The storage, management and
analysis of big data was the focus for discussion during two international
conferences, held at Northumbria University’s London campus.
Data experts from around the world
attended the Cloud & Big Data Computing and Intelligent Information
Processing conferences, including researchers, industry professionals and those
who use big data in their work.
Dr Arshad Jamal, Associate Dean of Northumbria
University’s London Campus, welcomed the conference delegates and distinguished
speakers from Imperial College London, The University of Liverpool, The University
of Trieste, QA Consulting, Keele University and Fujitsu Services.
During the two events, a number of
new academic papers were presented, covering topics such as wireless networks,
information security, communication theory, the Internet of Things and big data
education.
Dr Huseyin Seker, of Northumbria’s
department for Computer and Information Sciences, chaired the conferences. He
said: “Big data has replaced oil as the world’s most valuable resource this
century, and so its storage, management and intelligent analysis are firmly on
the agenda, not only within academia but also industry.
“The two conferences that took
place at our London campus complemented each other and addressed all aspects of
big data along with several successful applications. We have received very positive
feedback from those who attended and hope to establish new collaborations and
partnerships as a result.
“We were very pleased to be able to
host both these important international conferences, it was an excellent
opportunity to help us increase our visibility and promote our expertise in
this area among sector experts from around the world.”
Northumbria’s London campus was
established in 2014 and specialises in Business and Management, Computing and
IT, Cyber Security, Project Management and Digital Marketing programmes. The
University works in partnership with QA Higher
Education to deliver courses at both the London Campus and its City Campus in
Newcastle.
During the recent conferences,John Gordon, head of the QA Consultancy Academy, delivered a talk
on consulting opportunities and challenges in Cloud and Big Data Technologies.
The conference delegates also visited QA’s purpose built Cloud and Big Data
labs at International House in London.
John said: “Cloud and Big Data are
the latest in-demand technologies and there are infinite consultancy
opportunities on offer to work on these technologies from recognisable
organisations in the UK.”
In total more than 50 people from
around the world attended the conferences, which took place on 17-19 September
2017. Delegates represented a variety of countries, including
Morocco, Kuwait, China, Italy, Malta,
Germany, Jordan, Japan, Malaysia, Algeria, Colombia, Iran, Russia and Spain.
For more information about the International
Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing, please visit http://iccbdc.org/.
For more information about the International Conference on Intelligent
Information Processing, please visit http://www.iciip.org/committee.html
To find out more about Computer and
Information Sciences at Northumbria University please visit https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/computer-and-information-sciences/
