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  • ODBASE 2018 - The 17th International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics

    Event date: 
    Tuesday, 23 October, 2018 to Wednesday, 24 October, 2018
    Place: 
    La Valleta (Malta)

    The conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics for Large Scale Information Systems (ODBASE’18) provides a forum on the use of ontologies, rules and data semantics in novel applications. Of particular relevance to ODBASE are papers that bridge traditional boundaries between disciplines such as artificial intelligence and Semantic Web, databases, data science, data analytics and machine learning, human-computer interaction, social networks, distributed and mobile systems, data and information retrieval, knowledge discovery, and computational linguistics. More information at: http://www.otmconferences.org/index.php/conferences/odbase-2018

    Event type: 
    Other

  • Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Environments

    Event date: 
    Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
    Place: 
    Brussels

    EFFRA, ECSO and the European Commission's DG Connect will co-host a workshop centred on cybersecurity for manufacturing environments. The workshop will draw attention to the fundamental importance of cybersecurity challenges in manufacturing environments and where they are not yet fully recognised and addressed.

    Event type: 
    Other

  • IoT Solutions World Congress

    Event date: 
    Tuesday, 16 October, 2018 to Thursday, 18 October, 2018
    Place: 
    Barcelona

    The IoT Solutions World Congress is where real digital transformation happens. A unique event dedicated exclusively to joining IoT providers with industry in order to help the latter increase productivity via this disruptive technology.

    After three editions, the event has grown to become the global reference for industrial IoT, and the annual meeting for industry stakeholders to establish new partnerships.

    More information at https://www.iotsworldcongress.com/

    Event type: 
    Other

  • 6th Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Network

    Event date: 
    Monday, 15 October, 2018 to Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    Place: 
    Helsinki

    Neural Networks 2018 aims in proclaim knowledge and share new ideas amongst the professionals, industrialists, researchers, and students from research area of Artificial Intelligence. This scientific gathering guarantees that offering the thoughts and ideas will enable and secure you the theme “Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence”. More information at: https://neuralnetworks.conferenceseries.com/

    Event type: 
    Other

  • 12th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing

    Event date: 
    Monday, 15 October, 2018 to Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
    Place: 
    Bilbao

    The 12th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing will take place in Bilbao from the 15th to the 17th October 2018. 

     Organised by Joint Research Lab and the Department of Communications Engineering
    of University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU)    , IDC aims to gather researchers and practitioners to foster and ease rich discussions around the latest findings, research achievements and ideas in the area of Intelligent Distributed Computing. It provides an open forum for enhancing the collaboration between researchers, lecturers, and students from Intelligent Computing and Distributing Computing communities. 
    IDC 2018 welcomes research works centred on all above aspects of intelligent distributed computing, with an intention to balance between theoretical research ideas and their practicability as well as industrial applicability. To this end, scholars and practitioners from academia and industrial fields are invited to submit high- quality original contributions to IDC 2018.
    The deadline for submitting papers is the 9th of April.
    All accepted papers will be included in the Symposium Proceedings, which will be published by Springer as part of their series Studies in Computational Intelligence.  
    Additional information about the event and the call for papers are available here.
    Event type: 
    Other

  • High Tech Summit

    Event date: 
    Wednesday, 10 October, 2018 to Thursday, 11 October, 2018
    Place: 
    Copenhagen

    High Tech Summit is part conference and part exhibition powered by DTU (Technical University of Denmark). Their vision is to create the largest research-based meeting place in Denmark within the fields of digitalization, robotics and artificial intelligence.

    The event aims to create the perfect environment for companies, start-ups, organisations and universities to meet and present their latest technological developments, debate the most recent discoveries, participate in matchmaking events, and generate ideas.

    More information at https://www.hightechsummit.dk/

    Event type: 
    Other

  • Workshop on Software Architecture Challenges in Big Data - SACBD@ECSA2018

    Event date: 
    Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Madrid (Spain)

    Introduction
    Software architecture is a critical cornerstone of the current complex software systems. This workshop aims at discuss on advanced solutions for systems involving one or several of the following technological paradigms: big data, or big data integration with cloud computing / IOT / HPC / artificial intelligence. Industrial case studies including demonstrations and applied research experiences reports for novel contributions as well as visionary papers are welcome. Overall design and performance issues and challenges are expected to be addressed. Moreover, solutions to enforce both security, transparency and ethics by design are also expected.

    Venue
    SACBD is co-located with ECSA2018, all information can be found here. Notice that in order to attend the workshop you will have to register. 

    Agenda

     
    13:30-14:00 Registration at main conference desk and Welcome Coffee at workshop room 
    14:00-14:10 Opening: Ana García Robles, BDVA Secretary General
    Session 1: Software architectures in genuine big data scenarios
    14:10-14:30 Nikolay Nikolov, Michele Ciavotta and Flavio De Paoli. "Data Wrangling at Scale"
    14:30-14:50 Javier Jerónimo, Angélica de Antonio and Cristian Moral. "Architectural challenges on the analysis of human behaviour in synthetic environments"
    14:50-15:10 Ingo Simonis. "Container-based Architecture to Optimize the Integration of Microservices into Cloud-Based Data-Intensive Application Scenarios"
    Session 2: Applying machine learning to big data scenarios
    15:10-15:30 Andrés Munoz Hernandez, David Scarlatti and Pablo Costas. "Real-time prediction of flight arrival times using surveillance information"
    15:30-16:00 Coffee Break - ECSA 2018 Posters and Tools 
    16:00-16:20 Rafael P. Martínez Álvarez and Carlos Giraldo Rodríguez. "Large Scale Anomaly Detection in Data Center Logs and Metrics"
    16:20-16:40 Waqas Jamil, Ngoc Canh Duong, Wenjuan Wang, Chemseddine Mansouri, Saad Mohamad and Abdelhamid Bouchachia. "Scalable Online Learning for Flink"
    Session 3: Fostering business with big data through cloud and analytics
    16:40-17:00 Ståle Walderhaug, Per Gunnar Auran and Arne Jørgen Berre. "Towards precision fishery: standardized modelling of smart services in the fishery domain"
    17:00-17:20 David Čreslovnik, Aljaž Košmerlj and Michele Ciavotta. "Using historical and weather data for marketing and category management in eCommerce"
    17:20-17:40 Mayank Mishra, Shruti Kunde and Manoj Nambiar. "Cracking the Monolith: Challenges in Data Transitioning to Cloud Native Architectures" 
    17:40-18:00 Round Table and Closure


    Call for papers     (closed)
    Short papers (2-3 pages average length. 4 pages max. length) are requested. It is estimated to accept 3 papers per thematic slot, which means a maximum of 12 papers. This is a forum for discussing the different architectural challenges related to big data. Envisaged thematic slots are the following:

    • software architectures in genuine big data scenarios (big data)
    • combining big data and IoT and/or exploiting big data with HPC (big data integration with cloud computing / IOT / HPC)
    • applying machine learning to big data scenarios (big data integration with artificial intelligence)
    • fostering businesses with big data through cloud and analytics (industrial case studies, demonstrations and applied research experiences reports, visionary papers)

    Submitted papers will be ranked according to the established selection criteria by the Workshop Committee. At least one author of each accepted paper must register at ECSA2018. 

    Important dates

    • Papers submission: June 21 (Extension of deadline!)
    • Acceptance notification: July 3
    • Camera ready: July 12

    Submission
    Papers must follow the ACM formatting instructions:http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sacbdecsa2018.

    Organisation Committee 

    • Daniel Alonso, ITI, Spain
    • Zoltan Mann, Paluno (Uni. Duisburg-Essen), Germany
    • Almudena Sánchez, GMV, Spain

    Programme Committee 

    • César Alfaro, URJC, Spain
    • Ali Serdar Atalay, Bitnet, Turkey
    • Peter Baumann, rasdaman, Germany
    • Arne Berre, SINTEF, Norway
    • David Bowden, DELL, Ireland
    • Sergio Campos, TECNALIA, Spain
    • Carlos Cuesta, URJC, Spain
    • Javier Del Ser, TECNALIA, Spain
    • Omar Elloumi, NOKIA, Ireland
    • Alberto Fernández, URJC, Spain
    • Javier Gómez, URJC, Spain
    • Ibai Laña, TECNALIA, Spain
    • Andreas Metzger, Paluno (Uni. Duisburg-Essen), Germany
    • Ignacio Olabarrieta, TECNALIA, Spain
    • Angel Serrano Sánchez de León, URJC, Spain
    • Ana Isabel Torre, TECNALIA, Spain
    • Anwar Vahed, DIRISA, South Africa
    • Juan Manuel Vara, URJC, Spain
    Event type: 
    BDVA

  • 12th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA)

    Event date: 
    Monday, 24 September, 2018 to Friday, 28 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid - Spain

    The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. 

    The 12th Edition (ECSA 2018) will be held on 24 – 28 September 2018 at Madrid, Spain, and is hosted by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). 
    The program committee seeks submissions of papers describing basic and applied research, novel applications & experience reports on all topics related to software architectures and workshop proposals as well.   

    The program committee seeks submissions of papers describing basic and applied research, novel applications & experience reports on all topics related to software architectures and workshop proposals as well. 

    The papers and proposals need to be submitted by the following deadlines:  
    • Research/Industrial and Education abstracts (March 12th, 2018)
    • Research/Industrial and Education papers (March 23rd, 2018) 
    • Workshop proposals (March 1st, 2018).   

    Selected papers from the conference will be considered for a special Journal on Software Architecture. 
    Find more information here.
    Event type: 
    Other

  • Data for AI

    Event date: 
    Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Brussels

    Building on current European, cross-border, national and private initiatives, this joint workshop focuses on identifying the main challenges ahead to develop the so-called European Data Space, essential for the development of AI, and to identify potential paths for the future.

    The workshop is organised jointly by the European Commission (DG CNECT), the Big Data Value Association, and the euRobotics Association.

    By invitation only. If you are interested in contributing to this workshop please contact Data4AI@core.bdav.eu

    Event type: 
    BDVA

  • CEN-CENELEC Stakeholder Workshop - Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

    Event date: 
    Tuesday, 18 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Brussels

    CEN-CENELEC organises a 1 day workshop to pinpoint how standardization will support the take-up of AI technologies.

    During the workshop participants will discuss the importance of Artificial Intelligence for Consumers and Industry and how trustworthiness in AI can be built. The focus will be on the impact of AI on Consumer Smart Environment and Industrial Manufacturing. 

    The workshop will identify areas and ways in which standards can help implement trustworthiness in AI systems through requirement frameworks, qualification criteria, benchmarks and baselines. The different parameters to make an AI system trustworthy will be defined and participants will set the base for a roadmap on standardization for AI.

    Further details and registration: https://www.cencenelec.eu/News/Events/Pages/EV-2018-016.aspx

    Event type: 
    External (BDVA Participates)

  • ESOCC 2018 - EU Project Space track

    Event date: 
    Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Como (Italy)

    ESOCC 2018 will include a special track entirely devoted to presenting results and perspectives of EU research projects on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing. This session features a good opportunity for presenters to disseminate the results of their project and for participants to get an updated view of the ongoing research on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing. More info at: http://esocc2018.disco.unimib.it/index.php/eu-projects-track/

    Event type: 
    Other

  • European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases

    Event date: 
    Monday, 10 September, 2018 to Friday, 14 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Dublin, Ireland

    The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases will take place in the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, Ireland during the 10 – 14 September 2018. 

    This event is the premier European machine learning and data mining conference and builds upon over 16 years of successful events and conferences held across Europe. 
    The 4-day conference will provide an international forum for the discussion of the latest high-quality research results in all areas related to machine learning for practical contexts and real world applications, knowledge discovery in databases and related application domains, data mining, data analytics, big data and data science. 
    Submissions are invited for research papers and innovative real-world data systems and applications. Check all the call for of submissions here. 
    For registering to the event use this web-page. 
    More detailed information about the event is available here.
    Event type: 
    Other

  • Transforming Decision and Policy Making through Big Data

    Event date: 
    Tuesday, 4 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Krems, Austria

    Take the opportunity to attend the workshop “Transforming Decision and Policy Making through Big Data” and share your perspective on how big data driven modernisation in decision and policy making will come into effect. 

    Four EU funded projects (Big Policy Canvas, PoliVisu, BigDataOcean, Aegis) that target big data exploitation in different domains of policy, join forces to organise a worskhop  This workshop will be active, fast-paced, structured and fun and will provide a forum to exchange experiences, best practices and ideas among all the participants.

    The workshop takes place on September 4th in Krems, Austria.

    For more information, please contact: nuria.rodriguez@atos.net

     

    Find the full invitation here.

     

    Event type: 
    External (BDVA Participates)

  • IoT Open Data Access to advance mobility in European cities Workshop

    Event date: 
    Tuesday, 4 September, 2018
    Place: 
    Brussels

    Co-organised by European Commission, AIOTI, OASC and BDVA on September 4th in Brussels, this joint workshop focuses on the IoT benefits for smart mobility. It emphasises the huge potential IoT has for developing new connected automated mobility (CAM) by focusing on a long-term target outcome and working towards immediate actions needed.

    The workshop underlines also the importance of access to data in value creation. Existing and upcoming EU data policy and legislation will be explored to define the role of regulation and its impact on access to data. The requirements for harmonious integration of the mobility solutions in the interoperable ecosystem for cities will also be discussed.

    Finally, the feasibility of an EU platform initiative for Open Data Access will be explored.

    More information, agenda and registration link are available at: http://erticonetwork.com/event/focus-on-workshop-iot-open-data-access/

    Event type: 
    External (BDVA Participates)

  • Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA)

    Event date: 
    Wednesday, 29 August, 2018 to Friday, 31 August, 2018
    Place: 
    Prague - Czech Republic

    The 44th Euromicro Conference on SEAA will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from August 29 to August 31, 2018. 

    The Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) is a long-standing international forum for researchers, practitioners from business and industry, and students to present and discuss the latest innovations, trends, experiences, and concerns in the field of Software Engineering and Advanced Applications in information technology for software-intensive systems. 
    A special session on Big Data Analytics (BDA) is foreseen. It looks at two main aspects: 
    •  The impact of big data analytics on software engineering; 
    •  Advanced applications enabled by big data analytics. 
    SEAA 2018 encourages the submission of full research papers (maximum 8 pages) and short papers (maximum 4 pages). 
    Paper Submission Deadline: 1st March 2018

    More information about the BDA special session and the SEAA conference can be found here.
    Event type: 
    Other

  • KDD conference 2018

    Event date: 
    Sunday, 19 August, 2018 to Thursday, 23 August, 2018
    Place: 
    London

    KDD is the flagship research conference on Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning, with over 5,000 attendees from leading academia and industry globally. At the conference you will have the opportunity to listen to top data scientists share their knowledge to advance the application of data science, benefiting all aspects of society, learn from leading experts in the world of applied data mining and knowledge discovery, and discuss novel ideas with your peers from industry, academia, and government in full and half day workshops. Further information about the event can be found at http://www.kdd.org/kdd2018/.

    Event type: 
    Other

  • IJCAI-ECAI-18

    Event date: 
    Friday, 13 July, 2018 to Thursday, 19 July, 2018
    Place: 
    Stockholm, Sweden

    IJCAI-ECAI 2018, the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 23rd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence is the premier international gathering of researchers in AI.

    IJCAI-ECAI-18 is part of the Federated AI Meeting (FAIM) that takes place at Stockholmsmässan in Stockholm July 9-19. The other conferences include AAMAS, ICML, ICCBR and SoCS. The World Computer Chess Championships will also take place in parallel. 

    Futher information: https://www.ijcai-18.org/

    The full program schedule is now available. There is also an program overview.

     

    Event type: 
    External (BDVA Participates)

  • Webit.Festival Europe 2018

    Event date: 
    Monday, 25 June, 2018 to Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
    Place: 
    Sofia, Bulgaria

    Webit.Festival Europe 2018, as part of the EU Digital & Innovation Week, will take place in Sofia (Bulagaria) from the 25th to the 27th of June 2018. 

    The “EU Digital and Innovations Week”, organised by the Government of Bulgaria, the European Commissioner Digital Agenda & Society, Sofia Municipality and Webit.Foundation, shall welcome over 7000 attendees from 100+ countries including 1500 top policy makers from all around Europe and beyond, 6000 of world's enterprise leaders, global and European founders, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, scientists and digital economy shapers and a top selection of Europe's 200 most promising startups.

    Webit.Festival Europe 2018 is gathering EU policy makers, global business leaders ranging from Fortune 500 top executives to the world's most impactful and promising founders and entrepreneurs and academia to re:Invent Europe’s Future. 

    Detailed information about the event is available here.
    Event type: 
    Other

  • International Business Conference "Science and Business for Smart Future"

    Event date: 
    Friday, 22 June, 2018 to Saturday, 23 June, 2018
    Place: 
    Varna (Bulgaria)

    The International Business Conference "Science and Business for Smart Future" will present trends, best practices and collaborative researches between science and business to promote and enhance business confidence in the capabilities of scientific organizations, as well as stimulating partnership. The work of the conference will be organized in discussion panels with accompanying poster session, networking and master classes. Check the program at http://events.vfu.bg/smartconf_2018/index.html#program

    More information at the web page of the conference: http://events.vfu.bg/smartconf_2018/index.html

    Event type: 
    Other

  • Big Data Analysis and Data Mining

    Event date: 
    Wednesday, 20 June, 2018 to Thursday, 21 June, 2018
    Place: 
    Rome (Italy)

    Conference series LLC cordially invites all participants across the globe to attend the 5th International Conference on Big Data Analysis and Data Mining (Data Mining 2018), to share the Future Technologies for Knowledge Discoveries in Data and technology. The main theme of the conference is “Future Technologies for Knowledge Discoveries in Data". This conference aimed to expand its coverage in the areas of Big Data and Data Mining where expert talks, young researcher’s presentations will be placed in every session of the meeting will be inspired and keep up your enthusiasm.

    For further information, please check https://datamining.conferenceseries.com/

    Event type: 
    Other

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