2026 NJBDA Annual Symposium

The 13th Annual NJBDA Symposium will be held at Rowan University on May 20, 2026. The theme is Building Accessible & Sustainable AI Ecosystems: People, Data, Ethics, & Infrastructure.

Keynote Speakers Announced

NJBDA Highlights

New Jersey Big Data Alliance launches Spring 2023 workshop series

The NJBDA is partnering with several organizations to provide several free workshops and panel discussions for data practitioners and those interested in big data.

‘Big Data in FinTech’ Comes to Seton Hall

Seton Hall will host this year's Symposium in the newly renovated University Center.

NJIT launches Ph.D. program in data science

NJIT’s Departments of Data Science and Mathematical Sciences have launched a new Ph.D. in Data Science program, dedicated to growing the field and generating top-notch data scientists.

NJBDA, Rutgers, research associates release Garden State Open Data Index

Experts from NJBDA, Jim Samuel, Margaret Brennan, Marc Pfeiffer and Matthew Hale, along with professor Clint Andrews from Rutgers University and other research associates, have recently released the Garden State Open Data Index (GSODI) 2023 research report.

Call for abstracts for the 2023 NJBDA Symposium

The 2023 Symposium will include academic research sessions with presentations on current applied research in Big Data, AI, and Machine Learning. Other topics of particular interest related to the focus of the symposium are welcome, including, but not limited to AI and Finance, Blockchain, Crypto & Digital Currencies, NFTs, Big Data Business Intelligence