PiLog Group gifts 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock $52,000 to fund assistantships
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) has received a $52,000 gift to fund two graduate assistantships in the Information Quality Graduate Program from PiLog Academy, a group that has been a long-time supporter of EIT. PiLog Academy is a subsidiary of PiLog Group that focuses on education, training, and research activities. The Academy was established to foster education and research in master data quality and the promotion of ISO 8000 data quality standards, the global standard for data quality and enterprise master data. PiLog CEO Salomon de Jager, an affiliate member of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock graduate faculty, and several members of his senior technical staff are active participants in the EIT OYSTER Open Source Entity Resolution system research project.鈥淭he primary business success of the PiLog Group has been its development and deployment of master data quality solutions,鈥� Dr. de Jager said. 鈥淭he Fourth Industrial Revolution has been driven by digital technologies and the management of quality data from global data sources. Unlocking the power of data and information has become the cornerstone of a successful business.鈥� The PiLog Group was a sponsor of the MIT International Conference on Information Quality hosted by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Information Science Department in October 2017, and the PiLog Academy has provided teaching materials and online access to software in support of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Information Quality Graduate Program. 鈥淧iLog Academy鈥檚 generosity allows 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to offer quality assistantships in which students can engage and become equipped to tackle real-world solutions by pursuing research and data initiatives,鈥� said Christian O鈥橬eal, vice chancellor for university advancement. The assistantships are designed to support the academic pursuit of research and development in Information Quality, specialize in areas of master data quality management 聽and entity resolution, and further PiLog鈥檚 ongoing sponsorship and collaboration with the university鈥檚 Information Quality Graduate Program. Preference for awardees of the assistantship will be given to qualified students from South Africa. 鈥�The PiLog Group and PiLog Academy recognize 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 global leadership in Information and Data Quality education and research,鈥� Dr. de Jager said. 鈥�We strongly believe that the PiLog commercial solutions are enriched by the research and graduates coming from the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Information Quality Graduate Program. Continuing advances in the data and information technology will be the key to future success and for educating and training the leadership needed to sustain this dynamic field. We trust our sponsorship will help ensure a continuing partnership and sustained interaction for the benefit of both PiLog and the University.
