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Multimedia University, Malaysia (MMU) and Teradata have announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on education and research in an effort to cultivate the next generation of data science professionals and experts in Malaysia.
Through this co-operation, MMU will gain access to the Teradata University Network (TUN), a web-based portal that provides complementary teaching and learning tools used by more than 45,000 students around the world to share expertise, access knowledge as well as information on how to enhance both curriculum and align research to the current industry needs.
Teradata University Network currently has over 5,500 registered faculty members, from over 2,400 universities, in 115 countries, with thousands of student users. Teradata University Network is led by academics to ensure the content will meet the needs of today’s classrooms.
Leveraging the partnership, which commences November 2016, MMU’s Faculty of Computing and Informatics will offer a Data Science Specialization as part of its Bachelor of Computer Science degree. This step follows the formalisation of a Data Science Institute (DSI) at MMU last month designed to cater to both research and industry engagement of MMU’s expertise in this area.
“This memorandum of understanding (MoU) is a timely joint initiative for the DSI and Teradata, whom we respect immensely given their global leadership in the provision of Big Data analytics (BDA) solutions and services. Teradata University Network benefits from input from faculty members globally to create a platform for information and knowledge sharing. Furthermore, University staff as well as students, will have access to Teradata’s rich suite of software,” said the President of MMU, Professor Datuk Dr. Ahmad Rafi Mohamed Eshaq.
“This MoU facilitates greater input from a leading industry player, and Teradata has committed to provide experts to support exposure to our students and staff alike to its services and solutions. This exposure to the industry is absolutely vital as, it will help to seed ideas and prepare future generations to understand and conform to the needs of the industry,” Ahmad Rafi added.
Saqib Sabah, Country Manager and Director of Teradata Malaysia commented, “This is an important strategic partnership for Teradata as we will now be able to work with MMU to jointly nurture and develop future data scientists, thereby addressing the huge skills gap in the country in this area of expertise.”
Dato’ Yasmin Mahmood, CEO of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) also commented, “The Big Data Analytics ecosystem requires an ever-growing consistent and sustainable supply of skills expertise. Our goal is to continue to train, develop and nurture data science professionals in collaboration with Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) as well as the private sector. I am confident that with this strategic collaboration, more young Malaysians will adopt the big data analytics mindset as it becomes a game changer and key for driving Malaysia’s digital transformation agenda.”
She reiterated that the partnership between MMU and Teradata would help to accelerate training of Malaysians in the area of Big Data Analytics as it is becoming increasingly more and more important for our Malaysian workforce to be equipped with data science skillsets.
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