INNS-BigData 2015: Call for Special Session Proposals
T.-H. Teng, INNS-BigData 2015 Publicity Co-chair
[Apologies for cross-postings]
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The inaugural INNS Big Data conference 2015
August 8-10, 2015, San Francisco, USA
CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS
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Homepage: http://www.innsbigdata.org
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About the Conference
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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).
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The INNS-BigData 2015 Program Committee solicits proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the Conference. Special sessions, to be organized by international recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers focused in special, novel and challenging topics. Fast-developing themes such as 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), etc. are examples.
A decision on whether the proposal will be accepted will be sent to the proposers within two weeks after receipt of the proposals. Accepted special sessions will be listed on the website. An accepted proposal may be combined with another one to avoid multiple special sessions covering a similar topic. A maximum of 10 special sessions will be accepted.
Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit a formal proposal. Any proposal or questions regarding this proposal can be sent by e-mail to: INNSBigData2015...@gmail.com
All proposals should be submitted by December 15, 2014. Early proposals are highly encouraged.
Proposal Requirements and Submission Format
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* The proposers are expected to have a Ph.D. degree and have a good publication track record in the proposed area.
* Special session proposals will be evaluated based on the timeliness, uniqueness of the topic and qualifications of the proposers.
* Special session proposals should include the title, aim and scope (including a list of main topics), and the names of the organizers of the special session, together with a short biography of all organizers.
* A tentative list of potential contributors is required. Proposals should not exceed 1500 words, including short bios of proposed organizers.
* Manuscripts should be submitted to special sessions through the paper submission website of INNS BigData 2015 as regular submissions, selecting the special session the paper has to belong to.
* Papers will be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the regular sessions Special sessions having fewer than four accepted papers will be cancelled and the accepted papers will be moved to regular session.
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Important Dates
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Submission Deadline December 15, 2014
Decision Notification TBC
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Special Session Co-chairs
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Bonny Banerjee, University of Memphis, USA
INNSBigData2015...@gmail.com
Alessandro Ghio, University of Genoa, Italy
INNSBigData2015...@gmail.com
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Big Data Analytics Section @ INNS
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Considering the growing interest to process and analyse big data, the International Neural Network Society (INNS) has a new Section on Big Data Analytics (BDA) to help the neural network field position itself as a leading technology contributor to big data analytics. By actively promoting the use of neural networks for big data analytics, the INNS-BDA section is dedicated towards bringing the neural network field to greater heights. Anyone who is interested to know more is encouraged to visit the homepage of the INNS-BDA Section at http://www.inns.org/big-data-section