Scope
In the era of data-driven decision-making, Big Data Technologies and Analytics have become critical enablers for innovation across diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, manufacturing, smart cities, and more. The exponential growth of data, fueled by IoT, AI, social media, and ubiquitous computing, presents both unprecedented opportunities and formidable challenges. Recent advances in cloud computing, distributed architectures, AI integration, and real-time analytics have significantly pushed the boundaries of what is possible in big data processing. However, critical issues related to scalability, privacy, security, and governance remain at the forefront of research and industrial agendas.
This track aims to bring together cutting-edge research, novel methodologies, and real-world applications in Big Data Technologies and Analytics, providing a platform for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to share insights and foster collaboration.
Topics:
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scopes:
- Theoretical and empirical aspects in Big Data
- Innovative architectures for Big Data storage and processing
- Interactive Big Data visualization and interpretation
- Emerging trends, issues and challenges in Big Data
- Big Data exploration and investigation
- Big data centric computational intelligence
- Big Data and High-Performance Computing
- Big data analytics and applications
- Scalable Computing for Big Data
- Customization and fine-tuning of Big Data models
- Automated Big Data platform management and orchestration
- Big Data and artificial intelligence n emerging fields
- Benchmarking and performance evaluation of Big Data tools
- Privacy-preserving and secure Big Data frameworks
Relevance and Target Audience:
This special track is relevant to a broad audience, including academic researchers, data scientists, software engineers, and professionals from industry working on data-intensive applications. Given the increasing adoption of big data technologies in various domains such as healthcare, finance, smart cities, and cybersecurity, this track will complement the main conference by providing a dedicated platform to explore innovations and emerging trends in big data. Participants will benefit from discussions on novel algorithms, frameworks, and applications, fostering collaboration between academia and industry.
Organizing Committee:
- Hassan Harb, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait, email: [email protected].
- Abdelhafid Abouaissa, Haute-Alsace University, France, email: [email protected].
- Khaled Shaban, Qatar University, Qatar, email: [email protected]
- Mohammad Amin Maleki Sadr, Huawei, Canada, email: [email protected].
Technical Program Committee:
- Ali Kadhum Idrees, University of Applied Science and Arts, email: [email protected]
- Ismail Bennis, Upper Alsace University, email: [email protected]
- Mariem Belhor, University of Picardie Jules Verne, email: [email protected]
- Sebastien Bindel, Upper Alsace University, email: [email protected]
- Tara Yahiya, Paris-Saclay University, email: [email protected]
- Nourhan Bachir, University of Liège, email: [email protected]
- Kassem Danach, Al Maaref University, email: [email protected]
- Hussein Hazimeh, Lebanese University, email: [email protected]
- Abbass Nasser, Holy-Spirit University of Kaslik, email: [email protected]
- Chamseddine Zaki, American University of the Middle East, email: [email protected]
- Ali Jaber, Lebanese University, email: [email protected]
- Mohamed-El-Amine Brahmia, CESI, email: [email protected]
- Ameer Sardar Kwekha Rashid, University of Sulaimani, email: [email protected]
- Rami Tawil, Lebanese University, email: [email protected]
- Kawthar Zaraket, Upper Alsace University, email: [email protected]
- Joseph Merhej, Antonine University, email: [email protected]
- Samir Hadded, University of Balamand, email: [email protected]
- Alaaeddine Ramadan, American University of Bahrain, email: [email protected]
- Jinane Sayah, University of Balamand, email: [email protected]
Submission and Processing System:
The special track will follow the same submission and review process as the main conference. Authors will be required to submit original and unpublished research papers through the official conference submission system. Each submission will undergo a double-blind peer review process, ensuring a high-quality and fair selection of papers. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed in major digital libraries.
Organizing Committee Contact Details:
- Hassan Harb, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait, email: [email protected].
- Abdelhafid Abouaissa, Haute-Alsace University, France, email: [email protected].
- Khaled Shaban, Qatar University, Qatar, email: [email protected]
- Mohammad Amin Maleki Sadr, Huawei, Canada, email: [email protected].