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Prince Megrin Data Mining Center
Issue 7
October 2014
JADM Website is Online
JADM aims to disseminate all the new
research ar ticles, surveys and case studies in the domain of big data analy tics,
data mining and related data analysis
applications. JADM is dedicated to the
publications of high qualit y ar ticles on
practical applications of data mining
and big data analy tics and related areas,
as well as theoretical research.
JADM invites you to submit your research work to journal.
STC Meetings
Prince Megrin Data Mini ng Center
team visited Saudi Telecom Company
(STC) to explore mutual cooperation
possibilities. This meeting resulted in
positive feedback from STC and opened
up channels for collaborations. In the
future MEGDAM and STC would be participating in joint areas of interest to
both par ties.
Meeting Dr. Musaed Al Muqbil
MEGDAM had the honor to host Dr. Musaed Al Muqbil, Dean of Research and Higher
Studies at Prince Sultan Universit y. Dr. Al Muqbil visited the center and had a one
hour meeting with the MEGDAM Executive Committee and Research Staff. In this
meeting, Dr. Basit Qureshi, on behalf of the center, presented the highlights of strategic plan 2012-2017, activities of the center and the action plan for year 2014-2015.
The honored guest visited MEGDAM facilities and appreciated the centers effor ts.
Review of MEGDAM Bylaws
The University Council approved the new research funding
bylaws for Prince Megrin Data Mining Center. Prior to the approval, the center bylaws were updated based on recommendations from the office of the vice rector for academics and
research, closely reminiscent to funding bylaws of Prince Salman Research and Translation Center. The center thanks Dr.
Abdul Hafeez Feda, Vice Rector for Academics and Research,
for his guidance and leadership.
Authored by: Mr. Saleh AlObaid , Edited by: Mr. Ahmad AlMaiman
Upcoming
Conferences
The 19th Pacific-Asia Conf. on Knowledge Discover y and Data Mining (PAKDD 2015),Link ht tp://
pakdd2015.pakdd.org/
Science and Information Conference 2015,
July 28-30| London, United Kingdom. Link
(ht tp://thesai.org/SAIConference2015)
IEEE Extreme competition
This year three CS and SE students
formed a team “RedWolves” to compete in
the IEEE EXTREME 8.0 programming competition. This was the first time that our
students have represented PSU from men’s
college. A total of 21 teams par ticipated
from Sau di universities including KSU,
K AUST, King Abdul Aziz Universit y and PSU.
Team “RedWolves” from PSU men’s college totaled 492.35 points earning them
the second place among their Saudi peers.
These students are yet to complete “CS210
Data Structures” course which is an essential requirement for solving IEEE EXTREME
problems.
Congratulations for team “RedWolves”,
CCIS and PSU on this achievement.
ACM competition
ACM
International
Collegiate
Programming
Contest
World Finals
Participate in a team
Programming Contest
Java or C/C++
Teams of 3’s will be competing in the ACM international Collegiate
Programming Contest to provide students with opportunities to
interact with students from other universities and to sharpen and
demonstrate their problem-solving, programming, and team work
skills. The contest provides a platform for ACM, industry, and academia
to encourage and focus public attention on the next generation of
computing professionals as they pursue excellence
10
Nov.
Registeration
Deadline
The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is a multitier, team-based, programming competition operating under the auspices of
ACM and headquar tered at Baylor Universit y. The contest involves a global
network of universities hosting regional competitions that advance teams
to the ACM-ICPC World Finals. Par ticipation has grown to several tens of
thousands of the finest students and facult y in computing disciplines at
almost 2,330 universities from over 91 countries on six continents. The
contest fosters creativit y, teamwork, and innovation in building new sof tware programs, and enables students to test their abilit y to perform under
pressure. Quite simply, it is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world.
Regional Contest 14 - 18 Nov
Finals 16-21 May 2015
MORE INFORMATION
www.icpc.baylor.edu.com
Or Visit us
Megdam Research Center -PSU
Seminar 6: Journey with IT Architecture
On Sunday, October 26, MEGDAM hosted a
Seminar with Mr. Elhadji Cisse from IBM. He presented “Journey with IT Architecture” at Prince
Salman Hall in the new building. His presentation provided an understanding of the need for
IT architecture and the role of the IT architect.
Also, he talked about the histor y and evolution
of IT architecture.
2015 International Social Computing , Behavioral Modeling and Prediction Conference
(SBP15) Link ht tp://sbp-conference.org/?t
Elhadji Cisse is currently a Sr. architect certified at IBM. He is specialized in managing
teams of business & technical leads at a local
& global perspective. In addition to that, Mr.
Cisse has tremendous experience in evaluating vendor solutions, writing proposals, and
building vendor selection criteria.
The 6th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Link
ht tp://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/
Knowledge is not
Power, Applying
Knowledge is
Power.
- Elhadji Cisse
Journal of Theoretical and Applied
Electronic Commerce Research Link
h t t p : // w w w . j t a e r . c o m /d o c u m e n t o s /
CFP_big _data _ analy tics.pdf