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<DIV>IJBDI, International Journal of Big Data Intelligence</DIV>
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href="http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi">http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi</A></DIV>
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<DIV>== Inaugural Issue ==</DIV>
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<DIV>The first quarter of 2014, IJBDI will publish its inaugural issue </DIV>
<DIV>which will be widely circulated through the publisherˇ¦s newsletter </DIV>
<DIV>which has over 250,000 contacts within academia and industry. It will
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<DIV>provide significant exposure for the selected articles.</DIV>
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<DIV>== Introduction ==</DIV>
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<DIV>Big data is a rapidly expanding research area spanning the fields of </DIV>
<DIV>computer science and information management, and has become a ubiquitous
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<DIV>term in understanding and solving complex problems in different </DIV>
<DIV>disciplinary fields such as engineering, applied mathematics, medicine,
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<DIV>computational biology, healthcare, social networks, finance, business,
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<DIV>government, education, transportation and telecommunications. IJBDI </DIV>
<DIV>provides a vehicle for disseminating the latest research in big data </DIV>
<DIV>research, development and applications.</DIV>
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<DIV>== Objectives ==</DIV>
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<DIV>This IJBDI pursues two objectives:</DIV>
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<DIV>1) Becoming an on-going forum for professionals, academics, researchers,
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<DIV>scientists, engineers, educators, and policy makers, working in the field
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<DIV>of data science and management to demonstrate and explore current advances
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<DIV>in all aspects of big data intelligence, in its many shapes and forms.
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<DIV>2) Promoting cross-disciplinary innovative research and expanding dialogue
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<DIV>across disciplinary fields, such as engineering, medicine, computational
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<DIV>biology, healthcare, social science, finance, business, government, </DIV>
<DIV>education, transportation and telecommunications.</DIV>
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<DIV>For more information, please visit <A
href="http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi">http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi</A></DIV>
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<DIV>== Editorial Board ==</DIV>
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<DIV>IJBDI is published by Inderscience Publishers and is administered by an
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<DIV>international and interdisciplinary editorial board.</DIV>
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<DIV>Executive and Advisory Editors: </DIV>
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<DIV>Hsu, Ching-Hsien, Chung Hua University, Taiwan</DIV>
<DIV>Abawajy, Jemal, Deakin University, Australia</DIV>
<DIV>Bojanova, Irena, University of Maryland University College, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Chung, Yeh-Ching, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan</DIV>
<DIV>Hacker, Thomas J., Purdue University, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Paprzycki, Marcin, Systems Research Institute, Poland</DIV>
<DIV>Balaji, Pavan, Argonne National Laboratory, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Chen, Jinjun, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia</DIV>
<DIV>Di Martino, Beniamino, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy</DIV>
<DIV>Wang, Guojun, Central South University, China</DIV>
<DIV>Buyya, Raj, University of Melbourne, Australia</DIV>
<DIV>Fox, Geoffrey Charles, Indiana University, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Hwang, Kai, University of Southern California, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Prasanna, Viktor K., University of Southern California, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Ranka, Sanjay, University of Florida, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Sahni, Sartaj, University of Florida, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Tsai, Jeffrey, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Yen, I-Ling, University of Texas at Dallas, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Yu, Philip S., University of Illinois at Chicago, USA</DIV>
<DIV>Zomaya, Albert, University of Sydney, Australia</DIV>
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<DIV>Editorial Board:</DIV>
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<DIV>Please visit <A
href="http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi">http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi</A></DIV>
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<DIV>== Publication ==</DIV>
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<DIV>In addition to the open call, special issues devoted to emerging topics
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<DIV>in big data intelligence will occasionally be published.</DIV>
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<DIV>== Submissions ==</DIV>
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<DIV>IJBDI welcomes submissions of high-quality original research articles
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<DIV>with novel findings, and critical reviews. The journal aims to present
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<DIV>original perspectives and points of view across disciplines and areas of
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<DIV>investigation.</DIV>
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<DIV>To submit a paper, please read the detailed guidelines found here: </DIV>
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href="http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijbdi#authors">http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijbdi#authors</A></DIV>
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<DIV>For more information, and to propose a Special Issue, please contact </DIV>
<DIV>the editor, Robert C. Hsu at robertchh@gmail.com</DIV>
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