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226 teams. Top Prize of RM 20,000. Another milestone for Malaysia.
The stakes were high in the nation’s inaugural National Big App Challenge as it saw an overwhelming number of participants
from various walks of life. With Open Data from the Ministry of Health and the Meteorological Department as well as external data
sources such as social media, teams were to develop and create an application utilizing big data within a timeframe of four weeks.
The National Big App Challenge 1.0
Winners’ Snapshot
1
st
Place: MMU – Teradata
Winningapp:
Dengue Index (Web)
About the app:
Historical data is utilised in order to educate the
public on Dengue & Aedes Mosquitos, to chart high risk areas
and predict dengue outbreaks. The Dengue Index serves as
an early-warning system for the community and government
agencies to deploy resources in a more effective manner.
2
nd
Place: Asia Pacific University
Winningapp:
DAM–IT
Abouttheapp:
A web application that generates analytics and
predictions based on weather data and dam water levels in
order to facilitate effective water management.
3
rd
Place: PetaInsights
Winningapp:
PetaInsights
About the app:
A web application that analyzes weather and
holiday data in order to uncover human mobility patterns. This
app can be used to simulate incidents such as disasters for
responders to practice disaster management
TheTeam: MMU-Teradata
Teradata:
Craig Morrison, Szilard Barany, Shafiqa Azmi
MMU:
Dr Peter Ho, Associate Professor Dr Ting Choo
Yee, Goh Qing Yi, Edwin Tan, Tan Wu Ji
Ministryof Health:
Dr. Dhesi Baha Raja
“ ... Teradata is also 100%behindMDeC’s efforts
in advancing big data analytics inMalaysia, as
reflected in our commitment to be a part of the BDA
taskforce driven byMDeC.This initiative clearly
demonstrates that BDA has expanded beyond
being a corporate agenda into one that has growing
national importance here.”
–CraigMorrison, CountryManager of Teradata
“We are delighted to receive this nationwide
recognition for our web application, ‘DAM-IT’.
Effectivewater management is an issue that we
feel strongly about, andwewanted to harness the
power of Open Data to find a viable solution to a
problemthat we face in our community.”
–Hema Latha Krishna Nair, Asia Pacific University
“Wewant to thankMDeC and Tentspark for
organising this challenge, and providing uswith the
opportunity to put our application development skills
into practice.Through this challenge, wewere able to
have hands-on exposure to build applications around
data, aswell as to gain valuable operational insights.
Our dedicated teamworked tirelessly to develop and
refine our application, and it really paid off.”
–Tan Keng Seng, PetaInsights
TheTeam: Asia-PacificUniversity
Lim Choon Yun, Liew Zhi Ying, Grace Tee Hui En, Breena
Melissa Theseira and D.J.M Ian Coushanga
Team: PetaInsights
Tan Kean Seng and Chan Chen Bin