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CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2nd INNS Conference on Big Data 2016

October 23-25, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece

http://conferences.cwa.gr/inns-big-data2016/

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Big data is not just about storage of and access to data. Analytics play a big role in making sense

of that data and exploiting its value. But learning from big data has become a significant challenge

and requires development of new types of algorithms. Most machine learning algorithms can’t easily

scale up to big data. Plus there are challenges of high-dimensionality, velocity and variety.

The neural network field has historically focused on algorithms that learn in an online, incremental

mode without requiring in-memory access to huge amounts of data. This type of learning is not only

ideal for streaming data (as in the Industrial Internet or the Internet of Things), but could also be

used on stored big data. Neural network technologies thus can become significant components of big

data analytics platforms and this inaugural INNS Conference on Big Data will begin that collaborative

adventure with big data and other learning technologies.

Thus the aim of this conference is to promote new advances and research directions in efficient and

innovative algorithmic approaches to analyzing big data (e.g. deep networks, nature-inspired and

brain-inspired algorithms), implementations on different computing platforms (e.g. neuromorphic,

GPUs, clouds, clusters) and applications of Big Data Analytics to solve real-world problems

(e.g. weather prediction, transportation, energy management).

#################### Important dates #####################

- Tutorial and workshops proposals:                             February 15th, 2016

- Notification of tutorial and workshops proposals: February 20th, 2016

- Paper submission:                                                             April 30th, 2016

- Notification of paper acceptance:                              May 30th, 2016

- Camera-ready submission (AISC):                              June 11th, 2016

- Early registration:                                                              June 20th, 2016

Registration deadline: papers without confirmed registration by

June 24th 2016 risk their inclusion in the proceedings

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#################### Invited speakers ####################

- Francesco Bonchi, ISI Foundation, Torino, Italy

- Stephen Furber, University of Manchester, UK

- Rudolf Kruse, OVG University of Magdeburg, Germany

- Piotr Mirowski, Google Deep Mind, London, UK

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#################### Organizing committees ###############

General Chairs

- Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University, UK

- Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Program Chairs

- Lazaros Iliadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

- Asim Roy, Arizona State University, Tempe USA

- Marley Vellasco, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Advisory Board

- Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

- Ali Minai, University of Cincinnati, USA

- Danil Prokhorov, Toyota Tech Center, Michigan, USA

- Theodore Trafalis University of Oklahoma, USA

- G. Kumar Venayagamoorthy, Clemson University, USA

Tutorials/Workshop Chairs

- Apostolos Papadopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

- Bernardete  Ribeiro, Portugal

Poster Session Chairs

- Yi Lu Murphey, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA

Special Sessions Chairs

- Irwin King, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

- Luca Oneto, University of Genoa, Italy

Panel Chairs

- Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University, Boston, USA

Awards Chair

- Araceli Sanchis de Miguel, Carlos III University, Spain

Competitions Chairs

- Adel Alimi, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Publication Chairs

- Mariette Awad, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

- Danilo Mandic, Imperial College, London, UK

Publicity Chairs

- Jose Antonio Iglesias Martinez, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

- Simone Scardapane, The Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

- Teck Hou Teng, Singapore Management University, Singapore

International  Liaison Chairs

- Petia Georgieva, University of Aveiro, Portugal

- De-Shuang Huang, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Local Organizing Committee:

- Anastasios Gounaris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

WebMaster

- Yannis Karydis, Ionian University, Greece

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############# Paper Submission and Publication ###########

* Original works submitted as a regular paper limited to a maximum of 14 pages in Springer

format will be published in the proceedings to be available electronically as a Springer

book in ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING Series, to download for delegates. 

* It will be peer-reviewed by at least three PC members on the basis of technical quality,

relevance, originality, significance and clarity.

* At least one author of an accepted submission to the conference should register with a regular

fee to present their work at the conference.

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#################### Awards ##############################

* Best papers will be selected and awarded as follows:

- Best regular paper

- Best student paper

* This will be based on a combination of reviewers' comments, presentations and importance and

quality judged by a panel.

* Best paper awards (500 Euros) are donated by the sponsor Springer Verlag, Germany and will be

commemorated by a certificate.

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###### Topics and Areas include, but not limited to ######

* Autonomous, online, incremental learning – theory, algorithms and applications in big data

* High dimensional data, feature selection, feature transformation – theory, algorithms and applications for big data

* Scalable algorithms for big data

* Learning algorithms for high-velocity streaming data

* Big data streams analytics

* Deep neural network learning

* Machine vision and big data

* Brain-machine interfaces and big data

* Cognitive modeling and big data

* Embodied robotics and big data

* Fuzzy systems and big data

* Evolutionary systems and big data

* Evolving systems for big data analytics

* Neuromorphic hardware for scalable machine learning

* Parallel and distributed computing for big data analytics (cloud, map-reduce, etc.)

* Big data and collective intelligence/collaborative learning

* Big data and hybrid systems

* Big data and self-aware systems

* Big Data and infrastructure

* Big data analytics and healthcare/medical applications

* Big data analytics and energy systems/smart grids

* Big data analytics and transportation systems

* Big data analytics in large sensor networks

* Big data and machine learning in computational biology, bioinformatics

* Recommendation systems/collaborative filtering for big data

* Big data visualization

* Online multimedia/ stream/ text analytics

* Link and graph mining

* Big data and cloud computing, large scale stream processing on the cloud

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#################### Co-Sponsors #########################

* International Neural Network Society (INNS)

* Springer

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