The 5th International workshop on
Big Data and Social Networking Management and Security

In conjunction with
14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2017)
Hammamet, Tunisia, Oct 30 – Nov 03, 2017


Call for Papers:

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 4th 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



General Co-chairs

Mohammad AL-Smadi, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Technical Program Co-chairs

Elhadj Benkhelifa , Staffordshire University, UK E.Benkhelifa@staffs.ac.uk

Thuraisingham, Bhavani, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Publication and Publicity Co-chairs

Abdallah Khreishah, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan