Intelligent Data Analysis

These fields complement each other: Many statistical methods, particularly those for large data sets, rely on computation, but brute computing power is no substitute for statistical knowledge. Thus, we are seeing the development of intelligent systems for data analysis. To provide an international forum for the discussion of these topics, a series of symposia on IDA was started in 1995 (Liu 1996). In 1997, the Second International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA97) was held at Birkbeck College, University of London, on 4 to 6 August. Almost 130 people from 20 countries in 4 continents attended.