Tun Thura Thet

Tun Thura Thet (Burmese: ထွန်းသူရသက်) is a Burmese technology specialist, a technopreneur and an academic.

Dr. Tun is the founder and chairman of Myanmar Information Technology (MIT) Pte Ltd, the leading software development and System Integration Company in Myanmar; Chief Solution Architect and director of Nirvasoft Pte Ltd, a Singapore based software company specializing on enterprise solutions and digital innovation.

Dr. Tun is also a co-founder and director of Myanmar ICT Development Corporation, the MICT Park; an elected director of Myanmar Institute of Directors, MIoD; an independent director or Myanmar Credit Bureau, a CEC member of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry(UMFCCI).; a former vice chairman of the Myanmar Computer Federation (MCF) from 2018 to 2021. He was also an active member of the SME Development Working Committee and Digital Economy Development Committee, Myanmar promoting digital transformation and innovation.

Education

 * Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia - 1995, BCom
 * Yangon University of Economics, Myanmar - 1999, MBA
 * Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - 2006, MSc
 * Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - 2009, PhD

Career
Dr. Tun established MIT in 1997 and is considered one of the pioneers in Myanmar's then-nascent field of information technology. MIT provides ICT services in banking, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and digital innovation technology-related services in Myanmar and regional markets. MIT was the ASEAN Business Award winner for the e-ASEAN sector in 2015 and ASOCIO 2018 Outstanding ICT Company Award.

In academics, Dr. Tun is a visiting lecturer at the Yangon University Economics (YUEco), Meiktila University of Economics, and University of Computer Studies, Yangon (UCSY) in Master of Business, Executive Master of Business, Master of Banking and Finance and Master Computer Science programs. Dr. Tun is also the special guest speaker at the NTU Convocation 2015 and the recipient of the NTU Alumni Achievement Award 2021, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Publications

 * Thet, T. T., Na, J.-C., & Khoo, C. S. G. (2007). Automatic Classification of Web Search Results: Product Review vs. Non-review Documents. In Proceedings of International Conference on Asian Digital Library, ICADL 2007: 65-74.
 * Thet, T. T., Na, J.-C., & Khoo, C. S. G. (2007). Filtering Product Reviews from Web Search Results, In Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng'2007), Winnipeg, Canada, August 28–31.
 * Thet, T. T., Na, J.-C. & Wunna K. K. (2008) Word segmentation for the Myanmar language. Journal of Information Science, 34(5), 688-704.
 * Na, J.-C., Thet, T. T., Goh, D.H.L., Theng, Y.L., Foo, S. & Wu, P. H. J. (2009). Word Segmentation in Indo-China Languages for Digital Libraries, Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact
 * Thet, T. T., Na, J.-C., & Khoo, C. S. G. (2008). Sentiment Classification of Movie Reviews Using Multiple Perspectives. In Pro ICADL 2008: 184-193.
 * Na, J.-C. & Thet, T. T. (2009) Effectiveness of Web Search Results for Genre and Sentiment Classification. Journal of Information Science.
 * Na, J.-C., Thet, T. T., Nasution, A. H., & Hassan F. M. (2009). A Sentiment-Based Digital Library of Movie Review Documents Using Fedora, The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.
 * Thet, T. T., Na, J.-C., & Shakthikumar, S. (2009) Sentiment Analysis of Movie Reviews on Discussion Boards using a Linguistic Approach Proceeding of the 1st international CIKM, workshop on topic-sentiment analysis for mass opinion, 81-84.
 * Na, J.-C., Thet, T.T. & Khoo, C.S.G. (2010). Comparing sentiment expression in movie reviews from four online genres, Online Information Review, 34(2) 317-338.
 * Thet, T. T., Na, J.-C., & Khoo, C. S. G. (2010). Aspect-based sentiment analysis of movie reviews on discussion boards. Journal of Information Science, 36(6).
 * Na, J-C, Thet, T. T., Khoo, C. S. G. & Kyaing, W. Y. M. (2011). Visual sentiment summarization of movie reviews. In Proceedings of International Conference on Asian Digital Library, ICADL 2011, pp. 277–187.