iDef4 stands for the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning. It's a conference where people who work in the field of data engineering and automated learning gather to share ideas and research. Data engineering is the process of collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in order to gain useful information to help with decision making. Automated learning is a way of making computers and other machines learn without explicit programming. At the conference, researchers present their research on new algorithms, processes and methods for data engineering and automated learning, and then discuss and collaborate with each other to find new ways to use the technologies. The conference usually includes keynote speeches, paper presentations, tutorials, and other workshops and activities.