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# Born to be big: Data, graphs, and their entangled complexity

• Big Data and Big Graphs have become landmarks of current cross-border research, destined to remain so for long time. While we try to optimize the ability of assimilating both, novel methods continue to inspire new applications, and vice versa.Clearly these two big things, data and graphs, are connected, but can we ensure management of their complexities, computational efficiency, robust inference? Critical bridging features are addressed here to identify grand challenges and bottlenecks.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 68Qxx; Secondary: 81P40.

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