition to the PC, the review process also involved program chair advisors – a select set of senior researchers with a multi-year involvement in the IDA symposium series. Whenever a program chair advisor flagged a paper with an informed, thoughtful, positive review due to the paper presenting a particularly interesting and novel idea, the paper was accepted irrespective of the other reviews. Each accepted paper was offered a slot for either oral presentation (15 papers) or poster presentation (30 papers). We wish to express our gratitude to the authors of all submitted papers for their high-quality contributions; to the PC members and additional reviewers for their efforts in reviewing, discussing, and commenting on all submitted papers; to the program chair advisors for their active involvement; and to the IDA council for their ongoing guidance and support. Many people have helped behind the scenes to make IDA 2020 possible, but this year we are particularly grateful to our publicity chairs who helped spread the word: Daniela Gawehns and Hugo Manuel Proença!