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                                COM.Geo 2012 Keynote (6) --
                                <a href='http://www.com-geo.org/conferences/2012/index.htm'>Oracle Keynote: <br/>Big Data and Advanced Spatial Analytics</a></p>
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                                                <p><strong>Dr. Xavier Lopez</strong></p>
                                                <p>&nbsp;</p>
                                                <p><strong>Director, <br/>Spatial &amp; Semantic Technologies</strong></p>
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                                                <td><p>Today’s business and government organizations are challenged when trying to manage and analyze information from enterprise databases, streaming servers, social media and open source.  This is compounded by the complexity of integrating diverse data types (relational, text, spatial, images, spreadsheets) and their representations (customers, products, suppliers, events, and locations) – all of which need to be understood and re-purposed in different contexts. Identifying meaningful patterns across these different information sources is non-trivial. Moreover, conventional IT tools, such as conventional data warehousing and business intelligence alone, are insufficient at handling the volumes, velocity and variety of content at hand.  A new framework and associated tools are needed.  Dr. Lopez outlines how data scientists and analysts are applying Spatial and Semantic Web concepts to make sense of this Big Data stream.  He will describe new approaches oriented toward search, discovery, linking, and analyzing information on the Web, and throughout the enterprise.  The role of Map Reduce is described, as is importance of engineered systems to simplify the creation and configuration of Big Data environments.  The key take away is use of spatial and linked open data concepts to enhance content alignment, interoperability, discovery and analytics in the Big Data stream.  <a href='http://www.com-geo.org/conferences/2012/prog_keynotes.htm'>
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                                <a href='http://www.com-geo.org/conferences/2012/index.htm'>
                                COM.Geo2012 Panels on 
                                        Hot Computing Technologies and Applications </a></p>
                                <p>COM.Geo is organizing several interesting panels related to Big Data Computing & Mobile Computing, Cloud Computing, GPU/GPGPU Computing, Sensor Computing / Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data Computing for Defense, Big Data Computing for Transportation / Traffic, etc.</p>
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                                &nbsp;</p>
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                                <a href='http://www.com-geo.org/conferences/2012/exhibit_sponsor.htm'>Only a Few Sponsor 
                                &amp; Exhibit Spaces Left -- Apply NOW</a></p>
                                <p>At COM.Geo 2012, your organization can not only attract diverse 
                                attendees from all over the world, but also be well positioned and 
                                highly visible for department managers and decision makers from 
                                government agencies. Take advantage of these great promotional opportunities 
                                and select the level of sponsorship best suited for your organization.
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                                &gt;&gt;</a></strong></font></p>
                                <p>&nbsp;</p>
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                                <a href='http://www.com-geo.org/conferences/2012/venue.htm'>Conference Hotel Reservation</a> 
                                -- Cut-Off Day on June 8th</p>
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                                                Birthday,  
                                <a href='http://www.com-geo.org/conferences/2012/venue_dc.htm'>July 4th, Independence Day</a><strong>,</strong> at a<strong> 
                                                </strong>great discounted conference rate<strong> 
                                                $136 </strong>with other 
                                benefits<strong> </strong>to save the most money and ensure your 
                                first choice of accommodations. <font face='Arial' size='2'>
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                <p>&nbsp;</p>
                <p class='style22'><strong>About COM.Geo </strong></p>
                <p class='style21'>Computing for Geospatial Research Institute (COM.Geo) 
                is one of the leading-edge geospatial computing research organizations in 
                the world. COM.Geo is playing a guiding role to advancing the technologies 
                in computing for geospatial research and application fields. COM.Geo R&amp;D 
                focuses on the latest computing technologies for multidisciplinary research 
                and development that enables the exploration in geospatial areas. COM.Geo 
                training center offers the most up-to-date training for working professionals 
                to boost their technical knowledge and skills of computing for geospatial 
                technology. COM.Geo conference is an exclusive international event that 
                connects researchers, developers, scientists, and application users from 
                academia, government, and industry in both computing and geospatial fields.
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