The Past, Present and Future Big Data and Machine Learning (But Not As It's Often Misunderstood)

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                        Joint ECE and CSE Seminar
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Speaker:        Dr. Christopher Nguyen
                Co-founder and CEO of Adatao

Title:          "The Past, Present and Future Big Data and Machine
                 Learning (But Not As It's Often Misunderstood)"

Date:           Monday, 30 Mar 2015

Time:           2:00pm - 3:00pm

Venue:          Room 1504 (near lifts 25/26), HKUST

Abstract:

The objective of the talk is to give the audience a broad, yet not well 
appreciated, overview of the areas of Big Data and Machine Learning: what 
they mean today and fifty years from now, drawing on latest developments in 
Deep Learning. Investments in Silicon Valley are returning their focus on 
basic science and technology, from an over-investment in some consumer and 
entertainment service areas. I will also share some concrete current 
business use cases, demonstrating state-of-the-art tooling and 
architectures in production today. I will close by sharing my perspective 
with a motivational message for those contemplating a career in the field.


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Biography:

Dr. Christopher Nguyen is a former Assistant Professor at HKUST from its 
early days. He was a co-founding director of the Computer Engineering 
Programme. He received his PhD from Stanford and BS summa cum laude from UC 
Berkeley. Since leaving HKUST, he has co-founded two successful startups, 
led teams at Google as an Engineering Director on Google Apps. He is 
currently co-founder and CEO of Adatao, a Big Data/Machine Learning startup 
with $13MM in backing from leading investors Andreessen Horowitz, 
Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Bloomberg Beta.