MACHINE LEARNING

Chaired by YM Academician Tengku Datuk Dr Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen FASc, the ASM Special Interest Group on Machine Learning (SIGML) was tasked to formulate a position paper on the important role that AI will play in Malaysia’s development and proposed key recommendations, based on Malaysia’s economic strengths and data gaps, that will take the nation on a fast trajectory of adoption and deployment.

The position paper calls for the following overarching recommendations to build an enabling data ecosystem for homegrown AI solutions which are:

1. To call for a strategic National STI-focused AI Roadmap to shift Malaysia to a new way of looking at knowledge through AI for economic and social benefits.
2. To propose the establishment of a National AI Committee to coordinate all national level STI related AI projects under the auspices of the National Science Council.
3. To institute a national Data Czar role and data governance framework to ensure an enabling data ecosystem for enhanced accessibility to non-sensitive public and private data towards value creation.
4. To establish an “AI Makerspace” that would leverage existing collaborative platforms to develop homegrown AI solutions in the four identified focus areas: (i) Smart Cities, (ii) Digital Manufacturing, (iii) Precision Agriculture & (iv) Connected Healthcare
5. To equip Malaysia’s talent pool to have competencies and skill sets to deploy AI technology and applications.