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!
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Priceline.com Partners With UConn School of Business’ MSBAPM Program for Data Challenge
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.
December 2014 Graduation Ceremony
MSBAPM Winter Graduation Ceremony for December 2014 graduates will be held on 12/5/2014 at 5:30pm in the GBLC. Please come business casual dressed for the event. RSVP is a must. Invite only event.
Graduate Career Connections
UConn welcomed 17 companies at the Graduate Business Learning Center for a fall Graduate Career Connections Event. More than 200 students participated in the event, of them about 130 were BAPM students, to learn about the various companies. A few companies conducted interviews on site. A press release with more information is soon to come, keep a look out!
Priceline Data Challenge
Priceline is partnering with UConn to host a data challenge. Students will perform research and build predictive models on customer search behaviors. The finalists will present their project to the Priceline executive Board at Priceline headquarters in Norwalk, CT. Registration for the competition will close on November 12th at midnight and the challenge official starts today! Results of the top team will be posted after Thanksgiving.
Team Registration: http://goo.gl/forms/1HkbMkw6uf
Diwali
Date: October 24, 2014
MSBAPM hosted a Diwali event, a Hindu festival, that was celebrated this year on October 24th. GBLC’s Observation deck was decorated with lights and craft throughout. “Housie,” a tradition game in India similar to bingo was played and prizes were given out. There were two amazing dance performances and a solo singer who performed that night. The evening concluded with all attendees dancing and enjoying traditional Indian food.
Top Big Data & Analytics Masters Programs: Preparing Students for a Digital Future
We’re very excited to share that we have been listed as one of over 25 ‘most prominent big data and analytics degree programs” by BI Software Insight. Big data is a revolution that will transform our lives and our uniquely combined degree focusing in both analytics and project management is positioning our graduates for success. Our graduates are prepared to leverage and manage data as well as develop data-driven solutions. See more at Top Big Data & Analytics Masters Programs.
Master’s Student Team Leverages Digital Marketing Analytics for Logicbroker
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Students “Make Data Tell a Story” in MSBAPM Capstone Course
Analyze…Manage…Communicate… Analyze an industrial size dataset, manage the project risk and time commitment, present and “sell” your results to all the stakeholders. This was the theme of the capstone course in the MS in Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) program, taught by Sudip Bhattacharjee, Mark Tschiegg, and Michael Vandusen from January – April 2013. The final student presentations were held on Monday, April 22 at the Graduate Business Learning Center (GBLC) in downtown Hartford.Continue Reading
MSBAPM/Swiss Re Networking Event
On Thursday March 22, 2012, the MS in Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) held its second MSBAPM/Industry Networking Event in the Graduate Business Learning Center (GBLC) in downtown Hartford, co-sponsored with Swiss Re, the leading global reinsurance company, based in Zurich. Swiss Re was represented by Michael O. Van Dusen PMP, Director, Operations, Business Engineering, Swiss Re America Holding; Peter Langan, Xinwei Zhang, and Patricia Quinn. Several faculty and staff from the Operations and Information Management (OPIM) department and students from the MSBAPM program also attended.
After a meet and greet, the executives gave an overview of Swiss Re and the Business Engineering (BEN) group, which does internal consulting projects for the firm. Projects may involve process improvement, change management, etc., and can range in size from one million dollars to several hundred million dollars. The executives then ran a small teamwork and collaboration game to illustrate the importance of communication and teamwork in projects. The winning team was thrilled to receive Swiss chocolates as a reward! The executives then resumed discussion on project work and ended the talk with an overview of salary and job prospects for students trained in project management. Everyone had a good time.
Picture: Swiss Re Exec. Michael O. Van Dusen speaking.