Dr David Hardoon is the Chief Data Officer and Head of the Data Analytics Group (DAG) at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The DAG leads MAS' efforts to harness the power of data analytics to unlock insights, enhance the supervision of financial institutions, and make regulatory compliance more efficient for financial institutions. 

Prior to his current appointment, Dr Hardoon was the co-founder and Executive Director at Azendian Solutions Pte. Ltd., where he was responsible for the advanced analytics practice and the positioning of business analytics advisory and services to clients across different business sectors regionally. Dr Hardoon received a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with first class honors at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2002 and a PhD in Computer Science in the field of Machine Learning from the University of Southampton in 2006. He is currently an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Computational Statistics & Machine Learning, University College London.

Presentation Synopsis
Leveraging Data, Analytics and Visualisation
Data is the new fuel, and analytics the new electricity that runs many business processes and decisions.Be it finance, healthcare, transportation or social services, there is ample room to leverage data analytics technologies to drive greater efficiency, increase response rate, as well as manage and envisage risk better.  

The presentation will touch on four areas of technology that MAS is working on, namely machine learning, natural language processing, visualisation and automation. It will draw examples from existing and work-in-progress projects, and hopefully help generate more ideas and greater enthusiasm on the application of the data analytics technologies in healthcare.