Biography Page

Kelly Bui is a Senior at Concordia International School Hanoi. Kelly Bui and Lin No have presented in ICBDE's 2019 conference in London.

Lin No Junior at Concordia International School Hanoi. 

This study uses over 40 million data points (not limited to AQI and particulate matters) coming from various different sources including governmental official data, private NGOs, and the US embassy. One of the key results of this project is a clear relationship between PM2.5 and average humidity in Korea. Another key result includes the discovery of similar pattern in the correlations between AQI and the following time variable: yearly, quarterly, monthly, and daily.   

Andrew is 18 years old and is a senior at Concordia International School Hanoi. He grew up in Osh, Kyrgyzstan until he was 8 years old before moving to Hanoi, Vietnam, where he currently lives. 

Wildfires are a real problem, especially in Southern California. In light of the recent California "Camp Fire," the deadliest fire in California's history, it's become increasingly more important to analyze wildfire trends. In order to protect more innocent lives from the dangers of wildfires, it may be possible to look at wildfire containment from a new angle to find better solutions. The total amount of land damaged by wildfires each year has varied slightly since 1950. This paper examines trends in fire damage due to wildfires.

Alan is a Junior at Concordia International School Hanoi. He has been accepted to present at the 7th International Big Data and Analytics Conference Washington D.C. 2019.

His paper is titled 'Criminal Activities in Chicago Analyzed using Watson Analytics.'  

This paper investigates the rates of Chicago Crime data by using Watson Analytics to discover patterns and trends in the data. Understanding crime data is important as it allows people to avoid times and areas where crimes occur, while also helping law enforcement to make informed decisions on the allocation of resources to reduce crime. Crime data is of interest to all people because a feeling of safety is a basic need, as shown by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in his famous paper from 1943. Helping people gain a sense of safety, therefore, should be a national priority.

Rachel currently in 11th grade at Concordia International School Hanoi. She presented her paper at International Conference on Big Data and Education, London, UK. And her paper will be published through ACM. 

The paper explores crime patterns in South Korea by using IBM’s Watson Analytics. About 180,000 data points from 2004 to 2017 were collected by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), and other sources. 

The key findings are 1) the higher the temperature, the higher number of sexual and violent crimes; 2) the percentage of male criminals has been consistently higher than the percentage of female criminals; 3) it is likely the offenders and victims do not know each other. Identifying patterns can contribute to providing more efficient solutions to reducing crimes and to help citizens avoid dangerous situations.

Taiyo Miyamoto is an 11th grade student at Concordia International School Hanoi. He is presenting on his paper "Investigating Airplane Crash Data with Watson Analytics" at CIRCH conference this year. He is interested in this particular topic since his dream is to become a commercial airline pilot. 

This paper examines airplane crash patterns using Watson Analytics and explores correlations between types of crashes, their causes, and predicts when they are most likely occur. 

The paper analyzed over 68,000 data points collected from an online community of data scientists, Kaggle, and a software company Socrata. There was a decrease in the number of airplanes crashes over the years. Additionally, the number of airplane crashes peaked in the summer season.

Angie Cheng is currently a senior at Concordia International School Hanoi. She has shown keen interest in the medical field since a young age and has been a key member of in the science debate team. After graduating this year, she will be returning to Taiwan to study medicine.

Vanessa Whitehead has presented in ICBDE 2019, a conference in London. The paper she and Angie wrote received a certificate of excellence from ICBDE. Their paper will be published through ACM. Vanessa is a junior at Concordia International School Hanoi who is considering studying Data Science.

Pneumonia and sepsis are two prevalent diseases in Southeast Asia. The goal of their paper is to reveal patterns and biases in medical treatment to help doctors and hospitals improve their overall service by becoming reflective practitioners. 

The researchers are Grade 11 and Grade 12 students from Cardona Senior High School Municipality of Cardona, Province of Rizal Philippines.

This article aims to determine the acceptability of the developed Plastic Shredder Machine and the mechanical properties of eco-synthetic wood from the reused plastic solid waste. This study utilized the experimental - developmental research design on making eco-synthetic wood through the reuse of plastic solid waste materials. In this, the real possibility of using urban waste and recycled plastic waste for the manufacturing of eco-synthetic wood composites was observed. Therefore, the possibility of using urban waste and recycled plastic waste for the manufacturing of eco-synthetic wood composites is investigated as a potential environmental sustainable project.

Thuan is a high-school senior at Concordia International School Hanoi. Thuan is interested in environmental science, economics, and the relationship between these two factors of Vietnamese society. 

Thuan has previously done research with the Hanoi University of Science & Technology on water quality in Hanoi. He believes high school research is important and will be a stepping stone for youths his age to be exposed to the real world through acquired skills and knowledge, as well as skills and knowledge they might discover. 

Outside of research, Thuan likes to read books and sing to musical theatre. He is extremely excited to head to college, where he will continue doing research while helping his underclassmen discover their own passions for research.

Neil Whitehead is the head of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) department at Concordia International School Hanoi. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in math, science and data science. He is the teacher for the Big Data class in Concordia Hanoi. 

He is one of the pioneers of data science instruction at the high school level. He presented on this topic to the 2018 BDA EdCon conference in Shanghai and will again present on a different aspect of this topic at the BDA EdCon conference in  Washington DC in June.  He has several university degrees and is currently pursing graduate studies in Data Science at Harvard University. 

Ten of his students have authored papers that have been presented at international conferences in the past two years. Additionally, from this group, three papers will be published in a peer reviewed digital library related to the International Conference on Big Data and Education in London (ICBDE) 2019.