Big data applications in earth and spatial science

Big data analysis and processing technology

Life science and medicine data and

applications

Materials science data and applications

Big data technologies and applications in agriculture and rural informatization

Linked data and information recommendation

Scientific data visualization

Physics and chemistry data and applications

Cloud computing and data discovery

DOI registration and release

Open forum: data science and data scientists

Cai and Zhu construct a dynamic assessment process of data quality in the big data era;

Jiang et al. propose search strategies using synchronous search and asynchronous search to conquer the problems of search speed difference and to combine the two separate search results;

Shen et al. introduce OpenCSDB, which is a solution of applying Linked Data in the Scientific Database, which will promote the sharing of scientific data and play a greater role in the “Twelfth Five-Year” program;

Xiang et al. propose an invocation sequence of web service composition and its related invocation policies based on Petri net and analysis of structural relationships;

An approach is proposed by Zhong et al. to increase the accuracy and efficiency of seeding algorithms of magnetic flux lines in magnetic field visualization;

Xie et al. propose an ontology-based agricultural knowledge fusion method to enhance identification and fusion of new and existing data sets to make big data analytics more possible;

Zhu and Xiong introduce the new discipline of Data Science, which provides a type of novel

research method (data-intensive method) for natural and social sciences and takes research on data largely beyond computer science.

Li and Lu propose a computational method to integrate both biomedical scientific data and literature for drug discovery and new uses of existing drugs;

Meng et al. describe DarwinTree, which provides an integrated bioinformatics platform that supports all phases of the analytical pathway for phylogenetic study from data collection, phylogenetic tree construction, visualization of the tree of life and web-based rendering, and to specific application service & data mining;

Zhang and Zhao introduce data mining software and tools being applied in big data issues of Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics;

Guo et al. introduce the National Rural Comprehensive Information Service Platform (NRCISP), supported by national science and technology support program.

Peng et al. review recent advances of geophysical data and geophysical informatics developed in China;

Guo et al. provide comfortable bus routes recommendation methods for passengers using an approach that combines multi-objective programming and a genetic algorithm in personalized information recommendation services;

Huang et al. propose a novel trigger model with data mining techniques for sales prediction;

Liu et al. offer an information filtering method and an aggregation model to provide a solution for how to choose appropriate experts for peer review;

Wang Zhongya et al. introduce a novel personalization-oriented academic literature recommendation method to meet the user’s preference in multiple dimensions simultaneously;

Wang Haitao et al. propose an analysis architecture to make full use of data on natural environment corrosion of materials: the approach includes grey relational analysis, artificial neural network, fracture mechanics calculation;

A knowledge model for literature data mining is proposed by Zhang et al. and it is applied to analyze the correlation between earthquake events and multidisciplinary data types.