The 1st International Conference on Datadriven Knowledge Discovery: When Data Science Meets Information Science. June 19-22, 2016, Beijing · China

• Main Author: The JDIS Editors
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese Academy of Sciences 2016-09-01
• Series: Journal of Data and Information Science
• Subjects: The 1st International Conference on Data-driven Knowledge Discovery: When Data Science Meets Information Science; the Journal of Data and Information Science (JDIS)
• Online Access: http://www.jdis.org/CN/html/Article8622.htm

The 1st International Conference on Data-driven Knowledge Discovery: When Data Science Meets Information Science took place at the National Science Library (NSL), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing from June 19 till June 22, 2016. The Conference was opened by NSL Director Xiangyang Huang, who placed the event within the goals of the Library, and lauded the spirit of international collaboration in the area of data science and knowledge discovery. The whole event was an encouraging success with over 370 registered participants and highly enlightening presentations. The Conference was organized by the Journal of Data and Information Science (JDIS) to bring the Journal to the attention of an international and local audience.