In October, PhD student Rapheal Olaniyan presented a paper at the IEEE International Conference on Data Science & Analytics. Here is his report on what happened. 

Big data is a new phrase we hear about very often these days. It involves the data generated by everyone and everything from social media and other digital processes. Organisations are now reacting to the explosive volume of big data starting with how to handle the startling volume to exploiting the data in order to generate insights useful for resource optimisation purposes.

One way to develop the analytical capabilities needed to deliver results would be to gather experts, short in supply though, around the globe. This would help in terms of collaborations, big data trends and industry focus, and capability development.

In October I travelled to Paris to present a paper at the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Data Science & Advanced Analytics in Paris. The paper “Sentiment and stock market volatility predictive modelling- a hybrid approach” was co-authored by Daniel Stamate, Lahcen Ouarbya (both Goldsmiths) and Doina Logofatu (Frankfurt University). In the paper, we propose a new approach to developing the stock market predictive modelling based on a hybrid approach that incorporates sentiment, GARCH family and artificial neural networks. More so, our paper is now being considered for publication in the International Journal of Data Science and Analytics.

It was an excellent conference that brought together researchers, industry practitioners, other experts of big data. It was also an opportunity to meet great minds in Big Data analytics. Among the interesting people are some team from Facebook labs, Yahoo labs, top consulting firms and other highly referred professionals. It was one of the best conferences I have ever been.

Thanks to the professional approach to teaching and research dedication received from the Computing Department, Goldsmiths University of London and the funding for travelling expenses I got from the PGR Committee. I do enjoy my moment at Goldsmiths and I appreciate the academic support from the Computing Department and the Postgraduate Committee.