The Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) Class of 2008 kicked-off the new academic year this week with a group of distinguished guest speakers who discussed the growing importance of advanced analytics in today’s world. The two-day series was organized by Dr. Herbert Kirk and Dr. Jerry Oglesby. Guests included:
- Michael J. A. Berry, cofounder of Data Miners, and noted author on several books on Data Mining with Gordon Linoff.
- Randall Collica, Senior Business Analyst at Hewlett-Packard, and author of CRM Segmentation and Clustering Using SAS Enterprise Miner.
- James Mendelsohn, Vice President for Corporate Strategy, Capital One.
- William B. Smith, Ph.D., Executive Director of the American Statistical Association.