The main goal of BIDAC is to create sustainable, self-sufficient Big Data Analytics center focuses on interdisciplinary research, services and training. Vision: From Big Data to Big Impact Mission: To ingrain a sustained impact through groundbreaking Big Data analytics research and services. Objectives: ● Delivery of leading and excellent research contributions to Big Data Analytics. ● Boost the government and private sector performance and the rate of productivity. ● Interdisciplinary training of highly skilled and excellent researchers and leaders in the big data analytics area, advanced/predictive analytics, data-intensive computing. ● Provision of a unique highly stimulating environment and opportunities for making a substantial academic and commercial impact as well as developing awareness and breadth of knowledge for both students and staff by assembling a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral team of academic, commercial and public institutions. ● Promote interactions between industry practitioners and academic researchers. ● Foster private-public collaboration