Symposium on Big Data Analytics in Science and Engineering December 7 - 9, 2015 University of Aizu, Japan

Data Analytics in Astronomy, Science and Engineering

First International Symposium -
Big-data Analytics in Science and Engineering
( BASE 2015 )

1. Planning a trip to Univerity of Aizu" PDF "

2. Travel by Bullet trains (Please carry these notes) " PDF "

Train Time Tables " Aizu-Koriyama-Tokyo"

3. University Map of Facilities " PDF "

December 7, 2015 [ Monday ]

8:30 - Bus leaves from Washington Hotel for venue (UBIC)

8:30am - 11:30am : Registration (UBIC)

9:00 - 9:15 : Welcome Address by Prof. S. Sedukhin, University of Aizu



(9:15 - 10:15 : Session 1)
Session Chair - Prof. Mark Sifer , University of Wollongong, Australia


- Resource Access Control in the Internet of Things
Prof. Marcin Paprzycki, Polish Academiy of Sciences, Poland


10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break (UBIC)


( 10:45 - 11:30 Session II ) at [ UBIC Lecture ]

Session Chair - Prof. Marcin Paprzycki

- Building personalized experiences on cultural heritage using linked data and annotations
Professor Paolo Bottoni, University of Rome, Italy



11:30 - 13:00 Lunch Break: University Cafeteria


13:00 - 17:30 Lunch and Visit to Aizu Monuments (Bus Tour)



(1) (13:00pm) Visit to Lacquer-ware workshop

Japanese Lacquer-ware

Suzutake Workshop

P> (2) (14:00pm) Visit to Aizu Tsurugajo Castle and Museam )

at Tsurugajo Castle

at Tsurugajo Museum

The castle is 600 years old. As a result of earthquake in 1611, the the castle tower began to lean. It was rebuilt in 1627. It has been destroyed and rebuilt afterwards as a result of famous historical events.

3. (15:00pm) Aizu Sake Museam near the Castle

Aizu Sake Brewing Museum

Aizu is naturally blessed with the three requisites for brewing good sake: high quality rice, an abundance of pure water, and cold weather. Over the course of Aizu's rich sake producing history, local technique and expertise has developed immensely and many quality sake producers have evolved. More Information

(4) (16:00pm) Traditional and Japanese Sweets (at Kashiwaya )

at Kashiwaya Aizu Shop

History: Wagashi ( "Wa" Japanese + "Okashi" fruits and nuts) is served with matcha (powder) green tea

The word 'Wagashi', originally referred to fruits and nuts . Influenced by the introduction of tea and China's confectionery, the changes in 'Wagashi' took off during the Edo period (years 1600 - 1868). Nowadays, Wagashi = Sugar + Fruits and nuts is now called as. Okashi in modern time.
Dinner at Keyaki 17:30 - 18:30
18:30 Bus leaves for Washington Hotel


December 8, 2014 [ Tuesday ] ( (UBIC Lecture Hall ) )

8:30 - Bus leaves from Washington Hotel

8:30 - 11:30 : Registration (UBIC)

( 8:45- 10:15 Special Talk Session III) [at UBIC]

Session Chair - Prof. Paolo Bottoni, University of Rome, Italy

A visual interface technique for exploring OLAP data with coordinated dimension hierarchies -
Mark Sifer,
University of Wollongong, Australia


Efficient Data Analytics Over Cloud: Big Data Processing Flow
Mukesh Mohania ,
IBM Research Laboratories, India



10:15 - 10:35 Coffee Break

( 10:35 - 11:35 : Session IV )


Session Chairman - Dr. Mukesh Mohania, IBM Research Laboratories, India

TMEDS: Twitter based Minor Event Detecting System -
Uday Kiran and Masaru Kitsuregawa,
University of Tokyo,


Optimisation with Genetic Algorithms: An overview -
Lothar M Schmitt, The University of Aizu,


( 11:35 - 12:00 : Special Session )


Session Chair - Prof. Paolo Bottoni

Interoperability of Heterogeneous IoT Platforms INTER-IoT -
Prof. Marcin Paprzycki,
olish Academiy of Sciences, Poland

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break: University Cafeteria


Visit to Aizu Monuments

[1. Visit to Enzo-ji Buddhist Temple (Yanaizu Town), (English Link)


2. There are Traditional Japanese Sweets Shops in the vicinity. That offer Millet grain sweets.


(3. Saito Kiyoshi Museum), (Saito Art Museum (Wikipedia))
(Saito Kiyoshi Museum),


4. Ashiyu (Hot Spring for Feet) [ Shops for Sweets and Souvenirs ]

Dinner at University Cafeteria 17:30 - 18:30
18:30 Bus leaves for Washington Hotel


December 9, 2015 [ Wednesday ] ( (UBIC - Lecture Hall) )

8:30 Bus leaves from Washington Hotel

8:30 - 11:30 : Registration (UBIC)

( 8:45 - 10:00 Talk Sessions VIII )


Session Chair - Prof.Vitaly Klyuev, University of Aizu

To implement Electronic Health Records system by adopting openEHR technology -
El Helou Samar, Kyoto University


Tsunami Modeling Infrastructure based on Hybrid Bathymetry. Alexander Vazhenin

Architecture for Developing Hybrid Languages -
Mirai Watanabe, University of Aizu, Japan


10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

( 10:30- 11:45 Sessions IX )
Session Chair - Prof. Lothar Schmitt

Symbols and Format for Self-explanatory Specification of Feelings -
Daiki Hashimoto, University of Aizu, Japan


Query Languages for Domain Specific Information from PTF Astronomical Catalogs and Data Resources
Wu Yilang, University of Aizu, Japan


Content Recommendation Function for E-Learning Systems -
Ryuya Takahashi, University of Aizu, Japan


11:45-13:00 Lunch Break: University Cafeteria

( 13:00- 14:00 Cancelled Talks Sessions IX (Visitors could not arrive) )


Byzantine Concensus in Distributed Systems: A Short Survey -
Keisuke Kato, University of Aizu, Japan


Big Social Machines: Architecture and Challenges -
Srinath Srinivasa,
IIIT Bangalore,
India


LOCATION

The workshop will take place at University of Aizu. The University of Aizu is in the scenic vicinity of the Bandai-Asahi National Park, and is located in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, the historical capital of the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture. It is famous for Tsurugajo Castle, museums, hot-spring and skiing resorts and sake (Japanese rice wine). It is about three hours from Tokyo by train (for travel).

The University of Aizu
Aizu-Wakamatsu City
Fukushima Prefecture, PO 965-8580, Japan

• Access Guide (click here)
• Stay and sight seeing in Tokyo
• Aizu-wakamatsu City
• Aizu-wakamatsu Sight seeing
• City Map Station,Hotel and University
• Local Bus at Aizu-Wakamatsu City
• Campus Map
• Visiting Aizu Area - Guide (click here)
• Outdoor Activities Club

Accomodation

Western Style Hotel, which rates from about 6500JPY (single) to 13000JPY (twin) per night and Japanese Style Hotel (Ryokan) with Hot Spring, which rates from 10000JPY (two persons/one Japanese style room, with breakfast) to 17000JPY (two persons/one room, with breakfast and dinner) per night are available in the near vicinity.
Sightseeing buses leave regularly from the station. You need to take a conference pickup bus (from Washington Hotel), or local bus to the Unversity of Aizu, or take a taxi. It costs 160JPY by bus, and about 1,000JPY by taxi.

You may reserve by internet

Aizu-Wakamatsu Washington Hotel

3- minute walk from Aizu-Wakamatsu Station.

201 Byakko-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, PO 965-0024 (JAPAN)
phone: [+81](242)22-6111
fax: [+81](242)24-7535
Email: awh@nifty.com
URL: (with an easy map) Washington Hotel
• Free shuttle bus to the University



Time to reach Hotel from

		conference site (University of Aizu)	Aizu-Wakamatsu Eki (train station)
	walking	25 minutes	5 minutes ( Go straight out from the station area, on main road ahead, cross 2 streets, on the left hand side)
	taxi or shuttle bus	10 minutes	-




Other Hotel Information

1. Toyoko Inn

Location - in front of the Aizu train station

URL: Toyoko Inn
select Fukushima; Select Aizu-Wakamatsu ekimae; select map

2. Ekimae Fuji Grand Hotel


5-25 Ekimae-machi Aizu-Wakamatsu City.
30-second walk from Aizu-Wakamatsu Station.
http://www.fujigrandhotel.co.jp/welcomee.stm




Enquiries

Direct any questions to one of the organizers, or to the workshop email address: <DNIS2014@u-aizu.ac.jp>.

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