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“We are making fact-based decisions in less time with more accuracy and less emotion. It took an edict from the top to make it happen, and we had to learn that being directionally correct is good enough and to accept the ‘80/20 rule’ for completeness of information.”
- Kathy Chou, vice president, Sales Strategy & Operations, Hewlett-Packard.
May 22-23
Data Science Summit 2012
Las Vegas
June 12-13
8th Annual The Text Analytics Summit
Boston
June 25-26
Predictive Analytics World June 2012 for Business
Chicago
June 24-27, 2012
INFORMS International Meeting Beijing 2012
Beijing, China
Sept. 17-18
Predictive Analytics World for Government
Washington, DC
(Recent books of general interest to the analytics community.)
Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything By Stephen Baker
Author Stephen Baker, who examined the analytical, data-driven, behind-the-scenes side of corporate decision-making in his 2008 book “The Numerati,” continues his exploration of the melding of man and computer in the never-ending search for more knowledge in his latest book, “Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything.”
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Industry NewsLavastorm Analytics launches free software for business analysts
On May 16, Lavastorm Analytics announced the availability of Lavastorm Desktop Public, a free edition of the company's award-winning Lavastorm Desktop analytic software. Unrestricted availability of Lavastorm Desktop Public puts discovery-driven, audit analytic capabilities at the fingertips of any business analyst, data professional and IT worker in the world.
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Special ArticlesIU Kelley School and Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow announce business analytics program
As a result of a partnership between Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow, two selective, graduate-level, yearlong certificate programs in the emerging field of business analytics and global strategy will be available to about 100 students.
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Special ArticlesBig Data and Analytics featured at Sensors Expo & Conference
he explosion of digital data created by mobile sensors, social media, surveillance, medical imaging, smart grids and more, combined with new tools for analyzing it all, has increased the opportunity to generate value and insights from this big data.
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March/April 2012
- Model Management for Today’s Banking Sector
- Marrying Marketing & Revenue Management
- The Future of Analytics & Pro Sports
- Challenges for public sector analytics
- Recipe for Analytical Success in India
- Analytics Certification Program Taking Shape
January/February 2011
- Analytics & the future of healthcare
- Analytical integration in healthcare
- Predictive analytics: saving lives, lowering costs
- Healthcare management engineering
- Intelligent decision support in healthcare
- Telehealth’s promising global future
- Managing, monitoring chronic diseases
November/December 2011
- The Value of Business Analytics
- Intelligent Augmentation
- Portfolio Decision Analysis
- Analytics Applications
- Soft Skills: “Killer App” for Analytics
- Sports Analytics, Part 2
September/October 2011
- Chief data officer: New seat in the C-suite
- From ‘sick’ care to ‘health’ care
- Text analytics goes mobile
- Analytics in India
- The rapidly evolving world of sports analytics
- Corporate profile: Jeppesen
July/August 2011
- Corporate profile: Kaplan, Inc.
- New math, big data
- Business forecasting effectiveness
- Potholes and politics
- Sales force strategy
May/June 2011
- Economically calibrated models
- Risk in revenue management
- Behavioral segmentation
- Understanding data miners
- Sports law analytics
- Simulation frameworks
March/April 2011
- Wargaming for fun and profit
- TV ads, Wanamaker’s dilemma & analytics
- Enterprise-level semantic technologies
- Optimization engagement baseline
- Predicting the rise of prediction markets
- Surrounded by uncertainty
January/February 2011
November/December 2010
- The Analytics Journey
- Five myths of quant consulting
- Predictive analytics in field service
- Collections Analytics
- Agility wins
- Decision Analysis
September/October 2010
- Quick Guide to Buying Analytics
- Predictive Analytics: Managing Tradeoffs
- Risk Management
- Driving Value Chain Resiliency
- Armed With Analytics
- Corporate Profile: Frontline Systems
July/August 2010
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Worst Practices in Business Forecasting
- Forecasting Software Survey
- Predictive Analytics
- How HP Delivers Business Value Safe, Secure Securities Settlement
May/June 2010
- Resources for Spreadsheet Analysts
- Text Analytics: Two World Collide
- Advanced Analytics for Sales & Operations Planning
- Health Care Reform Has Passed. Now What?
- How Mathematical Models Can Help Improve Cancer Treatments Plans
March/April 2010
- REVENUE MANAGEMENT VS. SOCIAL NETWORKING
- SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION STARTUPS
- ON THE ROAD TO CONNECTIVITY
- ANALYTICS AT UPS
- WORLD-CLASS CONFERENCE
January/February 2010
- MARKETING IN ONLINE SOCIAL SPACES
- ANALYTICAL TALENT ORGANIZATION
- TIME TO PAYBACK
- THE AGILE ENTERPRISE
- HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS
- ATHLETIC ANALYTICS
Fall 2009
- SO YOU WANT TO BE A DECISION ANALYST?
- ANALYSIS PLACEBOS
- B.I. & MODELING SYSTEMS SYNERGY
- REAL VALUE OF I.T.
- TO BOLDLY GO …
- NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH?
Summer 2009
- THE EVOLUTION OF PRICING
- THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE SUCCESSFUL “SURGE”
- PROBABILITY MANAGEMENT
- MODELING THE MARKET SPACE
- SEVEN SINS OF SIMULATION PRACTICE
- LESS IS MORE FOR HEWLETT-PACKARD
- INTEL EARNS INFORMS PRIZE
- INFORMING THE GLOBE
Spring 2009
- HOW TO SELL ANALYTICS TO SKEPTICS
- THE ABCs OF SIMULATION PRACTICE
- LONG WAY FROM FLIP CHARTS
- TAMING HARD PROBLEMS WITH SOFT O.R.
- HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS
- UNLEASH THE POWER OF ANALYTICS
Winter 2008
- RM & DM: THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
- WE’RE ALL JUST A NUMBER
- THE NUMERATI
- INSIDE H-P
- DECISION ANALYSIS
- WEYERHAEUSER WIRED
- PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Summer 2008
- KEYS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
- BACK ON TRACK
- SERVING THE SERVICES INDUSTRY
- WHEN THREE’S NOT A CROWD
- FORECASTING SOFTWARE SURVEY
- O.R. GOES TO WASHINGTON
