We are pleased to invite you to attend the 5th DSAI Seminar titled “Overview and Research Opportunities in Data Governance, Open Government Data, and Knowledge Graphs ” by Dr. Marut Buranarach, from Data Science and Analytics Research Group at NECTEC, Thailand, is scheduled as follows:
Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026 Time 13:00 – 15:00
Venue: CS 210, CSIM Building
For the online, please join the Zoom ID below:Meeting ID: 698 613 6570
Passcode: 670137
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Speaker: Dr. Marut Buranarach Topic: Overview and Research Opportunities in Data Governance, Open Government Data, and Knowledge GraphsAbstract:Data governance has become a foundational capability for data-driven organizations to ensure the quality and security of data assets. It is also essential for supporting regulatory compliance, enabling data sharing, and facilitating data-driven decision-making. This talk provides an overview of the key concepts and components of a data governance framework, including data lifecycle, data governance maturity models, policies, roles and responsibilities, processes, and related technologies. The talk also emphasizes the importance of data catalogs in data governance. In addition, this talk presents an overview of Open Government Data (OGD) concepts, with emphasis on the role of data catalogs and data governance in ensuring FAIR data access, data quality, metadata management, and machine-readable data to promote data reuse. Knowledge graph is one of the key technologies supporting data integration, semantic search, knowledge discovery, and decision support. This talk discusses the potential adoption of knowledge graph technology in various domains such as government, research, culture, and tourism. Finally, the talk outlines research and development opportunities in data governance, open government data, and knowledge graphs, including their enhancement through data analytics and artificial intelligence technologies.
Speaker Bio:Marut Buranarach received the B.Eng. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Lardkrabang in 1995. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998 and 2004, respectively. From 2005 to 2018, he worked as a researcher with the Language and Semantic Technology Lab at the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) in Thailand. Since 2018, he has worked as a principal researcher with the Data Science and Analytics Research Group at NECTEC, Thailand. His research interests include semantic web, knowledge graphs, and data governance. His current work mainly focuses on designing and developing data sharing and data governance platforms to support data-driven applications in various domains.
