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Big data healthcare system will deliver better medicine to all Thais
Thailand will have a comprehensive healthcare data system that will give all citizens across the country access to medical services everywhere within a few years, Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn told a press conference on Friday.The remark was made as the country’s Big ...
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New govt agency to manage 'big data'
The government has created the Big Data Institute (BDI), a public agency that will handle the massive amount of data generated by the public and state agencies.The BDI, announced in the Royal Gazette on Friday, is expected to be up and running within 180 days, ...
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SRT invests in Big Data in bid to boost rehab efforts
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is spending at least 300 million baht to hire a consulting firm to digitialise and create Big Data for its 200,000-plus rai in property holdings nationwide.Worawut Mala, deputy governor overseeing asset management, said on Friday that the SRT had ...
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Industry Ministry poised to launch i-industry systems
Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said that he has ordered fragmented data records from various department stores to be centralised in the server of the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Industry.This is according to the Big Data policy of the government. Keep reading ...
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NEA to use AI and Big Data to boost exports
The New Economy Academy (NEA), an agency under the Commerce Ministry’s Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), says it will use AI and Big Data to promote SMEs and analyse the demand of foreign consumers based on their behaviours, trends and cultures.NEA director Nanthaphong Jiralertphong ...
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Govt eyes Big Data centres to improve farm produce
Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said this week the Commerce Ministry he runs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives had discussed creating Big Data centres to manage supply and demand in agricultural products at the national, provincial and regional levels.“My ministry has assigned the ...
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Joint panel to push adoption of digital tech
The Council of Digital Economy and Society, in a joint effort with the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and the Board of Trade of Thailand, will set up a working panel to help private companies adopt digital technology, said FTI chairman Supant Mongkolsuthree after meeting ...
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Commerce Ministry launches Big Data system with focus on five agricultural goods
Phimchanok Vonkorpon, director general of the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, has launched a project in which data will be collected on rice, palm oil, rubber, cassava and corn production in the country.Keep reading ...
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Big data to serve up fresh choices to online shoppers
In Thailand in 2019, a transformation of the consumer market will be led by global e-commerce businesses, giving businesses both new opportunities and challenges.Keep reading ...
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AI and big data to reign in Thailand’s galloping HIV infection rate
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data offers untapped opportunities for Thailand. In particular it has enormous potential to contribute to ‘Thailand 4.0’, a new value-based economic model driven by innovation, technology and creativity that is expected to unlock the country from economic ...
