Symposium on Big Data Analytics in Science and Engineering 31 October - 2 Novemember, 2016 University of Aizu, Japan

Data Analytics in Astronomy, Science and Engineering

2nd International Symposium -
Big-data Analytics in Science and Engineering
( BASE 2016 )

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 " Campus Map (locate UBIC) "

October 31, 2016 [ Monday ]

9:15 - Bus leaves from Toyoko Inn Hotel for venue (UBIC)

9:15am - 11:30am : Registration (UBIC)

9:30 - 10:00 : Welcome Address by Regent Iwase, University of Aizu



10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (UBIC)


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

Session Chair - Prof. Marcin Paprzycki

- Automating Software Testing with Appium and Image Recognition
Dr. Maxim Mozgovoy, University of Aizu


- Preprocessing the Real Soccer Game Data for Game AI Research
Victor Khaustov, University of Aizu


- Tracing Human Behavior Styles in a Computer Fighting Game
Toru Ito and Tatsuhiro Rikimaru, University of Aizu



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





( 13:00 - 15:00 Session II - Key Note 1, 2 ) at [ UBIC Lecture ]

Session Chair - Prof. P. Krishna Reddy

- Big Data Analytics for Smarter Cities: A Perspective
Dr. Anirban Mondal, Shiv Nadar University, India



- On interoperability in the Internet of Things
Prof. Marcin Paprzycki,
- Polish Academiy of Sciences, Poland

(15:00pm - 17:30 pm) Visit to City Monuments

(15:00pm) Visit to Aizu Nisshinkan

Aizu Nisshinkan


( 16:00pm ) Visit to Aizu Mura

Aizu Mura


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


November 1, 2016 [ Tuesday ] ( (UBIC Lecture Hall ) )

8:45 - Bus leaves from Washington Hotel

8:45 - 11:30 : Registration (UBIC)

( 9:00- 10:00 Special Key Session III) [at UBIC]

Session Chair - Prof. Subhash Bhalla, University of Aizu

Sky Survey Captures Key Data of Cosmic Activities -
Prof. Shrinivas Kulkarni
California Institute of Technology, USA





10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (UBIC)

( 10:30- 12:00 Special Talk Session IV) [at UBIC]

Session Chair - Dr. Anirban Mondal, Shiv Nadar University, India

Building a decision support system for preparing agromet advisory based on weather prediction -
Prof. P. Krishna Reddy
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India


Using Periodic Patterns to Discover Events in Twitter
Uday Kiran and Masaru Kitsuregawa
University of Tokyo, Japan




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


(13:00 - 17:30) Visit to Aizu City Monuments


Visit to Goshiki-numa

Goshiki-numa in Bandai Area


Visit to Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum

Noguchi Museum




Dinner at University Cafeteria 17:30 - 18:30

18:30 Bus leaves for Washington Hotel


November 2, 2016 [ Wednesday ] ( (UBIC - Lecture Hall) )

8:45 Bus leaves from Washington Hotel

8:45 - 11:30 : Registration (UBIC)

( 9:00 - 10:30 Talk Sessions V )


Session Chair - Prof.Vitaly Klyuev, University of Aizu

Work-flow Based Querying on Large Data Sets for PTF Astronomical Data
W. Chu, Wu Yilang, S. Bhalla University of Aizu, Japan


Machine Learning for Big data Analytics -
Lothar Schmitt University of Aizu


Implementing the fast Aggregation Algorithm of Sensor data based on Configuration of Implementing Structures
Shinji Kikuchi, University of Aizu





10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

( 11:00- 12:00 Sessions VI )
Session Chair - Prof. Lothar Schmitt

Trends in Modern Information Retrieval -
V. Klyuev, University of Aizu, Japan


Mining an Online Programming Platform -
Yutaka Watanobe University of Aizu


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

( 13:00- 15:00 Sessions VII (Concluding Session) )


Concluding Remarks



Post Conference Planning and Remarks -
S. Bhalla and Dr. Marcin



Registration

Please complete the registration form and send it by Email / FAX with workshop fee details. FAX number is - +81 ( 242 ) 37 - 2753.

Registration Form " Text File "




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.
You need to take a conference pickup bus (from Toyoko Inn) in the morning, 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

Toyoko Inn Hotel

Location - in front of the Aizu train station

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

Aizu Toyoko Inn: Toyoko Inn
• Free bus to the University in the morning



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, the Toyoko Inn is on the left hand side (after crossing the street reach in 1 - 2 minutes by walk)
	taxi or shuttle bus	10 minutes	-




Other Hotel Information

1. 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

2. Hotel New Palace


2-78 Naka-machi Aizu-Wakamatsu City.
15-minite walk from Aizuwakamatsu Station.
Located in the center of the city
http://www.npls.co.jp/(Japanese version only)

3. 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

4. Hotel Route Inn


1-5, Heian-cho Aizu-Wakamatsu City.
It takes about five minutes by car from Aizuwakamatsu Station.

5. Japanese Style Hotel (Ryokan)
Aizu-Wakamatsu City Ryokan and Hotels
City Ryokan and Hotels

6. Onyado TOHO


Isiyama-Innai, Higasiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City
Located high in Aizu Higashiyama Onsen hot spring resort, overlooking the town.
http://www.onyado-toho.co.jp/en/(English version)




Enquiries

Direct any questions to one of the organizers, or to the workshop email address: <DNIS2016@u-aizu.ac.jp>.

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