*To be
removed from our mailing list, please
respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the
subject line*
********************************************************
2nd
BigDat
2016
Organized
by:
Rovira i
Virgili University
http://grammars.grlmc.com/bigdat2016/
********************************************************
AIM:
BigDat 2016 will be a research training
event addressed
to graduates and postgraduates in the first steps of
their academic career. With
a global scope, it aims at updating them about the most
recent advances in the critical
and fast developing area of big data, which covers a
large spectrum of current exciting
research and industrial innovation with an extraordinary
potential for a huge
impact on scientific discoveries, medicine, engineering,
business models, and
society itself. Renowned academics and industry pioneers
will lecture and share
their views with the audience.
Most big data subareas will be displayed,
namely: foundations,
infrastructure, management, search and mining, security
and privacy, and applications.
Main challenges of analytics, management and storage of
big data will be
identified through 5 keynote lectures, 16 six-hour
courses, and 1 round table,
which will tackle the most active and promising topics.
The organizers are
convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the
brightest and most
motivated students. Interaction will be a main component
of the event. An open
session will give participants the opportunity to
present their own work in
progress in 5 minutes.
ADDRESSED TO:
Graduates and postgraduates from around the
world. There
are no formal pre-requisites in terms of academic
degrees. However, since there
will be differences in the course levels, specific
knowledge background may be assumed
for some of them. BigDat 2016 is also appropriate for
more senior people who
want to keep themselves updated on recent developments
and future trends. All
will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss with
major researchers,
industry leaders and innovators.
REGIME:
In addition to keynotes, at least 2 courses
will run
in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be
able to freely choose
the courses they will be willing to attend as well as to
move from one to
another.
VENUE:
BigDat 2016 will take place in
DeustoTech,
Avda. Universidades, 24
48014
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
tba
PROFESSORS AND COURSES: (to
be completed)
Nektarios Benekos (European Organization
for Nuclear
Research), [introductory/intermediate] Exploring the
Mysteries of our Cosmos:
the Big Deal between Big Data and Big Science
Hendrik Blockeel (KU Leuven),
[intermediate] Decision
Trees for Big Data Analytics
Edward Y. Chang (HTC Health,
Hertfordshire), tba
Nello Cristianini (
Ernesto Damiani (
George Karypis (
Chih-Jen Lin (
Wladek Minor (
Jeffrey Ullman (
Alexandre Vaniachine (Argonne National
Laboratory),
[introductory/advanced] Big Data: Comparison with
Computational Models
Mohammed J. Zaki (Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute), [introductory/advanced]
Large Scale Graph Analytics and Mining
OPEN SESSION
An open session will collect 5-minute
presentations of
work in progress by participants. They should submit a
half-page abstract
containing title, authors, and summary of the research
to adrian.dediu@urv.cat
by
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Adrian Horia Dediu
Carlos Mart��n-Vide (co-chair)
Borja
Sanz (co-chair)
Florentina
Lilica Voicu
REGISTRATION:
It has to be done at
http://grammars.grlmc.com/bigdat2016/registration.php
The selection of up to 8 courses requested
in the
registration template is only tentative and non-binding.
For the sake of
organization, it will be helpful to have an
approximation of the respective
demand for each course.
Since the capacity of the venue is limited,
registration requests will be processed on a first come
first served basis. The
registration period will be closed and the on-line
registration facility
disabled when the capacity of the venue will be
complete. It is much
recommended to register prior to the event.
FEES:
Participants are expected to attend
full-time. Fees
are a flat rate allowing the attendance to all courses
during the week. There
are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on
the registration deadline.
ACCOMMODATION:
Suggestions of accommodation will be
available on the
webpage in due time.
CERTIFICATE:
Participants will be delivered a
certificate of attendance.
QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Rovira i