11 years ago, the University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School was among the pioneers highlighting the emergence of big data and the need for future leaders to understand data analytics. At the time, it established a center to study the sector. While Wharton’s efforts in this area of study was already quite active, it recently received a major boost thanks to an anonymous $15 million gift.…Read More
The Barnes Foundation houses one of the finest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist and early modernist paintings in the world. It is also an institution geared towards education in the fine arts and horticulture. When the museum moved locations from the suburbs of Philadelphia to downtown Center City in 2012, its membership jumped from around 400 to 20,000 while the number of annual visitors more than tripled.…Read More
AI and Analytics for Business conference speaker discusses her career in data, the importance of clear communication, and time spent preparing for sky-high climbs.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced the establishment of Analytics at Wharton, uniting the School’s five trail-blazing teaching, research, and industry engagement programs.…Read More
A panel of private equity GPs and LPs, speaking at a AIAB forum in San Francisco, addressed one of the overlooked challenges for sponsors trying to incorporate data science into their investment process.…Read More
Companies today have vast amounts of data at their fingertips, but finding skilled workers who can analyze it is proving hard.…Read More
(Outlet: Fast Company) Kartik Hosanagar, AI at Wharton faculty co-director, authors a piece on Michael Kearns, a prominent machine learning researcher, who has emphasized the need for an “algorithmic bill of rights” to address the bias in algorithms used in socially sensitive applications.…Read More
Data analytics is becoming mission-critical to more and more businesses. One of the biggest challenges they face: recruiting data scientists.…Read More
Students should consider pursuing the growing field of data analytics, prominent business and education leaders said at a panel hosted by the Wharton School on Tuesday night.…Read More
The second day of the NFL combine brought together competitors looking to elevate the game, not as athletes, but as data analysts who can help guide decisions in real time.…Read More
