Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz Announces Formation of Connecticut State Broadband Office and Promotes Internet Survey as First Official Action
State of Connecticut Consumer Counsel Office – As the first official act of the State Broadband Office, Katz announced that the Office has partnered with the UConn School of Business to create two internet surveys – one for businesses, one for residents, which ask respondents about their internet speed, cost, usage, and satisfaction level with their options. The surveys are available through the following internet links:
Two graduate students who designed an app to predict future trends in diabetes within the United States were the winners of the MSBAPM & Alteryx Data Challenge earlier this year.
In addition to the $1,000 grand prize for their work, graduate students Hao Zhu and Yingqi Yang were special guests at the company’s annual conference and gala, Inspire 2015, which was held May 17-20 in Boston. They were able to share their work with experts in the field.Continue Reading
Predictive Analytics Today – According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, by 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with data science knowledge for the analysis of big data to make effective decisions. UConn’s MS in Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) is among Predictive Analytics Today‘s top (unranked) Predictive Analytics and Data Analytics programs, which provide training both in management and data analytics.
UConn MSBAPM Highlighted as One of the Top 23 Programs for MS in Data Science
Master’s in Data Science – “Looking to freshen your résumé and improve your earning potential?” You can do it in UConn’s MSBAPM Program! UConn and 22 other schools were highlighted as top schools for master’s in a data science field.
Tuesday evening, MSBAPM and other graduate programs learned how Aetna, one of the biggest health care and insurance companies in the United States, drives change and innovation in the field of analytics and the skills required for teams working in IT Analytics areas. Continue Reading
Alteryx has partnered with the MS in Business Analytics and Project Management program (MSBAPM) at the University of Connecticut School of Business to host a 2-week data challenge beginning on March 30, 2015. The competition focuses on leveraging the power and flexibility of the Alteryx platform along with skills gained in the MSBAPM program to solve the challenge. Students can submit projects as teams of up to four. Finalists will be invited to present their projects to a panel of distinguished judges, including Alteryx’s Chief Scientist, and various amazing prizes will be awarded.
More information about the data challenge can be found at the website:
MSBAPM Students are exuberantly forming teams to research about the Alteryx software, to understand the platform, how it’s used, and how the software aids analytics. Good luck to the participants!
Students, faculty and alumni of the School of Business’ Master of Science in Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) program are celebrating its double recognition as a top program in its discipline.
The Financial Engineer.net ranked the UConn program No. 11 in the nation in 2015, putting it in the company of other prestigious colleges, including New York University, University
of Southern California, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fordham and Villanova universities.Continue Reading
In January 2015, a contingent of part-time MBA and MSBAPM students led by Business Law Professor Gerlinde Berger-Walliser spent two weeks studying international business at EMLYON, one of the top business schools in France. The group attended lectures taught by renowned EM Lyon faculty about the European business, social, and regulatory environment. As part of the inter-cultural program the UConn students worked on projects with EM Lyon’s International MBA students and traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to visit the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. In the evenings and on the free weekend, the group sampled the great food that Lyon is known for and toured different parts of Europe. Professor Berger-Walliser is looking forward to taking another group of MBA students to Lyon in January 2016.
Yesterday, MSBAPM welcomed 52 new incoming full-time and part-time students. We are thrilled to see students come from all parts of the world. We look forward to yet another great and successful semester. Good luck Students and Welcome!
Pictured L to R: Priceline.com Data Challenge winners Dilip Sagar Manjunath, Jennifer Eigo, Daniel Silvis, and Chandra Karri.
Priceline.com leverages data to solve today’s most complex eCommerce problems. On November 12, the online travel company partnered with UConn’s MS in Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) program to kick off a data challenge. During the two-week challenge, 17 teams of students had the opportunity to analyze and build predictive models of a subset of hotel search and book data.
Out of the 50+ students who participated in the challenge, 11 students (three teams) were advanced to the final round. The finalists presented their findings to a panel of analysts, senior and executive management at Priceline.com including Michael Diliberto, CIO and Bryan Lewis, CFO.
“Priceline.com is proud to partner with UConn’s School of Business… to offer its students the opportunity to perform research and build predictive models on customer search behaviors,” said Diliberto. “UConn students were able to discern some very key patterns in large quantities of disconnected messages.”
Presentations were held at Priceline’s headquarters in Norwalk, Conn. on December 5, where the panel voted on the winning team based on both deliverable and presentation skills.
The winners of the challenge are: Jennifer Eigo, Chandra Karri, Dilip Sagar Manjunath, and Daniel Silvis. Each winning team member received a $300 Priceline.com gift card to use online, and all challenge participants received 15% off their next Priceline.com purchase.
