BIG DATAInformation Systems Research Seminar 2015

WHAT IS BIG DATA?

research seminar
2015
BIG DATA

Talk About It, Do Something About It

Big Data is the buzzword that has gained more

and more interest from not only the academic
community, but from the general public as well.
The ability to understand and master the latest
knowledge and technologies related to Big Data
can produce significant research, and competitive
information systems of high quality. This seminar is held
with the intention to improve the knowledge and
understanding big data and its importance to the
community.

Expose the importance of the concept of Big Data in

education and research

Organized by: Dept. of Information Systems, FCSIT, UM

BIOGRAPHY OF SPEAKERS (Academic)

Dr. Omer Rana

A professor of Performance Engineering at Cardiff

School of Computer Science & Informatics. He was formerly the deputy director
of the Welsh eScience Centre at Cardiff
University. He currently participates as
a steering committee member of Cardiff
University's "Data Innovation Institute", focusing on
multidisciplinary projects involving various aspects of
data analysis and management. He holds a PhD in
"Neural Computing and Parallel Architectures" from
Imperial College (University of London, UK).

Improve understanding of the diversity of research

methods in studies involving Big Data

Study the examples of the use of the data and its

applications in real world settings
TENTATIVE AGENDA

URL
http://bigdata.is-workshop.org/
Date & Time:
27th August 2015
(8.30 am5.00 pm)
&
28th August 2015
(8.30 am1.00 pm)
Venue:
Faculty of Computer Science &
Information Technology

University of Malaya,
Kuala Lumpur

Day 1: 27th August 2015

8.30 - 9.00 am
9.00 - 9.30 am
9.30 - 10.30 am
10.30 - 11.00 am
11.00 11.45 am
11.45 12.30 pm
12.30 - 2.00 pm
2.00 3.00 pm
3.00 3.45 pm
3.45 4.00 pm
4.00 - 5.00 pm

Registration & Light Breakfast

Opening ceremony
Keynote: Prof Dr Omer Rana
Coffee Break
Talk by Dr Ettikan Karupiah
Talk by Dr. Ong Hong Hoe
Lunch Break
Talk by Dr Dzahar Mansor
Talk by Prof Dr Ho Chin Kuan
Coffee Break
Talk By Mr Jaden Teo

Dr. Ho Chin Kuan

A professor in the Faculty of Computing
and Informatics, Multimedia University
(MMU), Malaysia. He's a member of Telekom Malaysia's Business Analytic Team.
He also sits on the Malaysian National Big
Data Analytics Task Force, a committee
tasked for driving the National Big Data Agenda. Dr. Ho
received the B Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science with
Electronics Engineering from University College London UK. Subsequently, he went on to complete the MSc
(IT) and PhD degrees from Multimedia University,
Malaysia.

BIOGRAPHY OF SPEAKERS (Industry)

Dr. Ong Hong Hoe

Day 2: 28th August 2015

8.30 9.00 am
9.00 10.00 am
10. 00 11.00
11.00 12.00
12.00 2.00 pm

Registration and Light Breakfast

Talk by Prof Dr Omer Rana
Talk by Mr Jaden Teo
Forum
Closing ceremony
Lunch Break

Hong Ong is a Senior Director at MIMOS

Berhad. His current role at MIMOS is to
provide technology leadership in defining and developing lines of research in
Distributed and High-Performance
computing, to establish R&D collaboration with universities and Multi-National Corporation, and to transform
research products into commercializable products. He
received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Portsmouth, UK in 2004, and his B.S and M.S
in Computer Science from Kent State University, Kent,
Ohio, in 1996 and 1999 respectively.

BIG DATAInformation Systems Research Seminar 2015

Organized by: Dept. of Information Systems, FCSIT, UM

REGISTRATION FORM

BIOGRAPHY OF SPEAKERS (Industry)

BIG DATA: Information Systems

Research Seminar 2015

Dr. Dzaharuddin Mansor

The National Technology Officer for Microsoft Malaysia. Dr Dzahar received and
Honors Degree in Computer Systems
Engineering from Monash University,
Australia in 1985, and completed his PhD
in Computer Science at La Trobe University, Austalia in 1988. Dr. Dazahar joins Microsoft in
2005 and has more than 30 years proffesional experience in ICT and telecommunications in senior leadership, engineering, research as well as academic roles.

Dr. Etikkan Karupiah

The General Manager (Computational
Sciences) at Telekom Malaysia. Besides
having had many years of experience
working at large and reputable companies such as MIMOS, Panasonic, Intel
Microelectronics, he has also lectured at MMU and
conducted research at USM and NTTMSC. His expertise
spans many areas including in technical, design and
architecture of embedded and distributed software
engineering, project leadership, and product R&D .

Fees:
Student**
UM Staff
Public
All
to:

A certified RapidMiner Analyst graduated

from Wichita State University (USA) in
2010, with a Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering. Other research efforts
include the investigation of the aerodynamic behaviors of an automobile and the global Design Challenge, a collaborate air frame design effort
sponsored by spirit Aero systems. Jaden began his
career as an Application Engineer in Tec source systems, the SEA sole distributor of MATLAB, as a consultant he focused on technical computing areas such as
data analytics, artificial intelligence, image processing,
application deployment, etc

: 27th & 28th August 2015

: 08.30 am - 05.00 pm
: Faculty of Computer Science and Information
Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

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Admission to all seminar sessions
Registration kits
Lunches and daily coffee breaks
Certificate

** For students, matric card is required upon

registration
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