Produce Analytical Talent to Meet the Industry Needs presented by Dr. Lim Tong Ming, Head of School, School of Computer Technology, Sunway University
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Produce Analytical Talent to Meet the Industry Needs
1. P RODUCE A NALYTICAL TALENT
TO M EET THE I NDUSTRY
N EEDS
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I S A NALYTICAL TALENT CRUCIAL
TO THE NATION ’ S DEVELOPMENT ?
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3. ROI FOR MAKING INFORMED
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D ECISION
Laura Brandenburg, an independent business analyst
mentor and consultant, see the following set of
potential benefits of informed decision
New business needs or requirements are discovered
Prioritization ensures focus on value
More effective implementation of new solutions by the business
Providing a framework in which an IT team can scale
4. T HE RISING DEMAND OF THE
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INDUSTRY
SAS® helps CIMB Bank grow with less risk
EON Bank Group looks to SAS® for transparent,
efficient financial management
5. H IGHER L EARNING I NSTITUTIONS
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AS ANALYTICAL TALENT POOL
The Universiti
Teknologi
Malaysia and SAS®
prepare the
innovative
thinkers of
tomorrow
Sunway University
chooses SAS® for
IT skills training
and research
support
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A UNIQUE OFFERING FROM
S UNWAY U NIVERSITY
Great values embedded into the BSc
Information Systems programme offered by
the School of Computer Technology
SAS-Sunway Joint Certificate &
Overseas Study Tour to SAS regional offices and
universities
7. R EADY OUR FRESH GRADUATE TO
7 FILL THE GAP IN THE ANALYTICS
FIELD
Final-year students to take up internship as a
required component in the programme with
companies to gain real world working and
problem solving experiences
SAS certification from SAS inc.
SAS-Sunway Joint certificate in the area of
business intelligence and data mining
9. T HE KEY ROLE OF IHL S TO
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ENSURE HIGH EMPLOYABILITY
Industry enhanced
knowledge
talent to be discovered
Provide a platform for
and sourced
10. T HEORETICALLY S OUND AND
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P RACTICAL D RIVEN C URRICULUM
Projects that solve real world problem using real
world data set
Using SAS software in all laboratory sessions
Closer industry links with SAS users such as
SCOPE international, EON, etc
Invited industry experts as industry advisor
Adjunct Professor in the area of business
intelligence and data mining as curriculum
advisor
11. R ELEVANT A NALYTIC
11 S UBJECTS FOR STRONGER
THEORETICAL FUNDAMENTAL
Universities such as SUNWAY UNIVERSITY and UiTM
provide a set of courses with strong theoretical
fundamental for the students.
These subjects include but not limited to the following:
Statistics
Knowledge management
Data mining and knowledge discovery
Business Intelligence
Quantitative techniques