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Submissions are open! Submit your success stories!

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<A class=RE href="http://www.datamininglab.com/">Elder Research Inc </A>agrees to sponsor DMCS Practice Prize

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<P>&nbsp;Congratulations to the DMCS Practice Prize Winners for 2007 </P>
<P class=MsoToc2 style="MARGIN: 0in 81pt 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">[2nd Place] </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">R. Lawrence, C. Perlich, S. Rosset, I. Khabibrakhmanov, S. Mahatma, S. Weiss, </FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>IBM T.J.Watson Research Center</EM></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoToc3 style="MARGIN: 0in 81pt 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">[1st Place] </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Joseph Bugajski, Chris Curry, Robert Grossman, David Locke, Steve Vejcik, </FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>Open Data Group and Visa International<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></FONT></P>
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