[hpc-announce] CfP: IEEE/ACM Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies 2021

[Blesson Varghese]

8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2021)
December 6-9, 2021 – Leicester, UK – Call for Papers
Website: https://www.cs.le.ac.uk/events/BDCAT2021/
Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdcat2021
 
 
Call for Full Papers
The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT) is an annual conference series aiming to provide a platform for researchers from both academia and industry to present new discoveries in the broad area of big data computing and applications. Previous events were held in London, UK (BDCAT 2014), Limassol, Cyprus (BDCAT 2015), Shanghai, China (BDCAT 2016), Austin, Texas, USA (BDCAT 2017), Zurich, Switzerland (BDCAT 2018), Auckland, New Zealand (BDCAT 2019) and online (BDCAT 2020). BDCAT 2021 will be held in conjunction with the 14th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2021) in Leicester, UK.
 
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts on a broad range of topics related to big data science, computing paradigms, platforms and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 
I. Big Data Science
     -Big Data Analytics
     -Data Science Models and Approaches
     -Algorithms for Big Data
     -Big Data Search and Information Retrieval Techniques
     -Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Approaches
     -Machine Learning Techniques for Big Data
     -Big Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning, and Best Practices
     -Big Data and Deep Learning
II. Big Data Infrastructures and Platforms
     -Scalable Computing Models, Theories, and Algorithms
     -In-Memory Systems and Platforms for Big Data Analytics
     -Big Data and High Performance Computing
     -Cyber-Infrastructure for Big Data
     -Performance Evaluation Reports for Big Data Systems
     -Storage Systems (including file systems, NoSQL, and RDBMS)
     -Resource Management Approaches for Big Data Systems
     -Data Analytics on Edge Devices
III. Big Data Applications
     -Big Data Applications for Internet of Things
     -Mobile Applications of Big Data
     -Big Data Applications for Cyber Physical Systems
     -Healthcare Applications such as Genome Processing and Analytics
     -Scientific Application Case Studies on Cloud Infrastructure
     -Big Data in Social Networks
     -Data Streaming Applications
IV. Big Data Trends and Challenges
     -Fault Tolerance and Reliability
     -Scalability of Big Data Systems
     -Energy-Efficient Algorithms
     -Big Data Privacy and Security
     -Big Data Archival and Preservation
V. Visualization of Big Data
     -Visual Analytics Algorithms and Foundations
     -Graph and Context Models for Visualization
     -Analytics Reasoning and Sense-making on Big Data
     -Visual Representation and Interaction
     -Big Data Transformation, and Presentation
 
Submission
 
Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 10 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables and references using the ACM templates. Papers should be prepared in two-column single-spaced format. Authors should submit the manuscript in PDF format and make sure that the file will print on a printer that uses letter size (8.5 x 11) paper. The official language of the meeting is English. Please refer to http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template for
templates and complete formatting instructions. 
 
All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Papers conforming to the above guidelines can be submitted through the BDCAT 2021 paper submission system.
 
Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the conference TPC Chairs for more information.
 
Awards and Special Issues
A selection commission chaired by the BDCAT 2021 TPC chairs will select and acknowledge the best paper and best student paper to receive an award during the conference.
 
Authors of highly rated papers from BDCAT 2021 will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of a prestigious journal in the area of big data which is currently being defined.
 
 
Important Dates (all AoE - Anywhere on Earth)
     -Paper submission due: August 15, 2021
     -Notification of acceptance: October 1, 2021
     -Camera-ready papers due: October 21, 2021
     -Early + author registration deadline: October 31, 2021
     -Conference: December 6-9, 2021
 
General Chairs
     -David De Roure, University of Oxford, UK
     -Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University, USA
 
Program Committee Chairs
     -Olga Datskova, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
     -Lydia Y. Chen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
     -Robert Birke, ABB Corporate Research, Switzerland
 
Local Organizing Committee
     -Ashiq Anjum, University of Leicester, UK
     -John Panneerselvam, University of Leicester, UK
  
UCC/BDCAT Steering Committee
     -Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia
     -Alan Sill, Texas Tech, USA
     -Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK
     -Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK
     -Josef Spillner, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
     -Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University, USA