David Asirvatham is Professor of Practice (AI & Technology) at the Asia School of Business (ASB), in collaboration with MIT Sloan. He has been in the academic leadership and CIO roles for 30 years. His areas of expertise include Digital Neural Network, E-Learning Technologies, ICT Project Management, Multimedia Content Creation and AI.
Prior to joining ASB, he was the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Innovation and Technology at Taylor’s University, Director/CTO of the Centre of Information Technology at the University of Malaya, and CTO/Senior Director of the Centre for Information Technology at Multimedia University. He has held numerous posts, including Associate Dean for the Faculty of Information Technology (Multimedia University), Project Manager for the Multimedia and IT Infrastructure Development for a university campus (US$14 million project), and SAP Advisory for High Education Council (Germany).
He was the Chairman of the ICT Human Capital Development for 11th Malaysia Plan 2016-2020, Secretary for the Artificial Intelligence Society Malaysia, President of the Data Science Association (Malaysia) 2022-2025, Country Representative for the Asia E-learning Network (Japan), Steering Committee Member for the Implementation of E-Learning for Malaysian Public Sector, and Member of the Malaysian Grid for Learning’s Standards Expert Group 2003-2004.
He also worked on various ICT Projects and conducted workshops in South Africa, Sudan, Iran, Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, Maldives, Bangladesh (World Bank Project), UAE, India, and Brunei. David completed his Ph.D. from Multimedia University, M.Sc. (Digital System) from Brunel University (U.K.), and B.Sc. (Hons) Ed., and Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Malaya. He has published over 70 academic papers and graduated 12 PhD students.