Organizing Committee
General Co-Chairs
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Manuel Mazzara, Innopolis University, Russia
Program Co-Chairs
Max Talanov, Kazan Federal University (KFU), Russia
Philip Moore, Lanzhou University, China
Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste, Italy
International Advisory Committee
Makoto Takizawa, Hosei University, Japan
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Web Administrators
Tetsuya Oda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Shinji Sakamoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Finance Chair
Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Track Area Co-Chairs
- Emerging trends, issues and challenges in Inter-networking and data technologies
- Mobile and Wireless Networks
- Network Protocols, modelling, optimization and Performance Evaluation
- P2P and Grid Computing
- Distributed and Parallel Systems
- Ontologies and Metadata Representation
- Knowledge Discovery and Mining
- Databases and Data Warehouses
- System design and optimization for data storage and processing in datacenter including Total cost of ownership in virtualized data centers
- Web Science and Business Intelligence
- Data Analytics for Learning and Virtual Organisations
- Data Management and Information Retrieval
- Machine Learning on Large Data Sets & Massive processing
- Data Modeling, Visualization and Representation Tools
- Nature Inspired Computing for Emerging Collective Intelligence and Anthropo oriented computing
- Data Sensing, Integration and Querying Systems and Interfaces
- Data Security, Trust and Reputation
- eScience Data Sets, Repositories and Digital Infrastructures
- Energy-aware and Green Computing in Data Centers
Emerging trends, issues and challenges in Inter-networking and data technologies
Chairs:
- Antonio Jara, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, SW
- Takahiro Hara, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology Osaka University, JP
- Santi Caballé, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, SP
PC Members:
- Marcin Pawlowski, HES-SO, SW
- Roberto Bruschi, CNIT, IT
- Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Ubitech, GR
- Antonio Manzalini, Telecom Italia, IT
- Jorge Miguel, Open University of Catalonia, SP
- Jordi Conessa, Open University of Catalonia, SP
- David Ganan, Open University of Catalonia, SP
- Nestor Mora, Open University of Catalonia, SP
- Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, GR
- Michalis Feidakis, University of the Aegean, GR
Topics:
- Developments in future Internet and internet including resource management for infrastructure and applictions
- Developments in internetworking architectures including research into multi-homing and multi-path technologies
- Developments in programmable paths including agent-oriented, user-oriented, and pathlet routing
- Internet and router scalability protocols with Internet and internet mapping systems
- Evolution in dynamic networked storage with the configuration and management of pooled resources
- Developments in cloud-based systems with a focus on hybrid and federated clouds
- Networked data storage for large scale data sets
- Traditional data management and unstructured data management systems
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Mobile and Wireless Networks
Chairs:
- Elis Kulla, Okayama University of Science, JP
- Moacyr Martucci Jr, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
- Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia
PC Members:
- Bin Guo, Keio University,Japan
- Roberto Bruschi, CNIT, IT
- Yusuke Gotoh, Okayama University, Japan
- Been-Chian Chien, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
- Kin Fun Li, University of Victoria, Canada
Topics:
- Advances in mobile systems
- Innovations in mobility and cloud-based solutions in networked systems
- Innovations in networked systems including software defined networks and
- Virtualization and mobility in networked systems
- Innovations in mobile systems including energy efficiency in wireless and mobile systems
- Simulation and Performance Evaluation for wireless and wired networks
- Non-structured, content-based and content-centric routing and architectures
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Network Protocols, modelling, optimization and Performance Evaluation
Chairs:
- Salvatore Distefano
- Petr Kokunin, Kazan Federal University, Russia
- Vamsi Paruchuri, University of Central Arkansas, US
- Tetsuya Shigeyasu, Prefectual University of Hiroshima, JP
PC Members:
- Qiang Duan, Penn State University, US
- Jessie Walker, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, US
- Sinan Kockara, University of Central Arkansas, US
- Han-Chieh Wei, KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., JP
- Keisuke Takemori, Dallas Baptist University, US
- Xiaoyi Wang, Nokia Solutions and Networks, US
Topics:
- Mobility modeling and management including metrics for network system performance evaluation
- Scalability and manageability of network architectures
- Opportunistic and cooperative communication technologies and methods
- Performance models and metrics including cross-layer and cross-platform techniques
- Performance efficiency content delivery networks and content centric networks
- Green extensions to traffic engineering protocols and techniques
- Energy Efficiency in wireless and wired networks
- Pattern-based strategies to apply intelligent trend analytics
- Salvatore Distefano
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P2P and Grid Computing
Chairs:
- Lorenzo Mossucca, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, IT
- Zhe Wang, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- Omar Hussain, UNSW Canberra, AU
Topics:
- Issues and challenges in the development of P2P and B2B systems
- Secrity Issues in P2P, B2B and Grid Computing
- Computing resource evolution in Grid Computing
- Large Scale trust protocol broadcasting
- Evolution of the next generation of P2P and Grid Computing
- P2P grid and its evolution to Cloud-Based systems and solutions
- Developments in the use of social networking in P2P and B2B applications
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Distributed and Parallel Systems
Chairs:
- Rajdeep Bhowmik, Cisco Systems.inc, US
- Osvaldo Gervasi, University of Perugia, IT
- Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, JP
Topics:
- Developments in the theory and paractice of distributed and parallel systems
- Formal methods and programming languages, Compliers and Operating systems
- Parallel algorithms and their implementation with optimization and reliability / fault tolerance
- Performance evaluation and measurement
- Software development including tools and environments
- Parallel processing including parallel/distributed architectures including parallelizing compilers
- Component-based and Object-Oriented technologies
- Modelling , simulation and visualization methods and technologies
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Ontologies and Metadata Representation
Chairs:
- Mimmo Parente, University of Salerno, IT
- Roberto De Virgilio, Roma Tre University, IT
- Alba Amato, Second University of Naples, IT
- Flora Amato, University of Naples Federico II, IT
- Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
- Beniamino Di Martino, Second University of Naples, IT
- Teodor-Florin Fortis, West University of Timisoara, RO
- Jason J. Jung, Chung-Ang University, KR
- Olga Nevzorova, Kazan State University, RU
- Flavius Frasincar, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL
- Jan Hidders, Delft University of Technology, NL
- James Geller, NJIT, US
- Soon Chun, CUNY, US
- Paolo Cappellari, CUNY, US
Topics:
- Issues and challenges in the merging and management of ontologies
- Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services
- Multimedia and social media metadata annotations
- Microdata Management: extensions and lifecycle
- Ontologies and Multi-Agent Systems
- Ontologies for Security Applications
- Metadata: Trust and Security issues
- Chalenges in the use of ontologies with unstructured data for semantic representation
- Mimmo Parente, University of Salerno, IT
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Knowledge Discovery and Mining
Chairs:
- Vladimir Ivanov
- Hai Van Pham, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, JP and VN
- Vatcharaporn Esichaikul, Asian Institue of Technology, TH
- Orasa Tetiwat, Naresuan University, TH
- Thang Cao, The university of Tokyo, JP
- Son Hoang Le, Hanoi University of Sciences - VNU, VN
- Hung Van Le, Latrop University and Hanoi University of Mining and Geolog, AU and VN
- Thomas Andrew, BirmingHam city UK, UK
- Jagdev Bhogal, Birmingham City University, UK
Topics:
- Knowledge discovery, data mining, clustering
- Knowledge Discovery Process
- Knowledge Mining
- Data Mining Methods and Algorithms
- Data Mining Applications
- Ontologies for Security Applications
- Big Data Analytical models.
- Concept mining challanges
- Query processing and optimization including schema matching, data integration and uncertainty in database models
- Vladimir Ivanov
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Databases and Data Warehouses
Chairs:
- Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste, IT
- Qiang Qu, University of Iinnopolis, RU
Topics:
- Storage, indexing, in memory and physical database design
- Cloud computing, MapReduce, parallel and distributed data management
- Knowledge Mining
- Text database, XML, keyword search
- Aggregation, data warehouses, OLAP, analytics
- Streams, sensor networks, complex event processing
- Spatial, temporal, multimedia and scientific databases
- Graph management, RDF, social networks
- Systems, performance, transaction processing
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System design and optimization for data storage and processing in datacenter including Total cost of ownership in virtualized data centers
Chairs:
- Anna Melekhova, Innopolis University, RU
- Ivan Rodero, Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute, US
- Jesus Carratero, University Carlos III of Madrid, SP
Topics:
- Data Centers and IT Virtualization Technologies including software tools and cloud computing techniques for datacenters
- Techniques to schedule jobs and resources in data centers including Experiences with large-scale data centers.
- Autonomic paradigms and systems for large-scale self-managed systems including automated workflow management in next-generation data centres
- Datacenter architectures for Big Data storage and processing including datacenter dimensioning.
- Packaging, power and cooling for energy-efficient data centers.
- Energy-aware virtualization strategies including software dedined systems, virtual clusters and datacenter monitorization
- Fault tolerance and high availability solutions for data centers.
- Administration and maintenance tools for data centers including Service level agreements
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Web Science and Business Intelligence
Chairs:
- Khalid Belhajjame, LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine University, FR
- Sergey Zykov, Higher School of Economics / Innopolis University, RU
- Kin Fun Li, University of Victoria, CA
- Arora Deepali, Independent Consultant, CA
- Watheq El-Kahrarshi, Ain Shams University, EG
- Kosuke Takano, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, JP
- Wei Lu, Keene University, US
- Gulnar Ali, Xinjing University, CN
- Pinar Alper, University of Manchester, UK
- Saumen Dey, Univertsity of California, USA
Topics:
- Scientific workflows
- B+J6usiness process management
- Process mining
- Data ownership, access and ethics
- Data curation and stewardship in Web Science
- Data reproducibility and formatting
- Khalid Belhajjame, LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine University, FR
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Data Analytics for Learning and Virtual Organisations
Chairs:
- Marcello Trovati, University of Derby, UK
- Nik Bessis, Edge Hill University, Liverpool, UK
PC Members:
- Eleana Asimakopoulou, University of Derby, UK
- Maria Fazio, University of Messina, IT
- Bill Karakostas, City University, UK
- Lu Liu, University of Derby, UK
- Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, AT
- Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, RO
- Stelios Sotiriadis, Technical University of Crete, GR
Topics:
- Requirements for real-time data analytics
- User-led applications, crowd sourcing
- Big data analytics, sentiment analysis and machine learning
- Data fusion, mapreduce, hadoop
- Data and text mining, natural languages
- Probabilistic methods, bayesian networks
- High-performance analytics
- e-Infrastructures for analytics including grids and clouds
- Analytics for Internet of Things
- Marcello Trovati, University of Derby, UK
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Data Management and Information Retrieval
Chairs:
- Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK
- David Newell, Bournemouth University, UK
- Philip Davies, Bournemouth University, UK
PC Members:
- Tor-morten Grønli, Westerdals - Oslo School of Arts, Norway
- George Ghinea, Brunel University, UK
- Maria Teresa, Gonzalez Aparicoo University of Oviedo, Spain
- Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK
Topics:
- Information retrieval models,
- Data retrieval models,
- Efficiency of IR systems,
- Spam detection in IR
- Developments in intelligent crawlers including IR crawling and coverage,
- Searching and browsing techniques
- Usability issues in IR
- Freshness in IR
- Developments in data centre management and performance evaluation
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Machine Learning on Large Data Sets & Massive processing
Chairs:
- Mohamed Gaber, Robert Gordon University, GB
- MingXue Wang, Ericsson Ireland, IE
- Jan Platos, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, CZ
- Mihaela Cocea, University of Portsmouth, GB
- Mohammed Abdelsamea, University of Assiut, EG
- Zahraa Abdallah, Monash University, AU
- Frederic Stahl, University of Reading, GB
- Marwan Hassani, RWTH Aachen University, DE
- Huang Vincent, Ericsson Swedeen, SE
- Yangcheng huang, Huawei, IE
- Apel Doug, Intel, US
- Mohammad Abdul Awal, Intel, IE
- Mac Fhearaí Oisín ,Digifeye, IE
- Pavel Kromer, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, CZ
Topics:
- Algorithms and architectures for big data search, mining and processing
- Learning results and techniques on massive datasets
- Fast online algorithms for large data sets and streaming data
- Industry standards in data processing and machine learning
- Applications and software in telecommunications, transportation, engineering, etc.
- Big data and parallel data processing frameworks and libraries
- Research and innovations in information systems in academic institutions with reflections on future developments
- Research and current developments in the design of e-science data grids including storage systems and metadata management
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Data Modeling, Visualization and Representation Tools
Chairs:
- Jordi Vallverdu, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Bogdan Manate, West University of Timicsoara, RO
- Ait Ameur, Yamine, Universite de Nantes, FR
- Alexey Cheptsov, High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), DE
PC Members:
- Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, RO
- Florin Fortis, West University of Timisoara, RO
- Victor Munteanu, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, CH
Topics:
- Interoperability for Internet of Things and the Web of things including usability and the management of large data volumes
- Visualization of e-Scientific data all throughout the process including User Interfaces
- Integration of data from multidimensional sources
- Semi-structured and Unstructured Data including Big Data Modelling and Managing Large Data Sets
- Managing large data systems and data structures with data management algorithms
- Data warehouse management including Optimal Representation Methods for Large Data Sets
- Communication modelling for agent-oriented systems
- Context-aware data integration and optimal methods of knowledge representation including web ontology languages
- Information management, data provenance, and data analytics
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Nature Inspired Computing for Emerging Collective Intelligence and Anthropo oriented computing
Chairs:
- Joseph Brown
- Robert Lowe, University of Skövde, University of Gothenburg, SE
- Max Talanov, Kazan Federal University, Russia
- Tai-Hoon Kim, Sunghin W. University, Korea
- Erik Billing,University of Skövde, SE
- Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology, SE
- Mahboobeh Parsapoor, University of Halmstad, SE
- Gauss Lee, University of Skövde, SE
Topics:
- Advances in arrtificial intelligence systems
- Affective computing
- Neurobiologically and nature inspired systems
- Swarm intelligence including nature inspired approaches and methods
- Self adopting and learning systrems
- Machine cognition, conciousness, awareness, and affective computing
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Data Sensing, Integration and Querying Systems and Interfaces
Chairs:
- Francesco Longo, University of Messina, IT
- Giovanni Merlino, University of Messina, IT
- Maria Fazio, University of Messina, IT
- Dario Bruneo, University of Messina, IT
- Rahul Ghosh, Xerox Research Center, IN
- Chrysa Papagianni, Nation Technical University of Athens, GR
- Stella Kafetzoglou, Nation Technical University of Athens, GR
- Luis Munoz, University of Cantabria, ES
- Antonio Jara, University of Murcia, ES
- Natalie Mitton, INRIA, FR
- Giuseppe La Torre, Telecom Italia, IT
Topics:
- Computing and Sensing Infrastructures including self-Learning including pattern discovery, prediction, and auto-configuration
- Wireless sensor networks including the Internet / Cloud-of-Things, Internet and/or Cloud of sensors
- Data processing including node-based, distributed, discovery-based, and big data.
- Crowdsourcing and participatory sensing
- Data representation (Web front ends, semantic publishing, literature mining
- Formal semantics and knowledge representation
- Information retreival systems and search engine technologies
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Data Security, Trust and Reputation
Chairs:
- Edgar Weippl, SBA Research, AT
- Joo Young Lee, Innopolis University, RU
- Agusti Solanas, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, SP
- Nicola Dragoni, Technical University of Denmark and Örebro University (Sweden), DK and SE
- Xenofon Fafoutis, University of Bristol, Uk
- Davide Papini, Royal Holloway, University of London, Uk
- Jae C Oh, Syracuse University, US
- Nate Gemelli, US Air Force, US
- Roberto di Pietro, Bell Labs, FR
Topics:
- Personal data, trust, and privacy including data-center level security
- Service provision for networked systems including crowdsourcing and social networking
- Security, privacy, authenticated query processing
- Challenges in online data sharing with privacy, securit, trust and reputation
- Issues in data sharing, storing, and use in B2B systems
- Strategies to manage data sharing in P2P{ and B2B systems and applications
- Legal, contractual, and policy challenges for P2P and B2B systems and applivations
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eScience Data Sets, Repositories and Digital Infrastructures
Chairs:
- A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, AT
- Paolo Missier, Newcastle University, UK
- Fabio Crestani, Faculty of Informatics of USI, SW
- Xenofon Fafoutis, University of Bristol, Uk
- Davide Papini, Royal Holloway, University of London, Uk
Topics:
- Research addressing the current state and future of Institutional Repositories including investigations into data grids
- Architectures for distributed management and analysis of large scientific datasets
- e-Science and its implications for resource management of library resources
- Institutional Repositories and Research Data Curation in a Distributed Environment
- Institution-based Repositories and Domain Specific Data Archives
- Data grids, digital libraries, and persistent archives with the sharing, publishing, and archiving data
- Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries including data challenges with roles and actions
- Data-Intensive Computing including advances in digital earth and geographic information science with data management and analysis
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Energy-aware and Green Computing in Data Centers
Chairs:
- Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, JP
- Matteo Cristani, University of Verona, Italy
- William Campbell
- Noriki Uchida, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, JP
- Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, PL
- Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, JP
- Motoi Yamagiwa, University of Yamanashi, JP
- Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
Topics:
- Green Computing Systems and Applications
- Green data centers, networks, and technologies.
- Energy-aware optimization in data centers
- Energy-aware High Performance Computing and Applications including systems
- Energy Consumption Models and Simulations
- Intelligent technologies for energy saving
- Green IT and Big Data
- Resource management techniques to enable energy-aware systems