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Carnegie Mellon University Torrens Building, 220 Victoria Square, Adelaide SA 5000 CRICOS Provider Number 02696B www.australia.cmu.edu 2018 “My heart is in the work.” Andrew Carnegie Graduation Ceremony CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | AUGUST 17, 2018 | ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA Master of Science in Information Technology (Information Technology Management) Master of Science in Information Technology (Business Intelligence and Data Analytics) Master of Science in Public Policy and Management 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. Tim O’Loughlin Auditorium. The University was founded in Keynote Speaker Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1900 David Radzanowski Strategic Business Director, by philanthropist and industrialist Australian Future Submarine Andrew Carnegie, who was driven Program by a desire to educate young Diploma Presentation people and prepare them to have Prof. Emil Bolongaita an impact on their communities and Head, Carnegie Mellon University in professions by applying science Australia and technology to solve practical problems. Student Speakers Pallave Dasari This ceremony celebrates the Master of Science in Public Policy and Management culmination of Andrew Carnegie’s Erick German Rodriguez Alvarez vision and passion, combined with Master of Science in Information the dedication, commitment and Technology (Business Intelligence & drive of each of our graduating Data Analytics) students. Message from the Message from the Keynote Dean Head Speaker Ramayya Krishnan Emil Bolongaita David Radzanowski On behalf of colleagues in the faculty and Congratulations! You have earned the coveted David Radzanowski is Senior Vice President conducted a comprehensive review of NASA’s staff of CMU, I would like extend my sincere Carnegie Mellon degree. The degree is a of the Equator Corporation currently fulfilling human space flight plans. He provided congratulations to each of you. I would also testament of competencies and skills at the the role of Strategic Business Director for assistance and guidance primarily in the areas like to thank your family members and friends cutting-edge. You have been rigorously trained Australia’s Future Submarine Program, the of budget and program costing. He received a who have helped you reach this momentous so do lead and contribute to your chosen field largest Defence procurement program in Meritorious Presidential Rank Award in 2009, occasion. of endeavour. Australia’s history. In this role he provides NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2011, overall leadership for the financial, human and NASA’s Distinguished Service Medal in You are entering a world in which technology As the 4th Industrial Revolution is underway, resources, information management, security, 2017, the highest agency honor bestowed on is impacting economies and polities in far- you will encounter numerous opportunities export control, and administrative functions of civil servants. reaching ways at rates faster than previous and challenges for personal and career the program. times in history. This global transformation is advancement. Many of these opportunities Prior to NASA, Radzanowski served placing enormous challenges and pressures on and risks will be unprecedented. For never in Radzanowski retired as the Chief Financial eight years at the White House Office of communities, enterprises and governments. human history have there been breakthroughs Officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Management and Budget (OMB) as Deputy in science and technology as we are seeing at Administration in January 2017 after nearly 28 Associate Director for Appropriations, Office The speed and substance of changes demand present. years of federal service. He was confirmed as of Legislative Affairs; Chief, Science and Space evidence-based decision-making and smarter Chief Financial Officer by the United States Programs Branch; and Program Examiner for policies and programs to ensure humanity’s People are accumulating knowledge, Senate in September 2014 and appointed by the National Science Foundation, Science and equitable and sustainable progress. The time developing technologies, and applying President Barack Obama. Before becoming Space Programs Branch. we live in clearly calls for leaders who have innovations that are rapidly changing Chief Financial Officer in 2014, Radzanowski knowledge and skills in the intersection of economies and societies around the world. Prior to joining OMB, Radzanowski served served as Chief of Staff and principal advisor people, policy and technology. Individuals and organisations now have eight years as an analyst in aerospace policy to NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., a more access to information, networks and for the Congressional Research Service on Such are the leaders that Heinz College seeks position he held beginning May 2010. computing power that can amplify and Capitol Hill. In this position, he wrote over 30 to educate and propagate. I am confident that leverage their impact. Prior to this appointment as Chief of Staff, he reports on space issues and testified twice each of you, having completed the rigors of was the Deputy Associate Administrator for before Congress on NASA issues. a CMU education, possess the potential to You will need to continuously learn and Program Integration for the Space Operations become such leaders – or what Bill Cooper, the connect with others in this brave new world. It Radzanowski earned his bachelor’s degree Mission Directorate where he had oversight founding Dean of Heinz College, envisioned as is my hope that your education has come with in Astronomy-Physics from the University responsibility for the administrative functions “men and women for intelligent action”. wisdom and that your decisions will be driven of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. Radzanowski of the Directorate as well as Space Shuttle by good judgment. earned a master’s degree in Public Policy I hope and trust you will embody and Transition and Retirement activities. In and Management from Carnegie Mellon articulate this vision of leadership. May each of you become specialists with spirit February 2006, he joined NASA as Assistant University’s Heinz College in 1990. He is and knowledge workers with heart, so that in Associate Administrator for the Resources Best wishes. married to Jennifer Kron of New Jersey and combination you will contribute to an inclusive Management and Analysis Office within Space resides in Canberra, ACT Australia. and sustainable world. Operations. Best wishes. Radzanowski’s NASA career included supporting the Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, otherwise known as the Augustine Committee, which 2018 Graduands Master of Science Mustafa Muhammad Master of Science Master of Science in Information Technology Ghazanfar in Information Technology in Public Policy and Pakistan Information Technology and Management Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Management Vidhi Khare India Omar Tonatiuh Arjun Arasu Hafsa Mariam Arguello Gonzalez India India Mexico Sunit Kamlesh Metha Carlos Alberto India Jubin Katyal Lourdes Ana Maria Curiel Peña India Romero Cipriano Mexico Mexico Wen-Chi Tseng Taiwan Larsa Pranenza Erick German Michelle Manag Rahila Faby Rodriguez Alvarez Sta. Romana Indonesia Peru Philippines Geldof Bumenlag Resuello Angel Garcia Philippines Pallave Dasari Perez Australia Mexico Jangkyung Yun South Korea Glenn Bullecer Gayle Robin Pepito Grieger Philippines Australia Shem Durst Elij Baliguat Sandig Philippines Tianyue Shao China Client: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Advisor: Prof. Paul Chapman Identifying issues in the take-up Student Projects Is Indonesia Globaphobic? An update - of medical research into clinical Harry Wardana (MSPPM) practice Policies to bring an NBA team back to System Synthesis Advisor: Jan McConchie Take-up of more effective Seattle - Erika Eagen (Global MSPPM) treatments for asthma Advisor: Prof. Paul Chapman Client: Proviso and Ilion Analytics team 25 years after Hilmer: has gas policy Machine Learning & Text Analytics: delivered for gas transmission? – Client: Stretton Centre Client: University of Indonesia Faculty of Short text classification service Jonathan Teubner (MSPPM) Private sector engagement in building Economics and Business resilience in Adelaide’s north Why are so many Indonesian Public Client: A&H Digital Solution The potential of blockchain to improve Private Partnerships stuck? Venue and Events Management System effectiveness of development aid – Client: Department of Treasury and Hafsa Mariam (MSPPM) Finance, South Australia Government Client: Internal project Advisor: Prof. Riaz Esmailzadeh From paddock to plate: a deregulatory A strategy for dealing with high- strategy for small farm tourism Advisor: