The Fifth ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2012)

WSDM (pronounced "wisdom") is the premier international ACM conference covering research in the areas of search and data mining on the Web. The Fifth ACM WSDM Conference took place in Seattle, Washington, USA during February 8-12, 2012. WSDM publishes original, high quality papers and presentations related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web, with an emphasis on practical but principled novel models of search, retrieval and data mining, algorithm design and analysis, economic implications, and in-depth experimental analysis of accuracy and performance. WSDM 2012 was a highly selective, single track meeting that includes invited talks as well as oral and poster presentations of refereed papers.