September 2008 – Master of Science in Analytics | Institute for Advanced Analytics

Dobson Wins M2008 Award

Posted on September 23, 2008September 16, 2016 by Michael Rappa

The Institute is pleased to announce that David Dobson (MSA Class of 2008) has been selected as one of the winners of the student poster contest of the M2008 Data Mining Conference for his paper entitled “Segmenting Textual Data: Analyzing Questions on Auto Insurance Claims.” David will attend the conference in Las Vegas later this month to accept the prize. Dobson is currently a member of the faculty at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver. Congratulations, David, on the well-deserved recognition of his work!

Institute Welcomes Sudipta Dasmohapatra

Posted on September 15, 2008September 16, 2016 by Michael Rappa

Dr. Sudipta Dasmohapatra is our latest addition to the Institute’s faculty to teach during the 2008-09 academic year. Dr. “D.” joined the NC State in 2007 as an assistant professor in Wood and Paper Science. She received her Ph.D. in 2004 in Forest Products Marketing from The Pennsylvania State University. After graduating from Penn State, she worked as a Senior Quantitative Analyst at Yankelovich, Inc. for 3 years. Her interests are in the area of strategic marketing, distribution and value addition strategies and marketing research methods. She teaches a module in Market Science and Customer Analytics.

Fall Classes Begin

Posted on September 2, 2008September 16, 2016 by Michael Rappa

Fall semester classes for MSA students begin today with Dr. David Dickey teaching Time Series and Forecasting, and lectures by Dr. Hugh Devine in Geospatial Data Analytics. Students also have coursework in Six Sigma organized by Marissa Langford. Later in the semester, students will complete course modules in Data Cleaning with Dr. Rada Chirkova; Survival Analysis with Dr. Simon Hsiang; Market Science and Customer Analytics with Dr. Sudipta Dasmohapatra; and Logistic Regression Models with Dr. Fikret Isik. The fall semester also includes modules on data mining with Dr. Hsiang.

Jernigan Appointed IT Coordinator

Posted on September 1, 2008September 16, 2016 by Michael Rappa

John Jernigan is the Institute’s newly appointed Information Technology Coordinator. John joined the Institute at its inception in 2006 as a graduate assistant and had worked previously for Dr. Rappa in the Open Courseware Laboratory. John earned his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NC State in 2006, and is currently completing his M.S. degree in the same field. In his new role, John provides support for all aspects of student and staff IT requirements.