Currently, there is a large amount of data produced by various sectors of modern society that causes data deluge. Such data are collectively called big data. Big data contain data originating both in our physical real world and in social media. If different kinds of data are analyzed in a mutually related fashion or any kind of data are spatially and temporally analyzed, values which cannot be acquired otherwise will be discovered and utilized in various applications ranging from business to science.

Topics to be covered, but not restricted to:
- Concepts and frameworks
- Social data mining
- Scientific data mining
- Spatio-temporal mining
- Internet of Things
- Applications
- Data management
- Application testing

Important Datelines
- Inform the Chair: As soon as you decided and secured the financial support
- Submission: January 15
- Notification wit comments for camera-ready: February 20
- Registration: March 5
- Camera ready: March 15

Contribution Types
- Regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]
- Short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]
- Posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- Posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- Presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- Demos: two pages [posted on www.iaria.org]

Publications
- Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
- Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html
- Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org

Paper Submission
https://www.iariasubmit.org/conferences/submit/newcontribution.php?event=MMEDIA+2017+Special
Please select Track Preference as SBD