There is no doubt that data have become the new “oil” in today’s world. However, much like any other good, data can become a tool for the pursuit of both savory and unsavory objectives, and with the emergence of big data, s those objectives can now be of an even grander scale. This Special Issue aims at examining state-of-the-art practices regarding the use of data-intensive computing to make industries and societies more sustainable from many perspectives, including, but not limited to, societal, economical, entrepreneurial, and social. We particularly encourage submissions that refine or replicate the application of big data computing to known and established data-intensive computing problems, as well as of proven-true proof-of-concepts in the industry where data-intensive computing leads to more sustainable industrial or societal outcomes.

Assoc. Prof. Damian A. Tamburri
Prof. Dr. Willem-Jan van den Heuvel
Guest Editors

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• Big data
• Data-intensive computing
• Social computing
• Data-driven industrial engineering
• Applied big data analytics
• DataOps