U.S. News and World Report’s guide to the best careers published this month lists data miner as one of a dozen “ahead of the curve” careers for 2009:
Data mining is a great career for people who would enjoy using statistics to unearth patterns in data, using ever more powerful software. Opportunities are particularly good if you also have business sense and the ability to tease out the information that bosses really want to know.
The Institute is pleased to announce a newly established Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to provide guidance on the MSA curriculum. The IAB is composed of two-dozen companies that represent a variety of industry segments from across the country. The first meeting of the IAB is scheduled for February on NC State’s Centennial Campus. Participating companies Continue reading “Companies Join Advisory Board” →
As most students are leaving campus for winter break, MSA students are gearing up to complete an intensive communication boot camp designed by professional industry trainer Bart Queen of C3 Communications. Employers want most to hire recruits with stronger communications skills. The MSA program addresses this need head-on with 30 hours of communications training over three days of the winter break. Students are divided into Continue reading “Students Tackle Communications Boot Camp” →
Jack Shostak, associate director of statistical programming at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (or DCRI—part of Duke University), spoke with MSA students about the analytical challenges of working with clinical data. Shostak is author of SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry (SAS Press, 2005) and co-author (with Glenn Walker) of the forthcoming 3rd edition of Common Statistical Methods for Clinical Research with SAS Examples.