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“My heart is in the work.” Andrew Carnegie Graduation Ceremony

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | MAY 17, 2019 | ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA Master of Science in Public Policy and Management Master of Science in Information Technology Management Master of Science in Information Technology (Business Intelligence and Data Analytics) australia.cmu.edu The Australian campus of Carnegie Mellon University Order was established in Adelaide in of Proceedings 2006 as the first international university in Australia. To date, Please turn off all mobile phones or Charge to the Graduates switch them to silent mode. nearly 800 international and local „„ Prof. Emil Bolongaita students have undertaken Masters Academic Procession Head, Carnegie Mellon University in Australia degrees in information technology, Please be upstanding as the bagpiper information systems management leads the procession of faculty and Academic Recession graduating students into the Auditorium. and public policy and management The ceremony will conclude with the from Carnegie Mellon University in Master of Ceremonies sound of the bagpipes. Please stand as the faculty and graduates depart the Australia. „„ Prof. Timothy O’Loughlin Auditorium.

The University was founded in Keynote Speaker Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1900 „„ Ambassador Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. U.S. Ambassador to Australia by philanthropist and industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who was driven Diploma Presentation by a desire to educate young „„ Prof. Emil Bolongaita people and prepare them to have Head, Carnegie Mellon University in Australia an impact on their communities and professions by applying science Student Speakers and technology to solve practical „„ Mr. Ignacio Maximo Bosch problems. Master of Science in Public Policy and Management

This ceremony celebrates the „„ Ms. Edhen Manzanares culmination of Andrew Carnegie’s Master of Science in Public Policy and Management vision and passion, combined with „„ Ms. Fan Feng the dedication, commitment and Master of Science in Information drive of each of our graduating Technology students. Message from the Message from the Keynote Dean Head Speaker

Ramayya Krishnan Emil Bolongaita Arthur Culvahouse Jr.

On behalf of colleagues in the faculty and Congratulations! You have earned the coveted President Donald J. Trump nominated Failsafe and Risk Reduction. staff of CMU, I would like extend my sincere Carnegie Mellon degree. The degree is a Ambassador Arthur B. (A.B.) Culvahouse Both President Trump and the late-Senator congratulations to each of you. I would also testament of competencies and skills at the Jr. to be the United States Ambassador to John McCain tapped Ambassador Culvahouse like to thank your family members and friends cutting-edge. You have been rigorously trained Australia on November 6, 2018. Confirmed to head the search to select their running who have helped you reach this momentous so do lead and contribute to your chosen field by the U.S. Senate on January 2, 2019 by mates. occasion. of endeavour. unanimous consent, he was formally sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on February Ambassador Culvahouse was raised in Ten You are entering a world in which technology As the 4th Industrial Revolution is underway, 19, 2019. Ambassador Culvahouse presented Mile, Tennessee and attended the University is impacting economies and polities in far- you will encounter numerous opportunities his credentials to Governor-General Sir Peter of Tennessee and the New York University reaching ways at rates faster than previous and challenges for personal and career Cosgrove on March 13, 2019. School of Law. He is the proud father of three times in history. This global transformation is advancement. Many of these opportunities accomplished daughters. placing enormous challenges and pressures on and risks will be unprecedented. For never in Ambassador Culvahouse serves as the communities, enterprises and governments. human history have there been breakthroughs President’s personal representative to the in science and technology as we are seeing at government and people of Australia. He The speed and substance of changes demand present. leads the U.S. Mission to Australia, which is evidence-based decision-making and smarter comprised of the embassy in Canberra and policies and programs to ensure humanity’s People are accumulating knowledge, three consulates in Melbourne, Sydney, and equitable and sustainable progress. The time developing technologies, and applying Perth. we live in clearly calls for leaders who have innovations that are rapidly changing knowledge and skills in the intersection of economies and societies around the world. Ambassador Culvahouse has a long and people, policy and technology. Individuals and organisations now have distinguished career. He is the former Chair more access to information, networks and of O’Melveny & Myers, an international law Such are the leaders that Heinz College seeks computing power that can amplify and firm he was associated with for more than to educate and propagate. I am confident that leverage their impact. four decades. He began his career as Chief each of you, having completed the rigors of Legislative Assistant to United States Senator a CMU education, possess the potential to You will need to continuously learn and Howard H. Baker, Jr. and later served as White become such leaders – or what Bill Cooper, the connect with others in this brave new world. It House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan. founding Dean of Heinz College, envisioned as is my hope that your education has come with “men and women for intelligent action”. wisdom and that your decisions will be driven In 1989, President Reagan awarded by good judgment. Ambassador Culvahouse the Presidential I hope and trust you will embody and Citizens’ Medal, an award to “recognize articulate this vision of leadership. May each of you become specialists with spirit citizens who performed exemplary deeds of and knowledge workers with heart, so that in Best wishes. service for the country or their fellow citizens.” combination you will contribute to an inclusive and sustainable world. In December 1992, then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney awarded Ambassador Best wishes. Culvahouse the Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service for his work on the Federal Advisory Committee on Nuclear 2019 Graduands

Master of Science Kaurik Saxena Master of Science Edhen Manzanares in Information Technology India in Public Policy and Philippines Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Management

Dongling Xie Sudipta Mitra China India Fan Feng Katie Suzanne Bourke China Australia

Wenjun Zhang Laskar Rianto China Indonesia Rama Devadatta Kanetkar Ignacio Maximo Bosch India Argentina

Master of Science in Information Technology Wanghui Li Alexander Chen Information Technology and Management China Australia

Anshu Anand Ziqi Liu Norelyn Endrina Dacillo India China Philippines

Zelin Liu Xiang Tan Javier Echegaray China China Argentina

Tianyue Ma Gang Zeng Jessmond Aranda Elvina China China Philippines

Luis Ricardo Nava Perez Jiyuan Zhou Mamta Jaiswal Mexico China India Student Projects Student Achievements

System Synthesis Independent Study Hackathon Competition Blockchain Innovation Challenge Mobility as a Service - What can it add Learning Machine for Postmodern ERP TaxMATE to public transport development in Student: Mr. Jangkyung Yun Winner of the National competition WISECAR Greater Adelaide Advisor: Prof. Murli Viswanathan challenge in the Friendly Australian Tax Top ten finalist chosen to present at the Advisor: Prof. Tim O’Loughlin Office and Tax Help Centres categories Blockchain Innovation Challenge at the To develop a policy on electrification on 2019 APC Blockchain Summit

rural India Organiser: GovHack Implementing Algorithms in the Judicial Student: Ms. Mamta Jaiswal Organiser: ADC Forum Process of Advisor: Prof. Tim O’Loughlin Students: Mr. Md Zaidul Alam, Mr. Erick Advisor: Prof. Tim O’Loughlin Rodriguez Alvarez, Mr. Rolando Navarro, Students: Mr. Mihir Gada and Mr. Md Research of existing Data Management Mr. Luis Ricardo Nava Perez and Ms. Zaidul Alam Information Systems Project solutions and their implementation in Donna Safiera solving actual case Machine Learning & Text Analytics: Student: Ms. Donna Safiera Weather Intelligent Disaster Short Text Classification Service Advisor: Prof. Murli Viswanathan Management Engine (WID-ME) Client: PROVISO Honourable Mention in the Decision Advisor: Ms. Jan McConchie Human Rights of the Refugees in Support category Australia Venue and Event Management System Student: Ms. Marina Swinnen Organiser: GovHack Client: A&H Digital Solution Advisor: Prof. Sylvia Burzutzky Advisor: Ms. Jan McConchie Students: Ms. Tanvi Jain, Mr. Salil Women & Leadership - Impediments Deshpande, Mr. Kushagr Arora, Ms. Nidhi Information Systems/Digital facing women in leadership position in Jain, Mr. Aman Agarwal, Mr. Rahul Jindal, Transformation the Public and Civil Services Ms. Sheryl Hsiung and Ms. Nancy Chuah Client: PALAMIR Student: Ms. Anne Chivunde Advisor: Prof. Riaz Esmailzadeh Advisor: Prof. Tim O’Loughlin Data Privacy in an Open Banking World Top eight finalist in the SWIFT Student Predicting Water Usage for SA Water Cost Benefit of an employee assistance Challenge of the 2018 Sibos event in Using Descriptive and Predictive program for a georgaphically dispersed Sydney Analytics workforce in SA Client: SA Water Students: Ms. Susan Heinrich, Mr. Tony Organiser: The SWIFT Institute Advisor: Prof. Murli Viswanathan Elson and Mr. Rama Wirawan Advisor: Prof. Donald Shepard Students: Ms. Shreya Sahay and Mr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Student Committees Faculty and Staff

Student Representative Student Ambassadors Faculty Professional Staff Committee „„ Aman Agarwal (MSIT) „„ Roopansh Gupta (MSIT) „„ Jamie Armfield „„ Lourdes Almeda „„ Kailun Deng (Global MISM) „„ Stuart Austin „„ Angelo Beltran „„ Nidhi Jain (Global MISM) „„ Ziang Li (MSIT) „„ Marilyn Bodycoat „„ Becky Cuellar „„ Tanvi Jain (Global MISM) „„ Agnieszka Malkowska (MSPPM) „„ Emil Bolongaita „„ Celine Dang „„ Rahul Jindal (MSIT) „„ Sayeesha Sridhar (Global MISM) „„ Robert Brichacek „„ Sarah Ding „„ Sanjana Kotecha (Global MISM) „„ George Chen „„ Mark Hamon „„ Rutvi Sutaria (Global MISM) „„ Harlene Mamiit (MSPPM) „„ Daniel Costa „„ Alison Jobling „„ Gary Edwards „„ Christine McLeod „„ Maria Del Rosario Rutilo (MSPPM-Co- Yearbook Committee President) „„ Riaz Esmailzadeh „„ Danura Miriyagalla „„ Varshini Ailavajhala (Global MISM) „„ James Gaetjens „„ Kathryn Mitchell „„ Rama Yudo Wirawan (MSPPM- President) „„ Salil Deshpande (Global MISM) „„ Adam Graycar „„ Ben Olijnyk „„ David Griggs „„ Fatima Reyes-Della Verde „„ Hongjia Zhang (Global MISM) „„ Mihir Gada (Global MISM) „„ TK Lim „„ Nereshnee Shunmugam „„ Tanvi Jain (Global MISM) „„ Penny McCann „„ Pixie Yeap „„ Geldof Resuello (MSIT) „„ Michael McCarthy „„ Faith Yong „„ Kun Yu (Global MISM) „„ Jan McConchie „„ Gary Zeng „„ Anama Morriss „„ Kimberley Zerella „„ Dennis Moul „„ Carol Zhang „„ Tim O’Loughlin „„ John Ostlund „„ Dana Rawls „„ Tom Rohling „„ Majd Sakr „„ Donald Shepard „„ Janusz Szczypula „„ Randall Trzeciak „„ Murli Viswanathan „„ Andy Wasser „„ Hasan Yasar Internship Stories (continued) Internships Placements Internship leads to job offer 3M Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore Internet Initiate, Japan A&H Digital Solutions, Australia JD, China Xiang (James) Tan was only half way through AC Nielsen, China Juniper Network his internship in his last semester at CMU-A Add-Life Technology, Australia Keio University, Japan Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Australia KPMG, India when he received a lucrative job from his Advent Software China Kudos Services internship host in Adelaide!! AKT Strategic Consulting LLP, India Lenovo, China Alibaba, China Life Whisperer, Australia James, a graduate from Jilin University in Allen & Co, Australia LogiTech, Australia China, came to CMU-A in 2017 to undertake Allstate Window and Siding Company, USA Lotus Market, China Anhui Shengyun Environmental M1 Singapore the 21-month Master of Science in Information Arconic, USA McGregor Tan, Australia Technology degree. Atomix, Australia Micron, Taiwan Butterflies the winners from CMU-A Australian Fintech Industry Association Mitsubishi Electric, Japan “My passion is being able to use historical Autodesk, China Mswipe Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India internships program data to predict outcomes and drive decision- Bamboo System Technology, Singapore National Centre for Toxicological, USA BDO Australia NEDA, Australia making, but I knew that I needed to go to grad As part of her Master of Science in Information Beijing Shenji Intelligence Tech Co, China NetEase, China school to build my technology knowledge and Technology degree, Fan Feng undertook a Beijing Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd Noah Holding Limited, China skills”, said James. 10 week internship at the South Australian BlueThumb, Australia Office of the Public Sector, SA BusinessMinds, Australia Paypal, Singapore Museum with the Butterfly Conservation South “I chose CMU because it’s the #1 university in Bytedance, China Pernix, Australia Australia (BCSA) team. Carlton & United Breweries, Australia Premex, Colombia the world for analytics education. CCB International, Hong Kong Prosperity Steel United Singapore Pte. Her brief was to re-build and redesign the China Data Exchange Corp Proteccion S.A. “The internship part of my degree was long out-of-date website for BCSA, an China Telecom Proviso, Australia excellent. The experience has helped me hone Cochlear Limited, Australia PWC, Australia important project given it’s the principal my technical skills, learn new skills and really Commonwealth Bank of Australia PWC, India resource for scientists and is a repository of grow as a person, said James. Core Energy Group, Australia Rakuten, Japan over 1,500 images and 20 years of research Ctrip, China RSCPA Australia “I was always confident with technology, but into butterflies by renowned Adelaide D2D CRC, Australia SA Butterfly Conservation, Australia Data Spark Analytics, Australia SATAC, Australia thanks to my internship I’ve been able to work Lepidopterist, Roger Grund. Deloitte Consulting, China Sequoia Capital, China on my non-technical skills such as working in Deloitte Consulting, Singapore Shenzhen Institute for Innovation Design, China During her internship Fan worked with a team, presenting ideas to management and Dept of Premier and Cabinet of SA SMERU Research Institute Jan Forrest and Michael Moore (Chairman Dept of Treasury and Finance of SA Sinovation Ventures, China working with clients. of Butterfly Conservation and a volunteer DVE Business Solutions Pty Ltd, Situ Data, China Ernst & Young, China Society SA, Australia taxonomist at the SA Museum) on the Ernst and Young, India South Australian Government, Australia website. She worked with over 270 html files eSmart Systems, Norway , Australia (pages) and 1569 images, maps and diagrams, Expedia Online Travel Services, India Spiral Data, Australia Experience Matters, Australia StudyAdelaide, Australia mostly life history images of South Australian Finity Consulting, Australia Svelte Studios, Australia butterflies and their habitat. Forensic SA, Australia TCPinpoint, Australia FYI Docs, Australia TechFocal, Australia “Fan has done a superb job for us. And I’m General Electric, China Tencent, China delighted to say the results have far exceeded GradeSlam, Canada The Fresh Air Fund, USA GTRI, USA University of Adelaide, Australia our expectations”, said Jan. HDE, Japan United Technologies Research Center, China Without Fan and the CMU-A internship HFT Investment Management (HK) University of Mannheim, Germany Hilti Asia IT Services, Malaysia Voli, Australia program BCSA simply wouldn’t have been Huawei Technologies China WorkSorted, Australia able to afford to do this project. Its truly IBM, China Xiaomi Inc., China amazing and I can’t think about where we’d be IBM, Taiwan Xinshixiang, China Infosys, India Yokozuna Data, Japan without Fan or CMU-A,” she said Intel, China Zhejiang Tianma Technology, China Alumni Network Careers

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