Big Data and Digital Technology Workshop

from Monday, 16 September 2019 (10:00) to Friday, 20 September 2019 (16:15)
Kantary Hills Hotel, Chiang Mai

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
16 Sep 2019
17 Sep 2019
18 Sep 2019
19 Sep 2019
20 Sep 2019
AM
10:00 --- Registration ---
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
Introduction (until 11:30) ()
11:30 Summary of previous workshops   ()
09:30 Cardiac Remodelling Prediction using Deep Learning - Dr Dayang NurFatimah (University of Malaysia, Sarawak (UNIMAS))   ()
10:00 Interpretable models for predicting early mortality in patients coronary artery disease - Dr Demetrio Fabián García Nocetti (UNAM)   ()
10:30 --- Cofee Break ---
11:00 Astrostatistics: Big Questions in the age of Big Data - Dr German Chaparro (ECCI)   ()
11:30 Computational Fluid Dynamics as a digital technology practice implementation - Mr Mauricio Suarez (National Astronomical Observatory, Colombia)   ()
09:00 --- Visit at the Thai National Observatory ---
09:30 Developing Big Data Analytics capacity in SKA Partner countries - Dr Happy Sithole (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - NICIS)   ()
10:00 Big Data, HPC & Astronomical Numerical Simulations - Dr Alfredo Santillan Gonzalez (UNAM)   ()
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Monitoring of an invasive weed from space - Dr Rene Breton (University of Manchester)   ()
11:30 Do we need to invoke Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence to add value to big data? - Dr Nadeem Oozeer (South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO))   ()
09:30 Big data and big images in galactic astronomy - Prof. Mark Thompson (University of Hertfordshire)   ()
10:00 Computational Fluid Dynamics: A first approach to aerodynamics - Mr Mauricio Suarez (National Astronomical Observatory, Colombia)   ()
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 The implementation of big data architecture for radio astronomy and machine learning in a balloon to characterize the atmosphere in Ecuador - Darwin Mena (National Polytechnic School)   ()
11:30 Radioastronomy and Space Science: from a big data playground to societal spin-offs - Dr Domingos Barbosa (Instituto de Telecomunicações)   ()
PM
12:00 Ice-breaker activity   ()
12:45 --- Lunch + Group Photo ---
13:45 Data science: a tool for social innovation - Dr Nadeem Oozeer (South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO))   ()
14:15 Developments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Cyberinfrastructure Framework to Support Regional Collaborations on Big Data projects - Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa (University of Botswana)   ()
14:45 Getting ready for the AVN in Madagascar: Big Data challenges & opportunities - Dr Zara Randriamanakoto (South African Astronomical Observatory)   ()
15:15 --- Coffee Break ---
15:45 IDIA from big data to big ideas - Dr Jasper Horrell (IDIA)   ()
16:15 Discussion 1: Local communities and computing in developing countries - Dr Rene Breton   ()
12:00 Discussion 2: Medicine and modern techniques - Prof. Mark Thompson (University of Hertfordshire)   ()
12:45 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Astronomy and Airlines: Expanding our horizons with Newton and GCRF - Dr James Mullaney (University of Sheffield )   ()
14:15 Recommender Systems - Mobile Phones - Sebastian Laborde (ANTEL)   ()
14:45 BIOS, a case study of a public-private partnership for the promotion of biotechnology and data science in Colombia, Latin America - Eduardo Gomez Restrepo (Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology of Colombia (BIOS))   ()
15:15 --- Coffee Break ---
15:45 Big Data Service and Network Infrastructure - Muhammad Taufik (Indosat Ooredoo)   ()
16:15 Discussion 3: Machine learning and industry - Utane Sawangwit (NARIT)   ()
12:45 --- Lunch ---
13:45 --- Cultural visit to the Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep temple ---
17:00 --- Conference banquet ---
12:00 Discussion 4: HPC & cloud computing, Agri-food/local communities - Dr Premana Premadi (Bandung Institute of Technology)   ()
12:45 --- Lunch ---
13:45 China SKA Regional Centre Prototyping - Mr Shaoguang Guo (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
14:15 Ongoing Astronomical Projects in Algeria and Big Data Issues - Dr Nassim Seghouani (Centre of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Geophysics)   ()
14:45 Bosscha Observatory Exoplanet Research - Dr Yusuf Muhammad (Bandung Institute of Technology)   ()
15:15 --- Coffee Break ---
15:45 Developing network of astronomical facilities in Indonesia and Asia-Pacific Region: Instruments, Data, and Knowledge Sharing - Dr Premana Premadi (Bandung Institute of Technology)   ()
16:15 Discussion 5: SKA and new facilities - Siraprapa Sanpa-arsa (NARIT)   ()
12:00 Discussion 6: Technologies - Dr Rene Breton   ()
12:45 --- Lunch Break ---
13:45
Brainstorming Session -Dr Rene Breton (until 14:45) ()
14:45
Workshop summary Concluding remarks (until 15:15) ()
15:15 --- Coffee Break ---