[AISWorld] CFP: Symposium on Healthcare & Analytics in Research & Practice (SHARP) 2014, Chattanooga, TN

[Gupta, Ashish]

Symposium on Healthcare & Analytics in Research & Practice (SHARP) 2014
Oct 16-17, 2014, Chattanooga TN
Pre-conference event on Oct 15: IBM Big Data Development Day (complete day training)
URL: www.utc.edu/sharp

The 3rd Symposium on Healthcare & Analytics in Research & Practice (SHARP) will be held in the scenic city of Chattanooga, TN and hosted by the College of Business, University of Tennessee Chattanooga.

SHARP 2014 is themed around leveraging analytics and big data approaches for next generation innovation in healthcare, smart grid, consumer sector and beyond.The conference sponsors include IBM, Teradata, CoLab, Market Street Solutions, PYA Analytics, University of Tennessee Chattanooga and others.

Analytics driven developments in various spheres such as healthcare, smart grid, public health, entertainment, consumer, etc. can strongly influence the technological evolution, guide policy making, while reshaping the future and catalyze the innovation culture at the global, regional and metropolitan levels.  Various private and public open-data initiatives are going to be the key drivers for this change. Such an approach requires a new thinking blended with state-of-art new business, technology and analytics skills and strong scientific research. The conference will seek to identify the opportunities and understand various mechanisms that could make contributions in the field of applied analytics while taking us on an integrated, technology driven, innovation path for the future.

Submissions are invited in healthcare analytics, smart grid and any other application areas of analytics in the following forms:

-       Research summary of 1000 words or less (peer reviewed)

-       Abstract of 100 words or less

-       Panel proposals of 1000 words or less (include panelists biography)

-       Proposal for Poster presentations 500 words or less

-       Poster/Prototype demonstrations

Keynote speakers:
Dr. Michael P. Haydock<http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/ibm_fellows/2014/mike_haydock.html>, IBM Fellow, IBM Distinguished Engineer, Partner, Chief Scientist - Business Analytics and Optimization Application Architect: AIX/UNIX
Dr. Katharine Frase<http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/biography/41509.wss>, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, IBM
Bill Franks<http://www.bill-franks.com/>, Chief Analytics Officer for Teradata
Dr. Ramesh Sharda<http://sharda.iris.okstate.edu/>, Interim Vice Dean and Director, Executive PhD in Business Program, Regents Prof. and Watson/ConocoPhillips Chair of Mgmt. Sc. & Info Systems, Spears School of Business/Oklahoma State University

Conference will host several invited speakers and industry/academic panels.

Important Dates:
August 15, 2014: 1,000-word paper summary deadline
August 15, 2014: Papers Abstracts (100 words or less) Deadline
August 15, 2014: Panel Proposals Deadline
August 24, 2014: Authors Notified of Paper Acceptance Decision
August 31, 2014: Final Paper Revisions Resubmission

Conference submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sharp20140

Location: Conference will be held in the scenic city of Chattanooga TN, one of America’s most breathtaking cities tucked between the mountains of Southeast Tennessee, along the beautiful Tennessee River. Chattanooga, Tennessee is one of the South’s top travel destinations. In fact, the New York Times named Chattanooga TN one of the “Top 45 Places to go" in the World.  The conference is carefully scheduled around the time when fall colors are at its best and numerous festivals are underway.  Also called the Gig city, Chattanooga is built on the most advanced smart grid system in the nation and is the first city in the Western Hemisphere to offer one-gigabit-per-second fiber internet service to all residents and businesses. The smart grid is the first killer app for Chattanooga's Gig network.

Conference Chair:
Ashish Gupta, PhD
Associate Professor of Analytics & Information Systems
College of Business
University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Email: gupta at utc.edu<mailto:gupta at utc.edu>
Phone: (423) 425-4156




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