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5th INTERNATIONAL WINTER SCHOOL ON BIG DATA
Co-organized by Cambridge Big Data Initiative, University of Cambridgehttp://bigdat2019.irdta.eu/
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BigDat 2019 will be a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants on the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of big data, which covers a large spectrum of current exciting research and industrial innovation with an extraordinary potential for a huge impact on scientific discoveries, medicine, engineering, business models, and society itself.
Most big data subareas will be displayed, namely foundations, infrastructure, management, search and mining, security and privacy, and applications (to biological and health sciences, to business, finance and transportation, to online social networks, etc.). Interaction will be a main component of the event. At the moment, already 160 people have register to attend!
### ADDRESSED TO
Master’s students, PhD students, postdocs, and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees. Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses. Overall, BigDat 2019 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators.
### STRUCTURE
3 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another. Detailed information are available on the website:
– Course Descriptions: http://bigdat2019.irdta.eu/coursedescription/
– Schedule: http://bigdat2019.irdta.eu/schedule/
– Keynotes: to be announced
### VENUE
University of Cambridge
Department of Engineering
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
### ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Sara Morales (Brussels)
Manuel J. Parra-Royón (Granada)
David Silva (London, co-chair)
Filippo Spiga (Cambridge, co-chair)
Richard E. Turner (Cambridge)
Jeffrey Salmond (Cambridge)
### REGISTRATION
It has to be done at http://bigdat2019.irdta.eu/registration/
The selection of up to 8 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be helpful to have an approximation of the respective demand for each course. During the event, participants will be free to attend the courses they wish.
Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. We will accept maximum 250 participants. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration facility disabled when the capacity of the venue is exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event.
### FEES
Fees comprise access to all courses and lunches. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline.
### CERTIFICATE
A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of lectures.
### QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION