Bank of America has selected MSA student Robert Leedom for its prestigious Quantitative Management Associate Program (QMAP). The program is designed to prepare future business leaders of BoA who are grounded with quantitative skills and experiences. It is highly selective, with only a small number of candidates from the nation’s leading universities entering the QMAP program each year. Several of the bank’s top leaders in quantitative areas are alumni of the program.
The Institute is delighted to announce that Dr. Agus Sudjianto, senior vice president and head of Quantitative Risk at Bank of America will deliver our fifth Executive Guest Lecture of 2009 on November 30. Dr. Sudjianto’s talk is titled “Quantitative Risk Management at Bank of America.” Bank of America is one of the world’s largest Continue reading “Executive Guest Lecture – Agus Sudjianto”
We are delighted to announce that Tim Gabel, vice president for Survey and Computing Sciences at RTI International will deliver our fourth Executive Guest Lecture of 2009 on November 13. Mr. Gabel’s talk, titled “The Data-driven Decision Maker,” will examine the challenge facing business today in solving complex problems with a vast amount of data. The Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of SAS as sponsor of the guest lecture series. Continue reading “Executive Guest Lecture – Tim Gabel”
Dr. Michael Rappa will moderate a panel discussion on Analytics at the 2nd Annual Internet Summit to be held on November 4-5 at the Raleigh Convention Center. The Summit is a showcase for forward thinking and thought leadership on topics related to the Internet economy and Web-oriented technologies such as social media, real-time, cloud, online advertising, search, blogs, mobile, e-commerce, usability, video, design and other best practices. Continue reading “Internet Summit to focus on Analytics”
The Analytics Practicum is a core component of the MSA curriculum that gives students an opportunity to work in teams on challenging projects with real-world data sponsored by industry. The Institute is pleased to announce our project sponsors for 2009-10 include: Continue reading “Practicum Projects Announced”
The Institute’s Industry Advisory Board (IAB) held its second meeting of 2009 today on Centennial Campus at the Park Alumni Center. The meeting included a series of presentations and feedback discussions focused on the MSA curriculum. The IAB includes nearly 40 companies from across the country representing a broad cross-section of industries. The Board’s input plays an instrumental role in keeping the MSA curriculum relevant and on the cutting edge.
We are delighted to announce that Randy Jones, vice president for Strategy, Architecture at GlaxoSmithKline – North America Pharmaceuticals IT, will deliver the third executive guest lecture of 2009. The topic will be: Pharmaceutical Marketing Data–How the Pharmaceutical Industry Searches for and Takes Advantage of Information. The Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of SAS as sponsor of the guest lecture series. Continue reading “Executive Guest Lecture – Randy Jones”
Among three competitors from the MSA Class of 2009 that submitted entries in this year’s M2009 Data Mining Shootout, one has been named a finalist in the competition. Congratulations are in order for Suchismita Nandi. Additionally, Dr. Simon Hsiang, who teaches Data Mining and Survival Analysis to MSA students, participated as faculty adviser. There were a totally of 47 teams that registered to participate in the Shootout from 13 universities. The winner of the competition will be announced at M2009 Data Mining Conference in Las Vegas on October 27.
The MSA Class of 2010 enrolled in late June and proceeded at a breakneck pace through a six-week boot camp covering basic statistics and statistical programming. In addition to completing 5 credit hours of the MSA curriculum, 75% of the class also succeeded in passing the optional SAS Base programming certification. It is expected that over 90% will complete the certification before year-end, and half will complete the certification for advanced programming. Congratulations to the 39 members of the Class of 2010 who succeeded in completing the summer portion of the MSA program.
The Institute is pleased to announce Ian Gordon, senior vice president for Commercial and Government Operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, will deliver the Analytics Executive Guest Lecture at a special ceremony on August 6 to mark the completion of the MSA summer program. Gordon has more than 25 years of experience in health insurance, financial services and consulting. His talk is titled “Using Analytics to Power the Business.” The Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of SAS as sponsor of the guest lecture series. Continue reading “Executive Speaker Caps Summer Program”