Call for Papers

Only abstract submission is required for acceptance before the conference. Authors will be asked to submit full papers after the conference to be published.

BIDMA organizing committee invites you to participate in the third International Symposium on Big Data Management and Analytics (BIDMA 2018), to be held on April 24-25, in Calgary, Canada. The theme topics of the symposium include the technology aspect of Big Data management, as well as business and application aspects 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 2018 is to provide a strong basis for collaboration among researchers to conduct research in the field of data management and data analytics. BIDMA 2018strives 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 dialogue 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.

d) Thesis Track

This track is intended for students at any stage of their Ph.D. 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 Ph.D. 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.

Publications

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:

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319602547

Submission

Extended Abstracts are welcome. Full papers will be published in an edited book after the conference.

Full paper manuscripts must be in English with a maximum length of 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template).Submissions should be in PDF and include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es) and abstract on the first page. The EasyChair submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bidma2018

Key Dates

Paper submission deadline: February 23, 2018, 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07)

Only abstract submission is required for acceptance before the conference. Authors will be asked to submit full papers after the conference to be published.

Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2018

Symposium events: April 24-25, 2018