Industry Panels
A. RESEARCH & INNOVATION A1. COMPUTING SCIENCE - Big Data Issues & Implications (8:45 a.m. April 24th)
Analysis of large data sets is yielding extraordinary information, contributing to organizational change and a focus on innovation, productivity and solutions. No institution, no profession, no business or industry can afford to ignore the implications for customer/client relations and sustainability. Facilitator: Everett Toews, Senior Developer - Cybera • “Introduction to Big Data and Analytics in Business, Government, and Education.” Michael Hendin, President CatchMyData Inc. • “Search Appliances for Big Data.” Davood Rafiei, Associate Professor, Computing Science – University of Alberta • “Big Data - Life Cycle Management & Challenges.” Irving Graham, President – Storage Clarity A2. THE CLOUD – Searching for Meaning (10:30 a.m. April 24th)
Big data sets sleuthed by analytic tools have become the subject of enormous interest, with great promise. What are the prerequisites and what can be expected as more sophisticated search engines and data sets become available. Facilitator: Monica Sawchyn, CAS Executive Director - IBM • “Finding Relevant Data in the Cloud for Actionable Decisions.” Andres Dorado, Sr. Technical Consultant and BI Solutions Architect – CGI Inc. • “Is Your Cloud Ready?” Dale Oldford, Executive Consultant and BI Practice Lead – CGI Inc. • “Migrating to the Hadoop Ecosystem: An Experience Report.” Eleni Stroulia, Professor, Computing Science - University Alberta A3. RESEARCH - Advanced Analytics & Machine Learning (1:45pm April 24th)
The Alberta Innovates Centre for Machine Learning is world renown for developing extraordinary talent and advanced analytics applications in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and analytics. Learn of some of their more advanced research and who is showing interest in these extraordinary findings. Facilitator: Cameron Schuler, CEO, Alberta Innovates Centre for Machine Learning (AICML) - University of Alberta • “Yield Management As A Process Governed by Data Mining in the Auto Industry.” Ayman Ammoura, Chief Information Officer – Driving Force • “Offer Targeting in Financial Services: Leveraging A Big Data Clustering Strategy.” Tom Peters, Partner – Deloitte, Toronto • “Automating Collusion Detection.” Michael Bowling, Principal Investigator AICML and Associate Professor - University of Alberta A4. THE UNIVERSE - Big Sky Science (SKA) (3:30pm April 24th)
As scientists peer deeper and deeper into space and time, they are unraveling secrets of the origins of the universe. To succeed, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) must establish global partnerships and with the data sets envisioned, will require processing power and analytics far beyond what we know today. Facilitator: Bob Este, Business Development Officer of Institute for Space Imaging Science - University of Calgary • “Big Data and the Square Kilometre Array.” Russ Taylor, Director of Institute for Space Imaging Science - University of Calgary • “CyberSKA: A Cyberinfrastructure Platform for Data Intensive Radio Astronomy.” Rob Simmonds, Research Director of Grid Research Centre - University of Calgary • “Enabling Remote Visualization of Big Data with PureWeb.” Cameron Kiddle, Senior Technical Product Manager - Calgary Scientific
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