Victor C. M. Leung Livres

Focusing on the value chain of big data, this Springer Brief outlines four key phases: data generation, acquisition, storage, and analysis. Each phase is examined in terms of background, technical challenges, and recent advancements, including technologies like cloud computing and Hadoop. The book also highlights applications in areas such as enterprise management, healthcare, and smart grids. Concluding with insights on future research directions, it serves as a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and advanced students in computer science and electrical engineering.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities, TridentCom 2014, held in Guangzhou, China, in May 2014. The 49 revised full papers presented were carefully selected out of 149 submissions. The conference consisted of 6 symposia covering topics such as testbed virtualization, Internet of Things, vehicular networks, SDN, NDN, large-scale testbed federation, mobile networks, wireless networks.