Data analytics is critical to businesses. As the small data transforms into ‘Big’ data, traditional mechanisms and IT infrastructure used to support, analyze and make meaningful interpretations become ill suited. This also brings up numerous management issues. For example, IT experts have the responsibility to map organization-wide data by breaking down organizational silos and building an enterprise-wide IT infrastructure for data analytics purposes. This in fact requires next-generation analytical tools and techniques and brings up new challenges related to issues such as smart data distribution, quick response in the event of grid failure, etc.

Objectives

The BDAB 2014 conference will be an extraordinary event, reaching out not only to academics throughout the globe, but perhaps more importantly to globally prominent practitioners and innovators in the big data & Analytics. This conference will provide an opportunity to discuss and delineate the latest advancements in Data Analytics and big Data focusing on the development and use of innovative solutions for the businesses. Attendees will hear from a variety of industry expertise, leading research and development organizations and top most academics in the conference domain.

The conference will combine two days of workshops, discussions, demos, plenary, paper, poster and panel sessions. There will be an equal learning opportunity for all the young as well as senior delegates.

Grants And Awards

Limited number of grants are available to support the participation of deserving young researchers from the developing countries. Please write to us, if you need to be considered for a grant to facilitate your participation in the conference.

There will be three best paper awards in each of the Research and Practitioner Track of the conference. All presented submissions will be eligible for this competition and the decision will lie with the jury consisting of eminent experts of the area. Each of the best paper awards will carry a citation and a prize. The best paper awards will be announced in the valedictory session of the conference.

Call For Papers

Researchers and practitioners are welcome to submit complete manuscripts or proposal for poster presentations to the conference. We will cover the four different perspectives under the conference theme: (a) Business Perspective, (b) Policy Perspective, (c) Technological Perspective, and (d) Societal Perspective. The contributions on application scenarios, use cases, and best practices; research with an empirical focus; as well as the inter-disciplinary work are especially encouraged. Submission could include, but are not limited to:

• Business Analytics
• Big Data management
• Big Data Infrastructure
• Decision Support Systems & Expert Systems
• e-Business and e-Retailing
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Social Media Analytics
• Data Mining
• Cloud Computing
• Telecommunication Networks and Technologies

Contributions will be selected based on peer review by the Program Committee consisting of reputed academics, well-known practitioners and subject experts. Contributions should contain a clear problem statement; an outline; methodology and consistent rigor. Accepted papers will be made available to all conference attendees in the form of conference proceedings. An edited book volume will be published in the Annals of Information Systems series by Springer. This will consist of the selected papers from the conference submissions.

The papers can be submitted in the following three categories:

• Full Papers (5000 – 7000 words)
• Short Papers / Work in Progress (3000 – 5000 words)
• Poster Abstracts (Max 2 pages)

Important Dates:

Manuscripts Due              September 30, 2014

Acceptance/ review note:           October 15, 2014

Camera Ready Submissions         October 30, 2014

Registration and poster proposal submission deadline:  October 30, 2014

Best Student Paper Award

An award for best student paper submitted and presented will be given. The award will be presented during the closing ceremony of the conference. The paper should be written by the student participant her/ himself for consideration of this award. The paper may include the names of the supervisor (s) or other co-authors, however any contribution to the paper by other researchers should be clearly specified at the time of submission.

Publication

Contributions will be selected based on peer review by the Program Committee consisting of reputed academics, well-known practitioners and subject experts. Contributions should contain a clear problem statement; an outline; methodology and consistent rigor. Accepted papers will be made available to all conference attendees in the form of conference proceedings. An edited book volume will be published in the Annals of Information Systems series by Springer. This will consist of the selected papers from the conference submissions.

To submit a manuscript, please go to the Submission page at the conference website at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdab2014 . All submissions should be made via the easychair link:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdab2014.

For more information, visit http://www.serd.org.in/bdab2014/