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Big data is not just a popular topic for discussion around
the world but also becomes a mandatory competence
to enterprises, societies and even countries. Peter
Sondergaard at Gartner Research said, “Information is
the oil of the world and analytics is the combustion
engine” and Barry Beracha at Sara Lee said, “In God
we trust, all others bring data”. While most of the
major cities in Asia Pacific and the rest of the world
have recognised the importance of big data and are
strategically empowering their companies and societies
to leverage on big data, and nurturing their big data
startups, data scientists and researchers to support
these strategic initiatives, Hong Kong has just started
in this big data journey. In order to stay ahead of global
and regional competition in today’s digital economy,
Hong Kong needs to establish ourselves to be a big data
powerhouse in the region.
Business Intelligence and Big Data Special Interest
Group (BISIG) of Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS)
aims to inspire and nurture Hong Kong to be the leading
Big Data hub in Asia Pacific. BISIG has been bringing the
leaders and key stakeholders in the big data ecosystem
including users, researchers, startups, data scientists and
technology providers, together to share their knowledge
and experience on big data through various activities.
BISIG has been organising and supporting relevant
industry conferences, discussion forums, site visits,
competition, career talks, mentorship, etc. in the region.
In 2014-15, BISIG organised a number of activities and
participated in a number of industry conferences. Here
is a partial list.
Apr. 22, 2015
“Triumph Card for Big Data Success – Data Scientists” Seminar in ITFest
大數據不僅是全球的熱門話題，亦是企業、社會甚
至國家維持競爭力的必要條件。Gartner Research的
Peter Sondergaard表示：「資訊是全球的汽油，而分
析學是引擎。」Sara Lee的Barry Beracha則說：「我
們相信上帝，其他人拿出數據來！」正當亞太區和全
球其他地區大部分大城市均確認大數據的重要性，並
策略性地改善其公司和社會來善用大數據，以及培育
其初創大數據企業、數據科學家和研究員以支持其策
略舉措之際，香港的大數據發展旅程卻只是剛剛起
步。為了在今日全球和區內的經濟體系競爭中得到優
勢，香港須於區內確立大數據發電站的地位。
香港電腦學會商務智能及大數據專題組的目標，是啟
發和培育香港，使之成為亞太區的領導大數據中心。
商務智能及大數據專題組透過不同的活動把大數據生
態系統中的領導和主要持份者，包括用家、研究人
員、創業家、數據科學家和技術供應商聚在一起，分
享他們的知識和經驗。商務智能及大數據專題組一直
籌辦和支持區內的相關行業會議、論壇、實地視察、
比賽、職業講座、導師計劃等。
2014-15年度，商務智能及大數據專題組舉辦了多項
活動，並參與了多個行業會議，部分表列如下：
IT匯座談會：「大數據成功的皇牌 – 數據科學家」
2015年4月22日
商務智能及大數據專題組
Business Intelligence and
Big Data Special Interest Group
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