CREDIT Center / MCBDA2019
Fourth Workshop of Mission-Critical Big Data Analytics (MCBDA 2019)
May 14 – 15, 2019
Prairie View A&M University
Organized by the Center of Excellence in Research and Education for Big Military Data Intelligence (CREDIT Center), Prairie View A&M University
Sponsored by the United States Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, IBM, Monsanto Company, United Technologies Inc., Shell Inc., and Brookhaven National Lab.
Slides from workshop
– Technical Presentation: “Multi-Domain Dynamic Targeting” Dr. Benjamin Ritz and Lt. Aron R. Wing, Air Force Research Lab [View slide]
– Technical Presentation: “Performance Analysis of Deep Learning Workloads on Leading-edge Systems” Dr. Yihui (Ray) Ren, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Lab [View slide]
– Technical Presentation: “Physics-Guided Data Science for Earthquake Detection” Research Thrust 1 Team of the CREDIT Center (Drs. Huang, Chapman; Graduate Research Assistants: Myron Garner, Isaiah Brown, Hao Zheng, Sokunbi Oluwasomidotun) [View slide]
– Technical Presentation: “Computation Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Networks: A Multi-Task Learning Approach” Research Thrust 2 Team of the CREDIT Center (Drs. Qian, Fuller, Yang; Graduate Research Assistants: Joshua Bassey, Oluwaseyi Omotere, Damilola Adesina, Shanta Chowdhury) [View slide]
– Keynote Speech 1: “Key Trends in Deep Learning: Moving From Experimentation to Deployment, and Future Workloads” Matt Beale, Director of Public Sector Business Development, Intel AI Products Group [View slide]
– Technical Presentation: “Online Controlled Experiments, Learning From Running A/B/n Tests At Scale”Kaska Adoteye, Data Scientist, Microsoft Corp. [View slide]
– Technical Presentation: “Data at the center – how the subsurface data universe will transform subsurface evaluation and derisking”
Tim Roden, Shell Global Solutions US Inc [View slide]
– Technical Presentation: “Blockchain-based Cybersecurity Information Sharing for Improved Resiliency”
Dr. Deepak K Tosh, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso [View slide]
Committee Members
STEERING COMMITTEE
- Evelyn Kent, OSD/DOD (Chair)
- Ruth Simmons, PVAMU (Co-Chair)
- Qinqing (Christine) Zhang, UTRC
- James Palmer,PVAMU
- Barbara Chapman, Stony Brook University
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General chairs
- Timothy S. Kroecker, AFRL
- Lijun Qian, PVAMU
Technical Program Chairs
- Alex Aved, AFRL
- Lin Li, PVAMU
- Lei Huang, PVAMU
- Hao Xu, UNR
Publications Chair
- Xishuang Dong, PVAMU
Tutorial Chair
- Hsiang-Huang Wu, PVAMU
Demo Chair
- Xiangfang Li, PVAMU
Student Poster Chair
- Kelvin Kirby, PVAMU
- Richard Wilkins, PVAMU
Local Arrangement Chair
- John Fuller, PVAMU
- Yonggao Yang, PVAMU
Industry Chair
- Pamela Obiomon, PVAMU
Publicity Chairs
- Latifur Khan, UT Dallas
- Sikha Bagui, UWF
- Yonghui Wang, PVAMU
Finance Chair
- Suxia Cui, PVAMU
- Lei Huang, PVAMU
Registration Chair
- Carolyn Wedeking, PVAMU
Main Event
The main event will be hosted in the Memorial Student Center (MSC) Ballroom at Prairie View A&M University. The Memorial Student Center is located on the corner of L.W. Minor and O.J. Thomas streets, directly across from the William J. Nicks Building (Baby Dome).
Address: Willie A. Tempton Memorial Student Center, 155 L.W. Minor Street, Prairie View, TX 77446
Driving Directions to the Memorial Student Center (MSC)
From the suggested hotels, take Hwy 290 WEST toward Austin, and exit Prairie View. Then follow the campus map provided below:
Driving Direction on Campus (download pdf here)
Parking: Please park at the MSC parking lot indicated in the above on-campus map.
Travel to Houston
Airport: Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
Airport website
It takes about 30 minutes from the plane landed to get your rental car since you need to take a bus to the rental car center:
Rental Car Center
Then it takes about 30-45 minutes to drive to the suggested hotels depending on traffic.
Suggested Hotels
Choice 1:
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Waller
Address: 31380 Fm 2920 Rd, Waller, TX 77484
Website
This is the nearest one to the Prairie View A&M University.
Choice 2:
Courtyard by Marriott Houston Northwest/Cypress
Address: 23930 Northwest Fwy, Cypress, TX 77429
Website
Easy access to Hwy 290 and abundant shopping malls and restaurants nearby.
Choice 3:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston NW – Cypress Grand Pky
Address: 21410 Fairfield Pl, Cypress, TX 77433
Website
Easy access to Hwy 290 and near the Houston Premium Outlet.
Choice 4:
Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Northwest Cy-Fair
Address: 13110 Wortham Center Dr, Houston, TX 77065
Website
Easy access to Hwy 290 and abundant shopping malls and restaurants nearby.
Choice 5:
Comfort Suites Northwest Houston
Address: 13355 FM 1960 West, Houston, TX, 77065
Website
Easy access to Hwy 290 and abundant shopping malls and restaurants nearby.
Call for Sponsorship
You are invited to be part of this exciting event, and support the success of the third workshop of Mission-Critical Big Data Analytics (MCBDA 2019), organized by Prairie View A&M University.
This is an ideal way to demonstrate your organization’s commitment to the field of Big Data Analytics, especially for advancing the mission-critical streaming data analytics research, and to publicize this support to many researchers and students in the field.
Corporate support is typically used to permit a greater number of students to attend MCBDA at reduced fees without increasing the general registration, and to allow student volunteers to receive complimentary registration. Exhibits by sponsors also help inform researchers – especially students and postdocs – about relevant applications and opportunities.
MCBDA 2019 has four sponsorship levels: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Your support is very important to the workshop, and the workshop committee ensures that these contributions are well recognized. We list the benefits and costs below.
PLATINUM
(US$10,000 or greater contribution)
- You will get 4 free registrations to the workshops and tutorials.
- You will have the opportunity for sponsor-named keynote speech, Banquet, Reception, Panel Program, Best Paper awards, Travel awards, Lunches and coffee breaks
- Availability to exhibit products at the workshop foyer space
- Your company or institution (with logo and URL) will be listed in all workshop announcements, on the advance program, and on the conference web pages
- We will specially acknowledge your company’s contribution and offer thanks at the opening and closing sessions of the conference
- You will have the opportunity to include material and giveaways with the conference material for each attendee
GOLD SPONSORSHIP
(US$5,000 or greater contribution)
- You will get 3 free registrations to the workshops and tutorials.
- You will have the opportunity for sponsor-named Banquet, Reception, Panel Program, Best Paper awards, Travel awards, Lunches, and coffee breaks
- Availability to exhibit products at the workshop foyer space
- Your company or institution (with logo and URL) will be listed in all workshop announcements, on the advance program, and on the conference web pages
- We will specially acknowledge your company’s contribution and offer thanks at the opening and closing sessions of the conference
- You will have the opportunity to include material and giveaways with the conference material for each attendee
SILVER SPONSORSHIP
(US$3,000 or greater contribution)
- You will get 2 free registrations to the workshops and tutorials.
- We will name an event after your company if there are events left after those named for Platinum and Gold
- Availability to exhibit products at the workshop foyer space
- Your company or institution (with logo and URL) will be listed in all workshop announcements, on the advance program, and on the conference web pages
- We will specially acknowledge your company’s contribution and offer thanks at the opening and closing sessions of the conference
BRONZE SPONSORSHIP
(US$1,500 or greater contribution)
- You will get 1 free registration to the workshops and tutorials.
- Availability to exhibit products at the workshop foyer space
- Your company or institution (with logo and URL) will be listed in all workshop announcements, on the advanced program, and on the conference web pages
- We will specially acknowledge your company’s contribution and offer thanks at the opening and closing sessions of the conference
We welcome other types of support and are open to negotiating on specific terms.
Please contact MCBDA 2019 Sponsors Chair:
Dr. Lijun Qian
liqian@pvamu.edu
Contact Us
Any questions, please contact
Lijun Qian,
Prairie View A&M University
liqian@pvamu.edu