About

In recent years, social media, big data and cloud are one of those buzz words globally in both academia and industries, especially in the areas related to telecoms, mobiles, media, marketing, games and even arts. Unique trends and challenging issues are also emerging in these related industries within Asia. This symposium is aimed to bring related researchers, industry practitioners, entrepreneurs, and interested audiences together to understand and discuss the latest trends and issues of social media, big data and cloud in Asia.

HKUST NIE Social Media Lab


Supporting Organisers

Schedule

2:30p - 2:45p Registration
2:45p - 3:15p Opening and Welcome Remarks by Prof Amine Bermak and Prof James She
 
Track 1:
Technologies and Trends
 
Track 2:
Applications and Issues in Asia
3:20p - 3:40p  
Prof Sukree Sinthupinyo
(Items Recommendations)
 
 
Mr Ringo Lam (Social Games and News)
 
3:40p - 4:00p Prof James She (Predicting interests and Relationships by Shared Photos)
 
Prof Punpiti Piamsa-nga
(Analyzing Social Network Data)
 
4:00p - 4:20p Mr Cheung Ming (Viral Prediction)
 
Dr Orlan Lee (Social Media and Privacy)
 
4:20p - 4:40p Tea Break
4:40p - 5:00p  
Dr David Chung (Community Cloud)
 
 
Mr William Chan (Social Media, Customer Acquisition, and Loyalty Program)
 
5:00p - 5:20p Prof Danny Tsang (Cloud)
 
Mr Ben Cheng (Lessons Learnt from Running an Art Social Network)
 
5:20p - 5:40p Prof Zhuzhong Qian (Resource Management with Virtualization in a Computing Cloud)
 
Dr Pim Soonsawad (Social Media Marketing for Art)
 
5:40p Closing (Cocktail Session)

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