General Chairs

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Won Kim
EMRO
Jae-Gil Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Kyuseok Shim
Seoul National University

Research Track Program Chairs

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Xiangliang Zhang
University of Notre Dame
Srinivasan Parthasarathy
Ohio State University
James Caverlee
Texas A&M University
David Gleich
Purdue University

Applied Data Science Track Program Chairs

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WeeHyong Tok
Microsoft
Qi He
Microsoft
Faisal Farooq
Pinterest
Romer Rosales
YouTube

Datasets and Benchmarks Track Program Chairs

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Yan Liu
University of Southern California
Haixun Wang
EvenUp
Sayan Ranu
Indian Institute of Technology

AI for Science Track Program Chairs

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Carl Yang
Emory University
Leman Akoglu
Carnegie Mellon University

Blue Sky Ideas Track Program Chairs

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Vagelis Papalexakis
University of California Riverside
Nitesh Chawla
University of Notre Dame

Applied Data Science Invited Talk Chairs

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Ron Bekkerman
NJIT and Constellation Data Labs
Balaji Krishnapuram
LinkedIn

Local Arrangement Chairs

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Ok-Ran Jeong
Gachon University
Ki Yong Lee
Sookmyung Women’s University
Ha-Joo Song
Pukyong National University
Jungeun Kim
Inha University

Web Chairs

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Jonathan Ventura
Cal Poly SLO
Suan Lee
Semyung University

Lecture-Style Tutorial Chairs

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Meng Jiang
University of Notre Dame
U Kang
Seoul National University

Hands-on Tutorial Chairs

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Lingyang Chu
McMaster University
Kijung Shin
KAIST

Panel Chairs

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Jian Pei
Duke University
Vipin Kumar
University of Minnesota

Workshop Chairs

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Lei Chen
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Peng Cui
Tsinghua University
Karina Gibert
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Xavier Angerri
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Joyce Jiyoung Whang
KAIST

Social Media / Publicity Chairs

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Bingxue ZHANG
University of Shanghai  for Science and Technology
Eliana Pastor
Politecnico di Torino
Jessie Li
Yunqi Academy of Engineering
Susik Yoon
Korea University

Finance Chairs

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Fanny Ye
University of Notre Dame
Chulyun Kim
Sookmyung Women’s University

Sponsorship Chairs

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Shenghua Bao
Amazon
Huiji Gao
Airbnb
Xin Wang
Tianjin University
Woong-Kee Loh
Gachon University

KDD Cup Chairs

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Tim Weninger
University of Notre Dame
Shobeir Fakhraei
Amazon
Jongwuk Lee
Sungkyunkwan University

Proceeding Chairs

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Zhe Jiang
University of Florida
Daiwei Zhou
Virginia Tech
Joonho Kwon
Pusan National University

Poster Chairs

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Sungsu Lim
Chungnam National University
Elena Zheleva
University of Illinois Chicago
Yanjie Fu
Arizona State University

Undergraduate Consortium Chairs

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David Anastasiu
Santa Clara University
Agoritsa Polyzou
Florida International University
Simon Woo
Sungkyunkwan University

PhD Consortium Chairs

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Matteo Riondato
Amherst College
Giulia Preti
CENTAI

Student Travel Award Chairs

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Francesco Pierri
Politecnico di Milano
Chen Chen
University of Virginia
Elisa Fromont
Université de Rennes

Artifact Badging Chairs

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Daniel Garijo
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Ying Sun
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Ethics Chairs

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Claudia Perlich
Two Sigma
WeeHyong Tok
Microsoft

Liaison Representatives,
Jeju Autonomous Provincial Government and KDD 2026

Jinhun Cho
Jeju Tourism Organization
Jeongeun You
Jeju Tourism Organization