The main topic areas include, but are not limited to:

Benchmarks, metrics, and workload characterization for Big Data
Data streaming, data driven intelligence, dynamic applications
Data modelling, management and analytics
Scalability and elasticity in data storage
Cloud storage architectures for Big Data
Cloud Computing for data-intensive computing
Smart Environments for data gathering
Query processing and indexing
Data Security and privacy
Availability, fault tolerance and recovery issues
Content delivery networks, graphical user interfaces and visualization techniques
Data management within and across multiple geographically distributed data centers

Submission guidelines

Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be scheduled for oral presentations and will be included in the conference proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and attend the conference to present the work.

Selected papers from this workshop will be invited to submit an extended version for a possible publication at a Special Issue of the International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, see: http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-distributed-systems-technologies/1164