Computing and Storage Infrastructure for Big Data Analytics

在数据以惊人的速度增长的世界中，对快速有效地分析大数据以发现有用信息的需求巨大。在约克大学的数据挖掘实验室，我们正在从事一些由NSERC支持的研究项目，为挖掘大数据开发有效、高效和新颖的解决方案。我们的大多数项目都涉及行业协作，其中使用大量数据来开发针对行业实际问题的解决方案。这项RTI奖助金将提供这些计画所需的计算支援。我们需要一个数据存储服务器、一个大内存服务器和一些工作站。这些设备将供从事项目的学生和博士后使用。

In a world where data are growing at extraordinary rates, there is a huge demand for fast and effective analysis of big data to discover useful information. In the Data Mining Lab at York University, we are working on a number of research projects supported by NSERC for developing effective, efficient, and novel solutions for mining big data. Most of our projects involve industry collaboration where high volumes of data are used to develop solutions to practical problems in industry. This RTI grant will provide computational support required by these projects. We request a data storage server, a big memory server, and a number of workstations. The equipment will be used by the students and postdoctoral fellows working on the projects. These projects include (1) Online mining of big data streams using cloud computing, (2) Semi-supervised learning from data streams with emerging classes, (3) Novel geodesic and contour global optimization and its application to machine learning, (4) Data and visual analytics for decision marking in next generation news media, (5) Application of IBM platform solutions for data analytics problems, (6) An online integrated health risk assessment and recommendation tool, (7) Developing smart conversational systems, (8) Predicting forced migration using big data of news articles, (9) Developing a cloud-based platform for real-time facility analytics, and (10) Graph Mining and Exploration Algorithms. Our research has strong collaborations with Canadian industry, and covers various application areas that are involved with big data. We will develop novel and more effective technological solutions that can turn big data into beneficial actions for business. We believe such applications will result in product enhancements and new products for our partners, and will bring them significant competitive advantages globally.