Day

Morning Session

Afternoon Session

8.00 - 8.30

8:30 - 9:45

9:45 - 10:00
(Break)

10:00 - 12:30

12:30 -14:00

14:00 - 17:00

Day 1
23/09/2019
Monday

Registration

Introduction of Trainees &

Overview of Workshop
Permanand MOHAN (UWI)

Introduction to Big Data and Machine Learning
Permanand MOHAN and Emilie RAMSAHAI

Lunch

Data analysis: Organizing, Visualizing, and Modeling
HUI Yongchang (IKCEST)

Day 2
24/09/2019
Tuesday

Big Data - The Regional Experience
(Examples of Big Data Applications in the Caribbean)

UWI/Industry Collaborations in Data Science and Operations Research
Prof. Patrick HOSEIN (UWI)

Big Data Analysis (Hands-on)

HUI Yongchang (IKCEST)

Big data and Machine Learning Techniques: Theories and Applications in Smart Cities (1): Theory
CAO Buyang (IKCEST)

Day 3
25/09/2019
Wednesday

Data Science Initiatives within the Massy Group of Companies
Mr. Ian JOHN (Massy Technologies)

Big data and Machine Learning Techniques: Theories and Applications in Smart Cities (2): Practice
CAO Buyang (IKCEST)

(12:30 - 2:00)
Privacy, Security, Confidentiality, Trust and Other Issues in Big Data
Yufei WU (UTT)

(2:00 - 7:00)
Site Visit

Day 4
26/09/2019
Thursday

Data Analytics in Jamaica-Implications for  the  Caribbean Countries
Dr. Gunjan MANSINGH (UWI)

Natural Language Processing: Concepts and Tasks
LI Chen (IKCEST)

Lunch

Advanced Natural Language Processing in Biomedicine
LI Chen (IKCEST)

Day 5
27/09/2019
Friday

Data Governance in a Big Data and Advanced Analytics Environment
Mr.Pernel ROBERTS (TSTT)

Large Scale Knowledge Graph Construction
TANG Siliang (IKCEST)

Deep Learning for Task-oriented Conversational AI
TANG Siliang (IKCEST)

Closing

Ceremony