2016 International Conference on Big Data in Finance (2016 BDF) Special Issue of the Asia Pacific Management Review (APMR) Themes: Big Data Analytics: Using Financial and Non‐financial Information Call for Papers On September 23‐24, 2016, the FinTech Big Data Research Center (FiT BiDa ReC) and Department of Finance, National Dong Hwa University will organize a conference in Hualien, Taiwan on “Big Data in Finance”. The conference is intended to discuss ongoing research on big data and its role and usage in finance. Papers, theoretical, empirical or policy‐oriented, are actively solicited but not limited to the following issues: Information and evidence in digital age Policy‐making mechanisms and modelling approaches Data analytics and financial econometrics Financial sentiment and news analysis Behavioral data finance
Data security and legal protection Big data and credit Risk Integrating technology and the access to massive data sources High‐frequency trading and algorithmic execution
Keynote speakers We are delighted that our keynote talk will be given by Professor Dr. Wolfgang K. Härdle, Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz Chair of Statistics, School of Business and Economics, Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin. The deadline for submission of papers or abstracts for the conference and special issue of APMR is July 15, 2016. Preference is given to papers over abstracts. Authors of submitted papers will be notified before 15 August 2016 whether their paper has been accepted for the conference. There is no registration fee for presenters. Those who wish to present should send their papers electronically to Prof. Tony Chieh‐Tse Hou
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Special issue of the Asia Pacific Management Review (APMR) A TSSCI journal ranking: 8/46 in Management (Taiwan), Special Issue Themes: Big Data Analytics: Using Financial and Non‐financial Information. Submit completed papers using the guidelines for regular the Asia Pacific Management Review (APMR) journal submissions (http://apmr.management.ncku.edu.tw/). Guest editors: Henry Jin‐Lung Lin (National Dong Hwa University) and Yi‐Long Hsiao (National Dong Hwa University). The date the Special Issue is expected to be published: September 2017.
Conference Website: https://sites.google.com/site/2016bdf/
Further questions regarding the conference can be addressed to the conference organizers: Conference Chair: Prof. Henry Jin‐Lung Lin Department of Finance National Dong Hwa University
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Co‐Chair: Prof. Tony Chieh‐Tse Hou Department of Finance National Dong Hwa University
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Executive Secretary: Prof. Yi‐Long Hsiao Department of Finance National Dong Hwa University
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