KUCHING: Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus celebrates the outstanding achievements of its academics, Ts Dr Miko Chang May Lee and Ts Dr Vong Wan Tze, from the School of Information and Communication Technology, who emerged victorious at the Alan Turing Institute’s global data challenge.
The global data challenge, organised by Dr Oman Guerrero, head of Computational Social Science in the institute’s Public Policy Programme, attracted participants from around the world.
Teams were to tackle challenges using open spending data, development indicators and a newly released web-based modelling app from the Policy Priority Inference research programme.
“The Swinburne academics, including a third team member representing the industry, Ryan Chua, emerged as grand champions out of the 25 finalist teams representing 20 countries.
“Their victory followed a rigorous judging by esteemed panellists from industry and subject experts,” Swinburne said in its press release.
Swinburne added that its academics have truly excelled in this global data challenge; it is a clear testament to their outstanding skills and unwavering dedication.
“This victory not only boosts Swinburne’s reputation but also establishes the university as a frontrunner in the realm of data science and advanced analytics.”
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