For many decades and in various forms, Data Analytics has been an “active ingredient” in multiple fields. From electoral gallops and predictive marketing to the study sensor data in particle accelerators, data analytics is ever-present. As the amount of information we consume and produce increases daily, the area of Data Analytics has been tran sformed to take into account massive amounts of diverse data by extending ideas and tools from the “Data Analytics” domain to the Big Data technologies.
Big data is a popular term used to describe the exponential growth and availability of data, both structured and unstructured. Following the internet revolution, Big Data is the next big thing that might affect every one of us at personal level as well as within the global community. It is the start of a new era where tremendous amount of data can assist in providing reliable decision making through higher accuracy analysis. The analytical tools offered by Big Data analysis might result - when utilized properly - in higher operation efficiency, cost reduction, and critical risk retirement.
DaTalks aims to raise awareness around Big Data and to address the specific needs for data analytics in various Lebanese industries by tackling the challenges faced during the implementation of data analytics, and presenting available solutions and approaches to be adopted in private and public sectors: health, banking, energy, food industry, agriculture, insurance, tech, etc.
DaTalks is a one-day workshop, held at CST Campus-USJ, on November 18, 2017, featuring few executives from the Silicon Valley with broad experience in Big Data Analytics sharing their perspective and experience. During this event, many local Lebanese professionals and companies will showcase the latest ideas and success stories, share experiences and information, and develop recommendations for the Big Data field within Lebanon.
Professor, Director of Information Security Center Electrical and Computer at Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR)
Chief Strategist at Autonomous Edge
Co-founder and EVP of Field Operations at X15 Sofware
Managing Partner of OB Soft, SPS and Potech Consulting
Radiologist, Associate Professor, Imaging Department, Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Beirut, since 2002
Assistant General Manager
Chief Information Officer at BLOM BANK S.A.L.
CEO and Chairman of CardioDiagnostics
Founding Partner of CME Offshore sal
Director of the Political Science Institute at USJ
Senior Engineer, Director at Teknologix Automation
Founder, MD Launch & Grow
Consultant specializing in Internet and Information technologies and services
Data Platform and Azure Data Services Business Lead at Microsoft Middle East and Africa
COO of Data Consult, CEO & Founder of EXEO
Professor and Director of INCI at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Murex
Judge Supervisor of the IT Unit at the Lebanese Ministry of Justice
Senior researcher at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
Associate Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Sciences of the Saint Joseph University
Assistant professor, faculty of engineering at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the American University of Beirut
PhD Student at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland
System Architect at RIPE NCC
8:30 am - 9:00 am
9:00 am - 9:30 am
09:30 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Ernesto Damiani: Professor, Director of Information Security Center, Electrical and Computer at Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR).
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
This panel will address the needs for data analytics in various Lebanese industries (banking, health, food, etc.) and will present current solutions and approaches.
Moderator
Speakers
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm am
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
This panel will address the national ecosystem and the challenges facing the implementation of data analytics solutions and the adoption of such solutions in private and public sectors: Legal, technical, privacy, administrative, open data, etc.
Moderator
Desiree El Chebeir: Founder and Managing Director at Launch & Grow
Speakers
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Data science workshop organized by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science at USJ
download pdf download presentationsFadi Geara: Dean of the
Faculty of Engineering - USJ
Richard Maroun: Dean of the
Faculty of Science - USJ
Fr. Fady Chidiac s.j.: Doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley
Samer Banna: Principal
Member of Technical Staff, Sr. Director of
Engineering at Applied Materials
Maroun Chamoun: Professor
at the Faculty of Engineering - USJ
Ziad Francis: Associate
Professor at the Faculty of Science - USJ
Rami El Haddad: (Associate)
Professor at the Faculty of Science - USJ
Georges Sakr: Assistant
professor at the Faculty of Engineering -
USJ
Marc Ibrahim: Associate
Professor at the Faculty of Engineering -
USJ
| Maroun Chamoun | Reine Moussa |
| Marc Ibrahim | Lamis Bou Antoun |
| Samer Lahoud | Nathalia Bou Sakr |
| Melhem Helou | Michel Chaker |
| Tony Nicolas | Renée Chebbo |
| Ziad Francis | Jad Chehimi |
| Rami El Haddad | Marc Dib |
| Georges Sakr | Carl Hajal |
| Carine Boustany Sawaya | Hassan Hajj |
| Georges Fawaz | Christelle Honein |
| Jean-Marie Bacha | Marianne Khanfour |
| Louna Souki | Ali Sidani |
Data science workshop organized by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science at USJ
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Community Partners
