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Important Information for International Participants:
International participants will be allowed to present remotely only in case none of the authors is able to attend the conference in person due
to visa issues. Authors interested in presenting remotely should contact communications chair Jalal Kawash to share the visa refusal document
issued by Canadian Consulate. Approval will be done on case by case basis and there is no guarantee that remote presentations will be allowed.
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BIDMA organizing committee invites you to participate in the first edition of Big Data Management and Analytics symposium proceedings, to be held on April 24-25, 2018, Calgary, Canada. The theme topic of the conference will all revolve not only around technology aspect of Big Data management but also business and application aspect of different services (web-based services, cloud-based services, business services, mobile services, and Big Data services).
Papers can be submitted to one of the following tracks:
a) Academic Track
The objective of the Academic Track at BIDMA 2018 is to provide a strong basis for collaboration among researchers to conduct research in the field of data management and data analytics. BIDMA 2018 strives to offer papers which describe various tools, techniques and methodologies which explore the contemporary challenges with data management, processing and analytics.
b) Industry Track
The objective of the Industry Track at BIDMA 2018 is to establish dialog and encourage collaboration among practitioners and researchers in the data analytics community. The industry track papers will address the application of data management and data analytics to a specific problem domain.
c) Education Track
This track explores research questions surrounding the role of data in education. Topics such as data-driven education as well as Big Data in curricula are addressed.
c) Thesis Track
This track is intended for students at any stage of their PhD work. The selected students will be requested to present their work in a special session of the BIDMA 2018 Symposium. These Students will be given an opportunity to get feedback and advice on how to improve their PhD thesis research.
Major topics include but not limited to the following:
Big Data Models, Algorithms and Architecture
- Foundational Models for Big Data
- Algorithms and Programming Techniques for Big Data Processing
- Big Data Analytics and Metrics
- Representation Formats for Multimedia Big Data
- Cloud Computing Techniques for Big Data
- Big Data as a Service
- Big Data Open Platforms
- Algorithms and Systems for Big Data Search
- Machine learning based on Big Data
- Visualization Analytics for Big Data
- Big Data Persistence and Preservation
- Big Data Quality and Provenance Control
- Management Issues of Social Network Big Data
- Privacy Preserving Big Data Analytics
- Anomaly Detection in Very Large Scale Systems
- Collaborative Threat Detection using Big Data Analytics
- Big Data Encryption
- Big Data Economics
- Real-life Case Studies of Value Creation through Big Data Analytics
- Big Data for Business Model Innovation
- Big Data Toolkits
- Big Data in Business Performance Management
- Scientific Applications of Big Data
- Large-scale Social Media and Recommendation Systems
- Experiences with Big Data Project Deployments
- Big Data in Enterprise Management Models and Practices
- Big Data in Government Management Models and Practices
- Big Data in Smart Planet Solutions
- Big Data for Enterprise Transformation
- Curriculum Development in Big Data
- Pedagogical Methods in Big Data Analysis
- Data Science Curricula
- Development and Challenges in Data-Oriented Education
- Building Repositories to Support Education
BIDMA will be presenting a Best Paper award. The best paper will be selected by separate committee and will be the one that reports the most novel and promising research work that has a high potential impact in the real world. The prize consists of an official certificate and reward in cash.
Accepted papers will be published in a Springer book as part of the book series: “Studies on Big Data.” Please see publications from previous BIDMA conferences for details:
'www.springer.com/us/book/9783319602547'
Highlighting the Importance of Big Data Management and more
'www.springer.com'
This book addresses the impacts of various types of services such as infrastructure, platforms, software, and business processes that cloud computing and more