The College of Business hosted the second seminar of the Emerging Trends Seminar Series at Academic 3 on 29th March. The seminar was jointly organised by CB’s Executive Education Unit, the Department of Information Systems, and the Department of Management Sciences. It attracted more than 100 business practitioners from the local business community to explore applications on Big Data — the Next Frontier in Business, Health and Science.
Prof Kwok-leung Tsui, Head of the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and Chair Professor of Industrial Engineering, introduced the seminar series. Prof Stephen Fienberg, Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science, Carnegie Mellon University, then delivered one of the two featured talks on New Multivariate Challenges and Privacy Issues in the Context of Big Data Research; followed by Mr Raymond Chu, Executive of IBM Software Group, on Big Data and Analytics: IBM’s Point of View.
A panel discussion on topics related to Big Data Application in Hong Kong concluded the seminar. Prof Jian Ma, Professor in the Department of Information Systems, was the moderator of the panel. The seminar provided an opportunity for faculty members to discuss and interact with business practitioners.
Professional Speakers, Panelists and Moderators:
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Mr Bernie Bengler, CEO of comm-IQ Ltd, Hong Kong
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Mr Patrick Chiu, Council Member, Information Communication Technologies, Industry Training Advisory Committee, Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government; Technical Advisor, Information Communication Technologies, Employee Retaining Board, Hong Kong SAR Government
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Mr Raymond Chu, Executive, Client Technical Professionals, IBM Software Group
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Prof Stephen Fienberg, Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science, Department of Statistics, Heinz College, and Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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Mr Jason Jiang, General Manager, Big Data & Global Business, GTA Finance & Education Group
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Mr Micky Lo, MD and Head of Information Risk Management APAC, The Bank of New York Mellon
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Prof Jian Ma, Professor of Department of Information Systems, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong
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Prof Kwok-leung Tsui, Chair Professor and Head of Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
For information on the first seminar, please visit https://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/NewsDetails?id=1825