BIDMA organizing committee invites you to participate in the first edition of Big Data Management and Analytics symposium proceedings, to be held on April 17-18, 2017, 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).

Tracks

Papers can be submitted to one of the following tracks:

a) Academic Track
The objective of the Academic Track at BIDMA 2017 is to provide a strong basis for collaboration among researchers to conduct research in the field of data management and data analytics. BIDMA 2017 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 2017 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) 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 2017 Symposium. These Students will be given an opportunity to get feedback and advice on how to improve their PhD thesis research.

Topics

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 Management and Analytics

    Big Data Persistence and Preservation
    Big Data Quality and Provenance Control
    Management Issues of Social Network Big Data
    Privacy Preserving Big Data Analytics

Security Applications of Big Data

    Anomaly Detection in Very Large Scale Systems
    Collaborative Threat Detection using Big Data Analytics
    Big Data Encryption

Big Data for Enterprise, Government and Society

    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

Big Data in Education

    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

Best Paper Award

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.