Dr. Alvin R. Malicdem, Dean of the College of Information Technology, served as a visiting Professor under the World Class Visiting Professor Program of the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) in Medan, Indonesia.

Dr. Malicdem delivered lectures via Zoom on October 22, 29 and November 5. Topics covered were Data Architecture and Analytics. Dr. Malicdem discussed the basics of Data Analytics, Data Preprocessing, and Analytic Modelling using R Programming. The lecture was hosted by Dr. Erna Budhiarti Nababan (MIT), and was moderated by Mr. Indra Aulia (S.TI., M.Kom).

Faculty members and students of the graduate and undergraduate programs of USU were fully engaged during the lectures and they all actively participated in hands-on activities provided by Dr. Malicdem.

“I am very much honored to have been tapped to deliver lectures in USU. The impact of learning Data Analytics can be realized when practitioners create analytic solutions that provide insights for better business decision making”, explained Dr. Malicdem in a short interview.

Dr. Malicdem teaches Business and Data Analytics courses in the B.S Information Technology and Master in Information Technology programs. He also authored and co-authored several researches which were presented in international conferences and published in national and international SCOPUS indexed journals. (Sheena Sapuay)