Won the Greenfield Challenge!

The Greenfield Challenge, in a nutshell, is: "Tell the world, outside your circle, of work you have done, and done successfully because you used statistics."

Recording of "Intro to Business Analytics" at ISB now available

On June 24, 2012 we had an event called "Intro to Business Analytics" at ISB's Hyderabad campus (see my earlier post). The event was live streamed to the Mohali campus. Now the 1-hour recording of my talk is publicly available.

Data Liberation Through Visualization: Poster and Live Demo (June 23, 2012)

For the Asia Analytics Lab initiative "Data Liberation Through Visualization", we'll be presenting a poster and live demo at the upcoming Open Data Camp, showcasing a large dataset on migration in India. For a preview:

Introduction to Business Analytics (ISB, June 24, 2012)

What is Business Analytics and why does BA knowledge give an advantage in the marketplace? Our age of data means that firms and organisations collect growing amounts of micro-data about customers, transactions, outcomes, and more. Yet, most organizations are data rich but information poor. Business analytics is a set of approaches and techniques for extracting useful information from large amounts of existing data. Different from statistics, BA focuses on predictions of future outcomes at the micro-level.

3-Day Workshop on "Decision Making Using Excel" in Bhutan

Prof Shmueli conducted a 3-day workshop for decision makers in Bhutan on Decision Making Using Excel. The workshop was attended by participants from government (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Revenue & Customs, His Majesty's office), corporates (Bhutan Telecom, Kuensel newspaper), research institutes (Royal Institute of Health, Royal Education Council), and private organizations - non-profits and for-profit (Bhutan Foundation, Rigsum Institute, BISHT and others).

Statistical Inference with Large Datasets

Dr. Shmueli will talk about Statistical Inference with Large (eCommerce) Datasets at the upcoming SCECR in NYU, May 18-19, 2008

Statistics Week @ ASU

Prof Shmueli will present two talks as the guest of Statistics Week at ASU, March 20-21. The topics of the talks are:
1. Statistical Challenges in Modern Biosurveillance,
2. Explanatory vs. Predictive Modeling in Scientific Research.

Best Paper Award

"Predictive vs. Explanatory Modeling in IS Research" by Profs. Shmueli & Koppius is the recipient of the CIST 2007 Best Paper Award (November 2007)

Talk at ENAR

Prof. Shmueli will present an invited talk on "Automated Time Series Forecasting for Biosurveillance" at the upcoming 2007 ENAR Spring Meeting.

Announcement

The third annual "Statistical Challenges in eCommerce" will take place in the slick Edgelab research lab in Stamford, Connecticut, May 19-20, 2007.

Conferences & Workshops