The advent of software defined networking enables flexible, reliable and feature-rich control
planes for data center networks. However, the tight coupling of centralized control and …

Data driven decision making is a key element of today's pharmaceutical research, including
early drug discovery. It comprises questions like which target to pursue, which chemical …

We propose new algorithms for implementing a software-defined data center (SDDC) to
improve the dependability of storage systems without the addition of new hardware. We …

Background: Big Data is a relatively new field of research and technology, and literature
reports a wide variety of concepts labeled with Big Data. The maturity of a research field can …

Although many successful cases regarding big data have been reported, building
information systems of big data is still difficult. From the perspective of technology the …

Technological advances in the field of Remote Sensing generate large volumes of
geospatial data. Current geographic information systems (GIS) doesn't support the massive …

The information explosion and data deluge themes have had an impact on discussions and
debates regarding contemporary information management. These impacts are due not only …

The organizations' demand to integrate several heterogeneous data sources and an ever-
increasing volume of data is revealing the presence of quality problems in data. Currently …

The staggering growth in Internet of Things (IoTs) technologies is the key driver for
generation of massive raw data streams in big data environments. In addition, the collection …

General purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is a promising
technique to cope with nowadays arising computational challenges due to the suitability of …