PRAGMA 35 Program
Day 1 - Wednesday, 3rd October 2018
Time | Activity |
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08:30 - 09:00 | Registration |
09:00 - 09:15 | Welcoming & Introduction to Big Data Summit 2
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09:15 - 09:30 | Introduction to PRAGMA Shava Smallen, Interim Co-Chair, PRAGMA |
09:30 - 10:10 | Keynote 1: Demorcratizing AI Dr. Dzaharudin Mansor, Microsoft Malaysia |
10:10 - 10:30 | Coffee Break (Networking) |
10:30 - 11:10 | Keynote 2: (PRAGMA) Immersive Visualization and Analytics for Understanding
Large-Scale Datasets Dr. Jason Haga, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan |
11:10 - 13:10 | Project Speaker Slots
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13:10 - 14:10 | Business Lunch, Sponsored by VITROX |
14:10 - 14:50 | Keynote 3: Theme: HPC in Bioinformatics Prof. Rosni Abdullah, Director, National Advance IPv6 Centre |
14:50 - 15:30 | Keynote 4 (PRAGMA): HPC in Applications of Big Data and IoT, Dr. Fang-Pang Lin, National Center for High-Performance Computing, NARLabs,Taiwan |
15:30 - 16:10 | Project speaker slots
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16:10 - 16:30 | Coffee Break (Sponsored by HILTI) + POSTER SESSION NETWORKING |
16:30 - 18:05 | Poster Session |
18:30 - 20:30 | PRAGMA Welcoming Reception (PRAGMA members + BDS2 Committee only) |
Day 2 - Thursday, 4th October 2018
Time | Activity |
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08:30 - 09:00 | Registration |
09:05 - 10:15 | Opening Ceremony
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10:15 - 10:35 | Coffee Break (Sponsored by Fusionex) |
10:35 - 11:00 | PRAGMA Welcoming Statement Shava Smallen |
11:00 - 11:30 | Invited Talk 1:(PRAGMA) ABCI: An Open Innovation Platform for Advancing AI Research and Deployment Dr. Ryousei Takano, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan |
11:30 - 12:00 | Invited Talk 2: (PRAGMA) On Lakes and Clouds: A Retrospective on the PRAGMA/GLEON Lake Expedition Prof. Dr. Renato J. Figueiredo, University of Florida |
12:00 - 13:00 | PRAGMA Working groups and Expedition updates |
13:00 - 1400 | Business Lunch (Sponsored by Silverlake) |
14:00 - 15:00 | PRAGMA Working Groups (WG) Breakouts 1:
Resources + Cyberlearning (Room: Auditorium B) Telescience (Room: Main Board Room) Geoscience + Bioscience (Room: Seminar Room 3) |
15:00 - 15:30 | PRAGMA Lightning Talks, Chair: Wassapon Watanakeesuntorn |
15:30 - 1600 | Coffee Break (Sponsored by Fusionex) + POSTER SESSION NETWORKING |
16:00 - 16:30 | PRAGMA Poster Session 1 |
16:30 - 17:30 | PRAGMA Demo Session 1, Chair: Kohei Ichikawa
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17:50 - 22:45 | Conference Dinner. Location: Butterworth 4 & 5, Holiday Inn, Batu Feringghi
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Day 3 - Friday, 5th October 2018
Time | Activity |
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09:00 - 09:30 | Invited Talk 3: (PRAGMA) Towards the Global Research Platform Nadya Williams, University of California San Diego |
09:30 - 10:00 | Invited Talk 4: Enabling Global HPC Collaboration Through MYREN and NSRC, Kamal Hisham Kamaruddin, MYREN Network Sdn. Bhd. |
10:00 - 10:20 | PRAGMA Wide Mentoring Update, Chair: Dr. Jason Haga |
10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee Break (Sponsored by Novorient) + NETWORKING |
10:40 - 12:10 | PRAGMA Demo Session 2, Chair: Yoshiyuki Kido
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12:20 - 14:45 | Lunch and PRAGMA Steering Committee Meeting |
14:30 - 16:30 | MDEC - Deep Learning Institute follow-up meeting Chair: Maria Khor, MDEC |
14:45 - 16:30 | PRAGMA Working Groups Breakouts 2: Resources + Cyberlearning (Room: Auditorium B) Telescience (Room: Main Board Room) Geoscience + Bioscience (Room: Seminar Room 3) |
16:30 - 16:45 | Coffee Break (Sponsored by Novorient) + NETWORKING |
16:45 - 17:30 | Closing Ceremony
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18:00 - 20:30 | PRAGMA Dinner (PRAGMA members and BDS2 Committee only). Location: Bangkok Tomyam Sunway Tunas
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Day 4 - Saturday, 6rd October 2018
PRAGMA Engaging International Partners in Collaborative Education: Cross working group discussions and Cultural learning at Penang Heritage Trail & Penang Hill (PRAGMA member only)
Pick-up point: Equatorial Hotel
- 08:30 Participants gather at Equatorial Hotel
- 08:45 Bus Departure from Equatorial Hotel to Penang Hill
- 09:15 Arrival at Penang Hill
- 12:00 Departure from Penang Hill to Esplanade
- 12:45 Arrival at Esplanade (Lunch)
- 14:00 Departure to Penang Heritage Trail
- 16:00 Departure from Penang Heritage Trail to Equatorial Hotel & airport </li>