8^th French-speaking conference on knowledge discovery and management (EGC2008): conference report

In this paper, we provide a report about the 8th French-speaking conference on Knowledge Discovery and Management (EGC'2008) [1] held in Sophia Antipolis, France, from January 29^th to February 1^st, 2008. Since 2001, this annual conference has been supported by the French-speaking association (EGC Association) which aims at promoting Data Mining and Knowledge Management for both research issues and applications in companies. EGC2008 may be summarized in some key figures: 130 submitted papers, 40 accepted long papers (33% selection ratio) published in a special issue of a review and completed with 30 short papers, 15 posters, and 8 software demonstrations; 9 joined workshops and 2 tutorials; 4 keynote talks; a best paper contest rewarded by 2 prizes of 1500 euros each; and 250 participants from 14 countries.

The 9th EGC conference will be held in Strasbourg, France, in January 27-30, 2009 [2].