Hi all,

Target is organising a conference on Big Data, April 3-5 in Groningen. You can find more informatin in the forwarded e-mail and on the web pages.

Kind regards,

Fokke

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 2nd Announcement: Target Conference "Probing Big Data for Answers" Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:58:08 +0100 From: Gijs Verdoes Kleijn verdoes@ASTRO.RUG.NL Reply-To: Gijs Verdoes Kleijn verdoes@ASTRO.RUG.NL To:

/(I would be grateful if you could bring the following announcement also to the attention of colleagues within your organization)/

Dear colleague,

I would like to update you about the international Target Conference "Probing Big Data for Answers" Data to be held in Groningen April 3-5.

*A full **conference program http://www.targetconference.eu/program.html***has been released on the conference website, www.targetconference.eu http://www.targetconference.eu. This preliminary program consists of 11 sessions, plenary and parallel. It brings together speakers from across Europe. The conference cross-fertilizes across the borders of business, academia and government. It also bridges the traditional division between users, researchers and developers involved in Big Data projects. This is achieved by a coherent program hosting speakers from these diverse areas.

Please note:

* There is *now limited space left* for plenary contributed talks, parallel sessions and demonstration booths. The Program Organizing Committee evaluates applications for these as soon as possible following submission. * The *deadline for early-registration is March 5*. * You can find more information about the conference below and at the conference website, www.targetconference.eu.

On behalf of the POC,

Prof. Edwin A. Valentijn, Target coordinator

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* Target Conference: Probing Big Data for Answers*

*April 3^rd to 5^th , 2012 Groningen, The Netherlands

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*www.targetconference.eu* http://www.targetconference.eu/

We cordially invite you to register for the international Target Conference: Probing Big Data for Answers.

What is the best paradigm and the optimal interface to probe Big Data for straight answers in an ever changing environment? This multi-disciplinary conference is focused on the interface between users and Big Data, with examples from current projects in both the North of the Netherlands and across the world. We invite representatives from academia and both the business and public sectors engaged in challenging research and development projects. The conference will be held at the Hampshire Hotel-Plaza in Groningen, The Netherlands from April 3rd to 5th^, 2013. The conference will start April 3rd in the afternoon and end April 5th at noon. We invite participants to additionally apply for contributed talks, demonstration booths and to provide proposals for parallel sessions.

*_Conference topics_*

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·Big Data user interaction

·Big Data visualization

·Big Data technology challenges

·Big Data Information System

A full preliminary program http://www.targetconference.eu/program.html is available at the conference website http://www.targetconference.eu.

Many of the conference topics will be discussed in the context of active Big Data projects including _IJKdijk_, _Lifelines_, _Smart Energy Grids_, _Sensor Cities_, _BBMRI-NL Genome of the Netherlands_, _LOFAR_, _ESA's Euclid Mission_, _XLDBs_, _Cultural Heritage_, _eScience_, _Full-dome Visualization (4k, 3D)_.

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*_Keynote Speakers_* http://www.targetconference.eu/keynote_speakers.htmlhttp://www.targetconference.eu/keynote_speakers.html

·*Nico Pals*, Board member, IJkdijk Foundation, Groningen, Netherlands

·*Paul de Bakker, *BBMRI-NL Genome of the Netherlands, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands

·*Marco de Vos*, /**/Managing Director and Dpt. Director General, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands

·*John van Pol*, Founder and Managing Director, INCAS3, Assen, Netherlands

·*Jacob de Vlieg*, Scientific Director & CEO, Netherlands eScience center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

·*Marco Aiello*, Professor of Distributed Information Systems, Johann Bernoulli Institute, University of Groningen, Netherlands

·*Anders Ynnermann*, Head of Visual Information Technology and Applications (VITA), Department of Science and Technology, University of Linköping, Sweden (tbc)

·*Robin Sip*, Founder and Director Mirage 3D, The Hague, Netherlands

·*Luigi Brochard*, Distinguished Engineer for High Performance Computing, IBM, France

·*Martin Kersten*, Professor, National Research Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam, Netherlands

·*Pedro Osuna*, Head of the Science Archives Team, ESA, Spain

A full description of keynote speakers and their presentations is available here http://www.targetconference.eu/keynote_speakers.html on the conference website.

The conference brings together key players from commercial and academic research institutes with Big Data stakeholders. These include business, creative industry, academia, policy makers, investors and funding agencies. Target will present its diverse Big Data portfolio that transcends traditional borders between academic disciplines and the industry.The conference will consist of plenary sessions including the key note speakers, followed by parallel sessions with ample room for contributed talks and parallel / Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions. There is dedicated space for booths, exhibitions and demonstrations at the conference venue. Expected attendance is up to 200 persons

We invite you to register with the following options:

·apply for a contributed talk

·apply for a demonstration booth

·propose a parallel session / BoF

*_Early registration ends March 5, 2013_*

More information about registration, abstract submission, program and logistic is available at the conference website: http://www.targetconference.eu http://www.targetconference.eu/ For any request of information, please contact the LOC: target_conference@astro.rug.nl mailto:target_conference@astro.rug.nl For more information about Target, please visit http://www.rug.nl/target

On behalf of the Program Organizing Committee,

Edwin A. Valentijn, Target Coordinator