The 6th Swiss Conference on Data Science 2019 (SDS2019, 14 June 2019, Bern) brings together researchers and practitioners, as well as decision-makers and opinion-leaders with interest in Data Science. The goal is to foster the exchange of ideas for innovative research, products and services especially for the Swiss market and to sustain the community of Data Scientists.

The SDS has grown substantially in the last years, and today it is probably the most important event in Switzerland where academics and industrial innovators meet and exchange. In 2019, we want to substantially improve the visibility of the great research that is being done at our universities, and in particular among our academic members.

As a researcher of our community, you are contributing actively to the progress of Data Science and data-enabled services. I want to ask you to present the highlights of your research at SDS 2019.

For 2019, we have invested strongly to increase the attractivity of the conference for academics:

• Conference is now IEEE technically co-sponsored
• Publication: Accepted academic paper proceedings will be published in IEEE Xplore digital library
• Three award programs: best paper award, best presentation award, best reproducibility award

In the name of the academic program committee, I sincerely invite you to submit your research papers, and help to make the SDS the place where the Swiss academic research in Data Science and data-enabled services and products is showcased. Submission deadline: 1 Feb 2019.

For details consult the conference webpage.