{"id":2123,"date":"2021-12-07T10:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T04:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/?page_id=2123"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T09:33:11","slug":"icds2021-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/icds2021-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"ICDS2021 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section data-kc-fullwidth=\"row\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-901794 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-715850 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-694260 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">ICDS2021 Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-423398 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-984468 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-987264\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-185052 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the Center for Data Science together with the Department of Statistics, University of Colombo, organized the first ever International Conference in Data Science in Sri Lanka. This virtual academic forum was organized in order to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Center for Data Science, 20th anniversary of the Department of Statistics, and the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>The International Conference in Data Science, 2021, was held for two consecutive days, on the 29th of June and on the 30th of June, featuring many exciting sessions, focused on the theme \u201cData Science, reshaping the future\u201d. This enriching forum attracted some of the worlds renowned resource personnel and representatives, and it provided the public with a two-day learning opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-421294 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-520259 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Day one of the International Conference in Data Science started off with a lavish inaugural ceremony, featuring the keynote speech and guest speeches by distinguished personnel in statistics and data science research fields. The keynote speech of the conference was delivered by <strong>Professor John Emerson<\/strong>, who is a professor of statistics and the adjunct director of graduate studies in Yale University, USA. He enlightened the audience about the extraordinary evolution of data science from 2015 to 2021, with many examples from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-400659 kc-raw-code\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"956\" height=\"538\"  align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2BsLlSAuDb8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-956814\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-361740 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-274707 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Then, <strong>Professor Bibhas Chakraborty<\/strong>, who is an associate professor of Centre for Quantitative Medicine and Program in Health Services and Systems Research in Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, conducted the first guest speech of the conference. The professor\u2019s speech gave the audience a very thorough understanding about how statistics and data science can be used to build effective applications in mobile health.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-710814 kc-raw-code\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"956\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0YF6sTvQ37g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-321809\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-326200 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-234734 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>The final highlight of the inaugural ceremony was the second guest speech by <strong>Professor Umashanger Thayasivam<\/strong>, who is a professor of statistics and data science in the Department of Mathematics, Rowan University, USA, and he shared his thoughts on the impacts of quantum computing on the future of data science.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-425004 kc-raw-code\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"956\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/31-mxBkm6WI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-339851\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-31421 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latter half of the day one of the International Conference in Data Science consisted of technical sessions, where presenters shared their research with the gathered audience. These research presentations were held according to six tracks, and they are Predictive Analytics, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Deep learning and AI, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-685716 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-773834 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-845872\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-118679 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-187163 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-210994 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Day two of the International Conference in Data Science kickstarted its sessions just as energetically as the day before. The morning session consisted of two workshops to communicate novel concepts in data science with the public. The first workshop was conducted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/pemantha-lakraj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. G.P.Lakraj<\/a>, who is a senior lecturer of the Department of Statistics, University of Colombo. He thoroughly explained the essentials of decision trees in machine learning to the gathered audience. The second workshop on\u00a0<em><strong>\u2018Introduction to Deep Learning\u2019<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was conducted by two resource persons from Acuity Knowledge Partners, Mr. Gamika Seneviratne and Mr. Devin Kandage.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-692502 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-641877 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>The evening portion of the second and final day of the International Conference in Data Science consisted of the final round of the Mini-Hackathon organised by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/cds\/\">Center for Data Science, Stat Circle of University of Colombo<\/a>, and Creative Software. The Mini-Hakathon was open for undergraduates of state and non-state universities in the country and 89 five-member teams registered for the competition. After a very competitive screening round, 15 teams were selected for the second round. These teams were given an industry-oriented problem to come up with a solution within a stipulated time. Based on the accuracy and the architecture of the proposed method, the top five teams were selected for the final round.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-967735 kc-raw-code\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"956\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aHWM5eZx_F8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-575241\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-625265 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>The final round of the Mini-Hackathon was an exhilarating and fierce battle between the top five teams. Team Residuals, from University of Colombo emerged as champions, while Team Noob Hackers from University of Moratuwa became the runner up team. Team Enigma, from SLIIT secured the 2nd runner up position, while two teams from University of Peradeniya, Team SemicolonICDS and Team Bitlasagna, became 4th and 5th places, respectively. This thrilling competition brought a lavish end to the two-day International Conference in Data Science, organised by the Center for Data Science jointly with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/\">Department of Statistics, University of Colombo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-469737\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2123\/revisions\/2140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}