Data Science

AirAsia unit in APAC data science JV with Scotland’s Bd4h
AirAsia said its data science unit MadCience Consulting has entered into an agreement to set up a data analytics joint venture in Asia Pacific with Edinburgh-based Big Data For Humans (Bd4h).
Temasek Polytechnic and Cloudera in data science pact
Temasek Polytechnic and Cloudera said they would work together to cultivate the next generation of data professionals through the Cloudera Academic Partnership (CAP) programme.
Microsoft and Singapore’s NUS in data science pact
Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative received a boost with the twin announcement of a new data science institute and the signing of an MoU between Microsoft and the National University of Singapore (NUS) Corporation on data science research.
Malaysia’s BDA challenge: Talent and open data
Malaysia's national ICT custodian MDeC recognises that the two main challenges the country faces in its regional BDA hub ambition are talent development and the availability of open data sets.
What are you going to do with all that data?
Data is not just sweeping across businesses and governments, but we are living digitised lives, and data is part and parcel of how we work, live and play, writes JY Pook of Tableau.
Pig-rearing and data science, from SmartAHC
Singapore-based precision farming startup SmartAHC aims to maximise pig production with data science.
Setting the benchmark for data science in Asia
Through a partnership with US-based The Data Incubator, the KL-based Centre of Applied Data Science hopes to set the benchmark for data science education in Asia.
Disruption imminent: Making the connection, Part 2
Companies need to make data a part of their long-term strategy now to avoid pitfalls and disruptions in the future.
Singapore’s Hive to bring data science goodness to the people
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has launched IDA Hive, the new home for the Government’s Digital Services team, and will house almost 100 data scientists, coders, engineers, designers, and other experts.
The data scientist market: Some thoughts and tips
A Q&A with Max Song, William Chen, Carl Shan and Henry Wang, who have just published The Data Science Handbook.
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