{"id":5682,"date":"2025-03-10T14:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/?page_id=5682"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:43:44","slug":"faculty-research-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/business-analytics\/faculty-research-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-business-analytics-m-s\">Business Analytics, M.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Business Analytics Sub-Header\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"menu-title\">Business Analytics Sub-Header<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\" id=\"modal-1\" data-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\" data-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\" data-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/business-analytics\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/business-analytics\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/business-analytics\/faculty-research-areas\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Faculty Research Areas<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/business-analytics\/careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Faculty Research Areas<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"intro\">Faculty research in the School of Business tackles issues that impact not only business, but also society at large, engaging locally with topics that have a global reach. Faculty members bring their findings to bear on the classroom experience, giving students the opportunity to work with real datasets from their findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students, too, may engage in research with faculty, with peers, or individually. A select number of School of Business students participate in the prestigious national SAS Global Forum Competition and locally in School of Business Annual Analytics Poster Competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Sample Projects<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Using machine learning to help detect multiple heart conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examining Steam game data by genre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Predicting credit card default<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using latent Dirichlet allocation to recommend videos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conducting sequence analysis of viral events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query faculty-research is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-e1d1349e wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6141 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-analytics category-faculty-research-areas\">\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019_hamid-1-80x80-1.png\" alt=\"Hamid Ahady Dolatsara\" class=\"wp-image-6144\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hamid Ahady Dolatsara<\/strong><br><em>Assistant Professor Sub<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading clear has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2a2c45071e7bb378f6bc1d2c85066315\" id=\"h-data-driven-ideas-that-have-a-positive-impact-on-society\">Data-driven ideas that have a positive impact on society<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr. Ahady Dolatsara is a data scientist with research interests in health care analytics, finance, and transportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6084 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-accounting-mba-ms category-business-analytics category-faculty-research-areas category-finance-mba-ms category-management category-mba\">\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Jing-Zhang-160x160-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5562\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jing Zhang<br><\/strong><em>Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading clear has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-systems-of-knowledge-in-the-world-of-big-data\">Systems of knowledge in the world of big data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Professor Zhang dedicates her research to examining management information systems, including interorganizational knowledge sharing and networking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty research in the School of Business tackles issues that impact not only business, but also society at large, engaging locally with topics that have a global reach. 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