It is now announced the Call for Papers for the second edition of the International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2014), which includes topics such as Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Conceptual modeling approaches for Big Data, integration with Hadoop and MapReduce, Data Mining on Big Data, Smart Cities, etc… This year the workshop will be held in conjunction with the 33rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2014). The Workshop will be held between 27 and 30 October 2014 in Atlanta, USA. Contributions should have a maximum of 8 pages in LNCS format. For more information: http://www.lucentia.es/workshop/mobid14/

The Call for Papers for the Seventh International i* Workshop on target modelling using i*, GRL, Tropos and other related frameworks is now open. This year the workshop will be held in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE '14). The Workshop will be held on 16-17 June 2014. Contributions should be a maximum of 6 pages in NLCS format. Deadline is 21 March 2014 for abstracts and 28 March for full papers. For more information: http://istar.rwth-aachen.de/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=29

The technology firm Google, the consulting firm Analistas Financieros Internacionales (AFI) and the Institute of Economics of the University of Alicante have created the Observatory for the Analysis and Economic Development of the Internet. The new forum, which will be directed by university professor and former rector Andrés Pedreño, aims to study the impact of the Internet on the modernisation of Spain's economy, according to the new institution. For more information: http://www.diarioinformacion.com/vida-y-estilo/tecnologia/2013/09/27/google-impulsa-observatorio-reforzar-economia/1419809.html

ALAIN TURING This year, 2012, is the year of Turing, the year of computer science. The Sociedad Científica Informática de España, and on its behalf the President Francisco Tirado, is pleased to invite you to the opening ceremony of the Turing Year to be held on Wednesday 27th June at 12:30 h in the Paraninfo of the Complutense University of Madrid. Paraninfo UCM c/ San Bernardo, 49 28015 Madrid Madrid, 2012