Big data and smart computing are emerging research fields that have recently drawn much attention from computer science and information technology as well as from social sciences and other disciplines. The goal of the International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp), initiated by KIISE (Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers), is to provide an international forum for exchanging ideas and information on current studies, challenges, research results, system developments, and practical experiences in these emerging fields. Following the successes of the previous BigComp conferences in Bangkok, Thailand (2014), Jeju, Korea (2015), Hong Kong, China (2016), Jeju, Korea (2017), the 2018 International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp 2018) will be held in Shanghai, China. The conference is co-sponsored by IEEE and KIISE. BigComp 2018 invites authors to submit original research papers and original work-in-progress reports on big data and smart computing.

Relevant Topics
Techniques, models and algorithms for big data
Tools and systems for big data
Data mining, graph mining and data science
Infrastructure and platform for smart computing
Big data analytics and social media
Hardware/software infrastructure for big data
Mobile communications and networks
Machine learning and AI for big data
Web search and information retrieval
Models and tools for smart computing
Cloud and grid computing for big data
Security and privacy for big data
Smart devices and hardware
Big data applications: Bioinformatics, Multimedia, Smartphones, etc.

Submission
Papers must be formatted in PDF according to the IEEE two-column format for conference proceedings and submitted through CMT. The direct link for paper submission is https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/BC2018/.
Papers can be either regular or short papers, where regular papers are limited to 8 pages and short ones to 4 pages. Details about the submission process including formatting instructions are at the conference website. All conference and workshop papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as conference proceedings.

Journal Publication
Selected papers will be invited for publication in the following journals after further revision and extension.
World Wide Web(SCIE)
Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications(SCIE)
Frontiers of Computer Science(SCIE)
Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering(SCIE)
Chinese Journal of Electronics(SCIE)

Best Paper Awards
Best Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference to the authors of selected outstanding papers.

Important Deadlines
Workshop proposal submission: June 30, 2017
Full paper submission: July 31, 2017
Tutorial proposal submission: August 30, 2017
Acceptance notification: October 30, 2017
Camera-ready copies: November 15, 2017
Author registration: November 20, 2017
Early registration: December 15, 2017
Conference dates: January 15-17, 2018