Call for Papers

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The 7th International Conference on BusinessIntelligence and Financial Engineering (BIFE 2014)

Xi’An, China, August 8-10, 2014

http://www.gip.hk/bife2014/

(Papers Due: April 1, 2014)

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Accepted papers will be published in theconference CD proceedings published by Conference Publishing Service (CPS)after conference, some selected high-quality papers will be published in thespecial issue of International Journals.

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The expandingrange of global competition, coupled with the growing volumes of complex datain companies after having spent the last decade implementing Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP), have forced businesses and academics alike to turn tosophisticated technologies for solutions. Business Intelligence plays ever-increasinglyimportant roles in companies to obtain the competitive advantages. The marriagebetween the cutting-edge business intelligence technology and traditionaltopics of finance and economics has resulted in the field of FinancialEngineering. Accordingly, financial engineering as a cross-disciplinary fieldrelies on mathematical finance, intelligent methods and computer simulations tomake trading, hedging and investment decisions, as well as facilitating therisk management of those decisions, and thus strengthening the competitivecapability of companies. To promote the theoretical development and exchange ofBusiness Intelligence and Financial Engineering, the Seventh InternationalConference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering (BIFE 2014) washeld at Xi’An in August 8-10, 2014.

The mainpurposes of the Seventh International Conference on Business Intelligence andFinancial Engineering (BIFE 2014) are to exchange information and ideas onbusiness intelligence and financial engineering, to promote a higher academiclevel of business intelligence and financial engineering, and meantime toprovide an international forum for experts from academia in the field ofbusiness intelligence and financial engineering from universities throughoutthe world, as well as business practitioners and senior management fromindustries can discuss current focus problems, new modeling approaches andfuture alternative solutions.

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Topics of Interest

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This conference solicitously invitesoriginal contributions on all relevant topics related to business intelligenceand financial engineering, including, but not limited to, the following topics:

Main Track A: Business Intelligence

l  ArtificialIntelligence (ANN, GA…)

l  MachineLearning (SVM…)

l  Rough Setsand Fuzzy Systems

l  HybridLearning

l  EnsembleLearning

l  Data Analysisand Data Mining

l  Text Miningand Web Mining

l  E-Businessand Management

l  CustomerRelationship Analysis

l  Supply ChainIntegration and BI

l  AI inBusiness Applications

Main Track B: Financial Engineering

l  Asset Pricingand Arbitrage Theory

l  PortfolioSelection and Optimization

l  CorporateFinance

l  Finance RiskManagement

l  FinancialHedging and Trading

l  FinancialTime Series Forecasting

l  FinancialDerivatives (Futures, Options...)

l  FinancialFraud and Surveillance

l  FinancialMathematics and Financial Economics

l  Insurance andActuarial Theory

l  FinancialEngineering Applications

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Important Dates

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Full paper submission:           April 1, 2014

Paper Acceptance Notification:    April 15, 2014

Camera-ready papers:            May 1, 2014

Registration:                   April 15-May 1, 2014

Conference Date:               August 8-10, 2014

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For more details about BIFE2014, pleasevisit the conference sites: http://www.gip.hk/bife2014/

Further Information, please contact: bife2014org@126.com

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