3rd International workshop on Big Data and Social Networking Management and Security (BDSN-2015).

In conjunction with the 8th IEEE/ACM Conference On Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC-2015), December 7-10, 2015, Limassol, Cyprus.

Data has always been recognized as an important asset for driving value be it scientific, governmental or for enterprise. The amount of data being generated constantly with high volume, velocity and variety has marked the emergence of "Big Data" as a contemporary research challenge with vast opportunities. In the context of the digital-world, the internet and Social Networks have contributed immensely in generating Big Data pools. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe are nowadays connected using different type of social networks. Big Data and Social Networks become interrelated in the modern computing agenda being both concerned with intensive data. As much opportunities they hold, Big Data and Social Networks come with their own challenges such as management, Security, Processing etc. In order to unlock the potentials of these technologies, innovative solutions are required, which will leverage new models in computing.

The 3rd International workshop on Big Data and Social Networking Management and Security will be a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in the areas of big data and social networking. We are mainly interested in receiving state of the art work on different aspect of big data management system, big data security and privacy, cloud computing and big data, social networking and big data analytics, and social networking management and security, to mention but few.
The topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:

Big data and Social Networking concepts and applications
Emerging technologies in Big Data and Social Networking
Management Issues of Social Network Big Data
Security challenges in Big Data and Social networks
Social Network and Big Data Analytics
Open Source tools for Big Data
Green Computing for Big Data
Network Infrastructure for Social Networking and Big Data
Social Networks Monitoring Tools As a Service
Cloud Computing for Big Data and Social Networks
Big Data and the Internet of Things
Big Data Management
Big Data and Decision Making
Visualization tools for Big Data
Mobile Cloud networks and Big Data
Social network data analysis tools and services on the Cloud
Case studies

Organising Committee
General Co-chairs

Thuraisingham, Bhavani, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Yaser Jararweh, JUST, Jordan yijaraweh@just.edu.jo

Technical Program Co-chairs

Elhadj Benkhelifa , Staffordshire University, UK E.Benkhelifa@staffs.ac.uk
Muhannad Quwaider , Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Publication and Publicity Co-chairs

Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, JUST, Jordan
Qutaibah Althebyan, JUST, Jordan

Initial Technical Programme Committee

Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK
Andy Rindos, IBM Research, USA
Jianwu Wang, University of California, San Diego, USA
Ahmed Bouridane, University of Northumbria, UK
Mohamed Abdel-Maguid, University Campus Suffolk, UK
Rehab Duwairi, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Muhannad Quwaider, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University UK.
YaserJararweh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Abdallah Khreishah, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Important Dates

Paper Submission: August 24, 2015
Author's Notification: August 30, 2015
Camera-ready paper submission: September 15, 2015
Registration Deadline: September 21, 2015

Instructions for Authors

Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 6 pages, strictly following the IEEE Proceedings Templates. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference. The papers that are accepted and presented at the conference will appear in conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that every workshop participant must pay the UCC 2015 workshop day registration fee or the conference full fee. The registration of at least one author requires the full (non-student, non-workshop) rate.

Please submit your paper in PDF format via the electronic submission system