Publications & Talks

Research Presentation at a workshop held within KDD2025

At UrbComp 2025 (The 14th International Workshop on Urban Computing), held within KDD 2025 in Toronto, Canada, from 3 – 7 August 2025, second-year doctoral student Haruki Yonekura gave an oral presentation entitled:

Evaluating Attribute Inference Risks in Urban Care Taxi Arrival Time Prediction Models Using Geospatial Data

  • Yuya Takeuchi, Haruki Yonekura, Kyosuke Yamashita and Hirozumi Yamaguchi


Out of 10 submissions, 6 papers were accepted in the workshop, and this paper was selected as a Best Workshop Paper Candidate.

KDD is a CORE A* top-tier conference in the field of data mining. 
This year, the acceptance rates for the Principal Tracks in KDD2025 were informed as below.

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| Acceptance Rate                             | August 2024 Cycle   | February 2025 Cycle  |
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| Research Track (92 sessions)                | 19.3% (187/967)     | 18.4% (365/1988)     |
| Applied Data Science Track (29 sessions)    | 19.9% (63/316)      | 18.4% (92/500)       |
| Datasets and Benchmarks Track (11 sessions) |              23.7% (68/286)                |
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It appears that KDD 2026 is scheduled to be held in Jeju Island, Korea(offering visa-free entry to most nationalities arriving on direct flights from abroad).

Further information:
UrbComp 2025 – https://urbcomp25.netlify.app/
KDD 2025 – https://kdd2025.kdd.org/