The 2^nd Norwegian Big Data Symposium - NOBIDS 2016 welcomes the submission of original research and application papers dealing with all aspects of Big Data.

The impact of Big Data and large-scale data infrastructures is now visible in science, business, government and civil society. Companies store more data than anyone could imagine just a few years back, and the proliferation of open linked data has made it possible to share well-defined data across organizational and geographical boundaries. Big data and data analytics are rapidly expanding research areas that are of great importance to both industry and academia. The focus is on scalable techniques for intelligent data production, collection, classification, storing, integration, analysis and visualization. Big Data is multi-disciplinary of nature and is closely linked to industrial innovation and value creation.

The 2nd Norwegian Big Data Symposium (NOBIDS) focuses on Big Data applications and Big Data research from all disciplines, and it aims to bring researchers and industry practitioners together to exchange ideas, establish collaborations and share experiences. There are already a number of successful applications of Big Data solutions in Scandinavian companies. A central objective of the symposium is to create an interdisciplinary community that addresses industry-relevant issues in Big Data and promotes fruitful collaboration between researchers, companies and practitioners.