The Institute for Big Data Analytics was privleged to receive a visit on October 17 from Mr. Ed Holder, Minister of State for Science and Technology. Mr Holder had a tour of the Institute, spent time talking to students about their research and listened to a presentation by Dr. Stan Matwin. Mr. Holder seemed impressed by the diversity of research projects and affirmed the importance of this field to innovation and economic prosperity. Although he had come to Halifax for a different meeting, the visit to the Institute was the one diversion in his trip that he insisted on making.
Other departments of the Government of Canada have also been making contact with the Institute for Big Data Analytics. Recent meetings have been held with Deputy Ministers and senior bureaucrats in the Canada Revenue Agency, the Privy Council Office, and Employment and Social Development Canada.