======================================================================= ISI-CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data 9th to 20th March 2015 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),Bangalore, India & International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Paris, France Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre. ========================================================================== CODATA and the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) - along with other partners - will convene an International Training Workshop on Big Data. This will continue the emerging series of International Training Workshops which CODATA is seeking to establish with a variety of partners. Recent training workshops have been held in Beijing, China and in Nairobi, Kenya. The International Training Workshop will take place at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, India on 9-20 March 2015. Objective: The intensive, two week residential course has as its objective to train early and mid-career data professionals in using latest technology and techniques in Big Data management and its exploitation. Eligible Participants The workshop is targeted at early and mid-career data professionals. The definition is deliberately flexible to allow candidates from a variety of backgrounds to make a case. However, doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers, young faculty members and early career data experts, data managers etc are the target group. Ideal candidates will have some experience as data managers, data encoders, metadata managers, archivists, data exploitation personnel, analysts, data publishers or similar roles. Data experts that help policy makers in data related policies are also included. Scholarships Students from SAARC countries and from other countries in South and Southeast Asia will be welcome. A limited number of scholarships supporting accommodation and travel may be available. Further announcements will be made, however, interested parties should send a brief CV as soon as possible to Simon Hodson and Devika Madalli and you will be contacted about scholarship opportunities. Subjects Covered • Introduction – What is Big Data? What are its features? • Big Data Storage – formats – scaling • Tools and techniques for handling Big Data • Standards for Big Data • Semantics for Big Data organization and retrieval • Data models and services • Domain based data • Open Government Data • Big Data Licensing: access, use, reuse modalities • Data and text mining • Approaches to structured and unstructured data • Case studies, Big data projects and alliances • Data Publishing ========================================================================== Important Dates: Application Deadline: 20/01/2015 Selection Notification Deadline: 31/01/2015 Registration Deadline: 10/02/2015 For further information and updates please visit this website: drtc1.isibang.ac.in/bdworkshop ========================================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.