ISI-CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data
9-20 March 2015
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),Bangalore, India &
International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Paris, France
Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre.
Registration Deadline: 20/02/2015
website: drtc1.isibang.ac.in/bdworkshop
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CODATA and the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) - along with other partners - will convene an International Training Workshop on Big Data. This will continue the emerging series of International Training Workshops which CODATA is seeking to establish with a variety of partners. Recent training workshops have been held in Beijing, China and in Nairobi, Kenya. The International Training Workshop will take place at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, India on 9-20 March 2015.
Objective:
The intensive, two week residential course has as its objective to train early and mid-career data professionals in using latest technology and techniques in Big Data management and its exploitation.
Eligible Participants:
The workshop is targeted at early and mid-career data professionals. The definition is deliberately flexible to allow candidates from a variety of backgrounds to make a case. However, doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers, young faculty members and early career data experts, data managers etc are the target group. Ideal candidates will have some experience as data managers, data encoders, metadata managers, archivists, data exploitation personnel, analysts, data publishers or similar roles. Data experts that help policy makers in data related policies are also included.
Subjects Covered:
Introduction – What is Big Data? What are its features?
Big Data Storage – formats – scaling
Tools and techniques for handling Big Data
Standards for Big Data
Semantics for Big Data organization and retrieval
Data models and services
Domain based data
Open Government Data
Big Data Licensing: access, use, reuse modalities
Data and text mining
Approaches to structured and unstructured data
Case studies, Big data projects and alliances
Data Publishing
Registration :
Registration Deadline: 20/02/2015
Registration Fee:
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India & SAARC Countries |
Others |
Corporate |
20,000 INR |
300 USD |
Academic & Govt. |
8,000 INR |
150 USR |
Demand Draft (DD) should be made in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, payble at Bangalore
Online Transfer details are on Website
For further information and updates please visit this website: drtc1.isibang.ac.in/bdworkshop