Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hendri Murfi, S.Si., M.Kom., was officially inaugurated as a Professor in the field of Advanced Data Analytics at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) University of Indonesia (UI), on Wednesday (8/1) at the UI Depok Campus Convention Hall. The inauguration event was led by the Chancellor of UI, Prof. Dr. Ir. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU. On that occasion, Prof. Hendri delivered a scientific speech entitled "Strengthening Data-Based Decision Making with Machine Learning Models and Large Language Models in the Era of Indonesia's Digital Economy."
In his speech, Prof. Hendri highlighted the important role of technologies such as Machine Learning Models and Large Language Models in facing challenges and opportunities in various sectors, such as education, business, and industry. According to him, the development of this technology offers adaptive data-based solutions to answer the needs of society in the digital economy era. "This development is expected to further improve our capabilities in making data-based decisions in industry, business, and academic research," he said.
As an academic, Prof. Hendri has contributed to various applied research, including in the fields of Actuarial Data Analytics and Text Data Analytics. One of his research results is the application of machine learning models in the insurance industry to improve the accuracy of risk analysis. He also developed a method to understand public sentiment on social media and customer reviews through Generative AI technology, such as ChatGPT.
Furthermore, Prof. Hendri emphasized that mathematics as a basic science discipline has a strategic role in developing this technology. "As academics, we have a responsibility to ensure that the development of science and technology can be a real solution that provides benefits to stakeholders. We believe that with the spirit of innovation based on a solid scientific foundation, we can present relevant and sustainable solutions to the challenges of the digital economy era," he said.
He also said that to meet the needs of industry and business, higher education curriculum needs to be continuously adjusted to the latest scientific developments. "The preparation starts from a curriculum that is adaptive to scientific developments and the needs of stakeholders, as well as methods of delivering knowledge that encourage students to master the latest science and technology," he said.
Also present at the inauguration ceremony were a number of academic and professional figures, such as the Executive Director of the Indonesian Actuarial Association (PAI), Deddy M. Yoeshar, S.Si., S.Kom., CPLHI, ACS, QRGP, AAIJ., and the General Chairperson of the Indonesian Academic and Scientists Association (ASASI), Prof. Dr. apt. Elfahmi, M.Si., from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).
Prof. Hendri graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from FMIPA UI in 1996. He continued his Masters in Computer Science studies at the same university and earned a Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat) in Machine Learning from Technische Universität Berlin in 2010.
Until now, he has been actively publishing research in national and international journals, with several recent works including BERT-Based Combination of Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Network for Indonesian Sentiment Analysis (2024), Sentiment Analysis for User Reviews in Gasoline Subsidy Applications (2024), Workers’ Compensation Using Tree and Neural Networks-Based Models (2024, and The Performance of BERT as Data Representation of Text Clustering (2022).
The inauguration of Prof. Hendri as the first Professor appointed by UI in 2025 emphasizes the important role of academics in driving innovation and presenting data-based solutions to challenges in the digital era.
