CIDR 2020
January 12-15 , 2020 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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CIDR 2020 Keynote Speakers:
Monday Keynote: 9:00 am -10:00 am
Jonathan Holman, Head of Digital Transformation of Santander Corporate & Commercial (UK)
Title:
Big Data, AI and Banks - Uses Cases and Possibilities on the Ground
Abstract:
Jonathan will talk through the implication, benefits and practicalities of
using big data and AI in a large regulated organisation which is also
undergoing a digital transformation at the same time. He will also explore his
credit risk, social data and machine learning research, which was a world
first.
Bio:
Jonathan Holman is a corporate banking who runs Digital Transformation for SME,
Commercial and Corporate in the UK. He is a mechanical engineer by
undergraduate degree and he has masters' degree in banking. He has held roles
in coverage (relationship banking), credit risk, operations, change and
leadership. He researched and wrote his masters' degree dissertation on a global
first, using scale social data in credit risk modelling, using AI. Jonathan's
team and he have won 6 industry award in recent years for their work in banking
technology.
Wednesday Keynote: 9:00 am -10:00 am
Franz Faerber
Title:
Data management for enterprise applications
Abstract:
Enterprise applications such as Finance, Logistics, Supply Chaim Management or Customer Relationship Management are key stakeholders of database systems. In recent years they got much more attention in database community mainly cause of their scale and economic success. Data management systems like SAP HANA, Snowflake and others demonstrate the innovation need and potential in this area.
This session recaps the success story of SAP HANA by focusing on the technology advances and general success criteria. The author will present his vision of the future role of data management in the enterprise stack in the light of the general move to the cloud and the actual programming paradigms. The focus is on a holistic view of the complete enterprise software stack, where data management should get an even more crucial role.
Bio:
Franz Faerber has over 25 years of experience in software research and development focusing on distributed systems, in-memory computing and data management. Joining SAP in 1994 as a software developer, he has been one of the lead developers and architects of SAP HANA from its inception. He got multiple key positions in SAP HANA and overall data management organization. Currently he is in the process of leaving SAP. Franz holds a Bachelor degree (BA) in computer science and PhD(hc).