Data & Decision Analytics 2015 Workshop
Data Science and Decision Analytics Workshop
5 November 2015
UNSW-Canberra, Australia
About
The Data Science and Decision Analytics Workshop (DSDA) is jointly organized by the ACT Chapter of the Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR-ACT) and the Canberra Data Scientists Group. The workshop intends to offer an overview of data and decision analytics activities within, or relevant to, the ACT. This is going to be an educational day for attendees to find out the challenges facing the data science and decision analytics community of today and tomorrow, and learn from the latest decision analytics research outcomes in academia and the recent data science use cases in industry and government.
Program
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:05 | Housekeeping | ||
| 09:05-09:15 | TBD | TBD | Welcome |
| 09:15-10:00 | Dr Todd Mansell | DST Group | Opening Keynote Address |
| 10:00-10:45 | Prof. Albert Y. Zomaya | University of Sydney | Resource Management Challenges in the Clouds and Big Data Era |
| 10:45-11:00 | Morning Coffee | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | Dr. Warwick Graco | Whole of Government Centre of Excellence on Analytics | Future Directions with the Whole of Government Data Analytics Centre of Excellence |
| 11:30-12:15 | Prof. Geoff Webb | Monash University | Deep Broad Learning - Big Models for Big Data |
| 12:15-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-13:30 | Dr. Sanjay Mazumdar | Data to Decisions CRC | Overview and Challenges - Data to Decisions CRC |
| 13:30-14:15 | A/Prof. Peter Christen | Australian National University | Big Data Integration: Challenges and Opportunities |
| 14:15-14:30 | Afternoon Coffee | ||
| 14:30-15:00 | Dr. Kamran Shafi | UNSW-Canberra | Tutorial on Learning Classifier Systems |
| 15:00-15:30 | Dr. Sreenatha Anavatti | UNSW-Canberra | Tutorial on Fuzzy Logic |
| 15:30-16:00 | Dr. Kathryn Merrick | UNSW-Canberra | Tutorial on Computaional Motivation for Strategic Decision Making |
| 16:45-17:00 | Closing Remarks | ||
Registration
Registration is free of charge. However, registration is mandatory for attendance and only those whom registrations have been accepted, will be allowed to attend because of limited spaces. It is imperative to register by sending the registration form to the registration chair: Dr. George Leu at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Contact
For more information on the workshop, email the UNSW-Canberra Trusted Autonomy Group Coordinator - Dr. Kathryn Merrick at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.