This program provides in-depth coverage of topics, related to Big Data, including data generation, storage, management, and transfer to analytics, with focus on the state-of-the-art technologies, tools, architectures, and systems that constitute big-data computing solutions in high-performance networks. Real-life Big Data applications in various areas (particularly in science) are considered using cases to illustrate the development, deployment, and testing of a wide spectrum of emerging Big Data solutions.