BDSDST 2016 - 2nd International Workshop on Big Data, Smart Data and Semantic Technologies ? BDSDST 2016

In modern societies, almost every individual is using technology for entertainment, communication or business purposes. Depending on roles and goals, as well on the application domain, the variety of data people work with is becoming more and more complex. At the same time, the growing technical possibilities to gather and aggregate multi-modal data from sensors and different services allow for evidence-based information systems enabling both humans and machines to make well-informed decisions.
These large and complex data sets, commonly characterized by high data volume, high variety of the data types and data sources, high velocity of the incoming data and the expected information output (real-time requirement) as well as the uncertainty about the veracity of the data, are known as Big Data. These characteristics make it difficult to process the data using existing data management applications and traditional information technologies. On the other hand, when processed and analyzed properly, Big Data is transformed into “Smart” Data and might carry huge amounts of useful information, which was not accessible beforehand and allows for better-founded, more robust predictions and improved decision-making in almost any domain. That is why new predictive and prescriptive analytic approaches are continuously increasing in importance.
Besides new analytic approaches, novel information technologies such as semantic technologies are necessary in order to exploit the full potential of the gathered data. Unlike traditional information technology where the meaning of data and their relationships are predefined and “hard-wired” into data formats and applications, semantic technologies encode meanings explicitly and independent from concrete formats and application logic. This enables machines and people likewise to understand, share, and reason over semantically represented data. Semantic technologies provide an abstraction layer on top of existing ICT infrastructures and facilitate the interrelation and integration of data, content, and processes in meaningful ways, which is very important when dealing with high amounts of heterogeneous data.
We believe that using Big and Smart Data as well as methods and tools based on semantic technologies will provide more transparency, enable precise and well-founded decisions and improve planning processes, which will result in more efficient and user-centric processes and systems, especially in the application areas listed subsequently.
Topics
The BDSDST 2016 workshop aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners using Big and Smart Data and/or semantic technologies and support technology transfer from foundational research into practice.
We invite submissions from -but not limited to- the following domains:
Transport logistics
Production planning and control
Production scheduling
Process planning and monitoring
Maintenance logistics
Service parts demand analytics
Supply chain management
Smart Factory
Integration and visualization of sensor and mobility data
Data-driven supply chain and traffic optimization
Risk and congestion management
Disruption management
Mobility service analytics
Traffic flow modelling and analytics
Emission modelling, analytics, simulation and visualization
Public transportation
Open Data
Prescriptive analytics
Complex Event Processing
Ambient Intelligence
Cognitive Systems
Information Integration
Machine Learning
Mobile Information Systems
Context-aware Computing
Text Mining
Service-oriented Computing
Grid and Cloud Computing
Technology-enhanced learning
Automation
Energy consumption modelling, monitoring and analytics
smartEnergy
Smart Grid
eGovernment
eMobility
eHealth
In addition to general usage of Big Data and semantic technologies, a focus on improving the transparency, usability and auditability of processes and systems, is especially encouraged.