Thanks to the many students, staff and faculty who participated in the Institute’s annual holiday food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. Student organizers this year included Deborah Nicholas, Marco Mascioli, Amy Drew and Charlie Board. The record setting donation totaled 339 pounds of food (up by 73%) and $545 (up by 40%). Using the Food Bank’s formula, the donation translates into 2601 meals. The students have set a high bar for next year’s MSA Class of 2011.
MSA Student Named SAS Ambassador
Farhad Islam (MSA candidate, Class of 2010) has been named a SAS Student Ambassador for 2010. The SAS Student Ambassador Program is a competitive program that recognizes and supports students who use SAS technologies in innovative ways that benefit their respective industries and fields of study. Farhad is one of a small number of students selected for the honor from a global pool of candidates. He will present his award-winning paper entitled “SAS Analytics for Green Energy Solution in Smart Electric Grid System” at the SAS Global Forum next April in Seattle. Farhad is the second MSA student in three years to be named a SAS Ambassador. Our previous winner was Petr Hústak (MSA Class of 2008).
Leedom Tapped for Leadership Program
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.
Executive Guest Lecture – Agus Sudjianto
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”
Executive Guest Lecture – Tim Gabel
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”
Internet Summit to focus on Analytics
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”
Practicum Projects Announced
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”
Industry Advisory Board Meets
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.
Executive Guest Lecture – Randy Jones
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”
Suchismita Nandi Named Finalist
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.