The 5th annual Business Analytics Competition
has concluded!

Congratulations to the following teams on their wins in the 2022 Analytics Competition:

FIRST PLACE:  Nisarg Thakkar, MSBA;  Vikas Jangra, MSBA;  Dhiraj Sharma, MSBA
TOPIC:  Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting and Diagnosing Breast Cancer

SECOND PLACE:  Kevin Phu, Pham, MSBA;  Tinglei, Ruan, MSBA;   Vikas, Jangra, MSBA
TOPIC:  Impact of Food Production on Environment

PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT AWARD:  Kevin Phu, Pham;  Tinglei, Ruan;   Vikas, Jangra
TOPIC:  Impact of Food Production on Environment

Take a look at some photos  and check out the video below!

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Speaker Series Announced

Mark your calendars for the School of Business’s upcoming Business Analytics Speaker Series. Coordinated by its Stevenish Career Management Center,  School of Business will be hosting four Clark University alumni, beginning the week of April 25, as part of its 2022 Business Analytics Competition. The Clark community is invited to attend any or all of the speakers. More information is below. 

All sessions are virtual and Zoom links can be obtained by contacting Kelly Kochis, associate director of the SCMC.  Students can sign up for sessions on Handshake. See below for details! 

April 25, 1:00pm

   Madeleyn Valenzuela ’17, BA/MBA, Communications Senior Associate at Google

Topic:  Marketing/CRM Analytics

April 26, 1:00pm 

   Michael Hickey, MBA ’19, Founder, Skylytics Data, LLC

Topic:  Gaming Analytics & Entrepreneurship

April 27, 1:00pm

   Rob King ’05, Head of People Analytics, Sr. Director at Takeda

Topic:  People Analytics

April 28, 11:00am

   Jered Ulschmid, MBA ’13, Principal Analyst in Growth Analytics, Shutterfly

Topic: Retail and Sales Analytics

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THE TEAMS ARE SET!

Following are the teams who will be competing in the 2022 Business Analytics Competition and their research topics: 

Students: Sahand Yousefi, MSBA Tinglei Ruan, MSBA Yashwant Raut, MSBA Data Analysis and Prediction of Cross-selling Automotive Insurance to Existing Health Insurance Customers.	Students: Bishal Thakur, MSBA Rubina Pradhan, MSBA Prediction on Bike Sharing Demand
Students: Yichao, Li, MSAA Mengxin, Zhang, MSA Salina, Zhou, MSA Yu-Che, Cheng, MSA Finding the next Rockefeller: Fundraising at Clark University	Student: Vinay Karthick Jeyabalakrishnan, MSBA Crime Incidents – Investigations and Interpretations
Students: Nisarg Thakkar, MSBA Vikas Jangra, MSBA Dhiraj Sharma, MSBA Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting and Diagnosing Breast Cancer	Students: Rubina Pradhan Tejas Mirashi Mingjie Zhou Analysis on Term Deposit Subscription
Students: Kevin Phu, Pham, MSBA Tinglei, Ruan, MSBA Vikas, Jangra, MSBA Impact of Food Production on Environment	Students: Rosy Shrestha, MSBA Yashwant Raut, MSBA Aashiya Aryal, MSBA Anuj Ursal, MSBA Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prediction by Machine Learning
Students: Kevin Phu Pham, MSBA Yuanyuan Bai, MSBA Yudong Zhao, MSBA Yelp Dataset Analysis

Good luck to all those participating!

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2022 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

SIGN UP DATES:  February 28 to March 14

Registration is now CLOSED! 

COMPETITION GUIDELINES

This year the competition will be held in person. We are asking students to present their projects by creating a physical poster for the competition. The Clark University MSBA Advisory Board members will judge the poster presentations and determine who will win first and second place, and who will be given the PRME award. (In 2011, Clark School of Business became a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education [PRME] initiative, strengthening its commitment to education, research, and collaboration that fosters sustainable social, economic, and environmental change.)

PRIZES AWARDED

First place : $1,000  ~   Second place: $500  ~  PRME/SDG award: $300

ANALYTICS SPEAKER SERIES

Various sessions with alumni and guests will be held from April 25 to 29.
Days/times/locations to come!

GOOD LUCK, STUDENTS!
We look forward to seeing your fantastic research.

Check out these photos from past competitions and see below for previous student research projects!

Previous student projects:

Students: Dhanunjay Divi, Yashwanth Sai Addanki Taxi Demand Prediction	Students: Kelly Lin , Tobias Sundheimer, Keerthi Rallapalli, Credit Card Customer Analysis
Students: Liao, Zhao Estimate Emotion and Trends from Customer Reviews	Students: Kelly Lin The Factors and Forecast of Real Estate Price in Taipei, Taiwan
Students: Cao Yu, Jinshan Wan, Can Zhang, Runzhi Tang Mobile Price Classification	Students: Keerthi Rallapalli, Airline Passenger Satisfaction Survey Analysis
Students: Arjun Rumba, Wei Zou, Amarildo Begu Significant Factors Causing Obesity	Students: Swarup, Saha Developing a Predictive Model to Predict Exchange Rate of Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) Against US Dollar (USD)
Students: Cao Yu, Jinshan Wan, Can Zhang, Runzhi Tang Mobile Price Classification	Students: Keerthi Rallapalli, Airline Passenger Satisfaction Survey Analysis