Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Graduate from the MSA class of 2012 - Rusty Frioux
Rusty Frioux, former graduate of LSU's MSA program, is the founder of DATACLEAR, a business analytics consulting company in Baton Rouge. He talks about using data to solve problems for local companies. "When you have some sort of new technical competency, it creates a lot of opportunity if you can convince the market that those things matter."
Monday, October 28, 2013
MSA Activities for the week of 10-27-13
South Central SAS Users Group (SCSUG) hosts a Graduate Student Symposium in Analytics
19 of our current MSA students will be attending a Student Symposium in Analytics in San Antonio on Oct. 31st - Nov.1st. This is an exciting opportunity for these students because it provides a chance to showcase both the great talent and potential of our MSA students as future analytics professionals and our MSA program as a leader in business intelligence and analytics education.
3 LSU MSA students from the graduating class of 2014 will be presenting papers at the symposium (Charles Cruthirds,, Saumitra Sharma, and Michael Waldmeier).
The purpose of the symposium is to provide students, future analytics professionals, a venue for communicating analytical ideas, sharing SAS software techniques, networking and learning from professionals in the field.
19 of our current MSA students will be attending a Student Symposium in Analytics in San Antonio on Oct. 31st - Nov.1st. This is an exciting opportunity for these students because it provides a chance to showcase both the great talent and potential of our MSA students as future analytics professionals and our MSA program as a leader in business intelligence and analytics education.
3 LSU MSA students from the graduating class of 2014 will be presenting papers at the symposium (Charles Cruthirds,, Saumitra Sharma, and Michael Waldmeier).
The purpose of the symposium is to provide students, future analytics professionals, a venue for communicating analytical ideas, sharing SAS software techniques, networking and learning from professionals in the field.
About LSU's MSA program
LSU's Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) is an exciting new degree that prepares students for interesting and rewarding jobs in analytics and business intelligence.
The MSA program is an intensive 12-month professional program. It focuses on using advanced data management tools, applied statistics and operations research techniques to analyze large real-world data sets to increase return on investment, improve customer retention, reduce fraud and improve decision making. The program begins
The MSA students work in small groups utilizing large databases of information from real companies to produce and solve business problems in areas such as marketing, insurance, banking, healthcare, communications, e-commerce, and law enforcement. This program is designed to meet the growing demand for professionals who understand "big data" and have the specialized analytic skills needed to extract actionable information from large and complex data sets.
The MSA program is an intensive 12-month professional program. It focuses on using advanced data management tools, applied statistics and operations research techniques to analyze large real-world data sets to increase return on investment, improve customer retention, reduce fraud and improve decision making. The program begins
The MSA students work in small groups utilizing large databases of information from real companies to produce and solve business problems in areas such as marketing, insurance, banking, healthcare, communications, e-commerce, and law enforcement. This program is designed to meet the growing demand for professionals who understand "big data" and have the specialized analytic skills needed to extract actionable information from large and complex data sets.
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| Students collaborating on their work assignements |
Thursday, October 24, 2013
MSA Class of 2013-2014
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ANALYTICS
Please join Dr. Jim Van Scotter, Dr. Joni Shreve and
several MSA students for an information session on Tuesday, October 29, 2013.
Business Education Complex (BEC)
Room 1305
6:00 p.m.
Dr. Van Scotter and Dr. Shreve will discuss the MSA
program and talk about the classes involved in the curriculum, projects the
students are working on and impressive career opportunities that await
graduates from this degree. There will
be several students from the current MSA class who will be there to answer any
questions you may have.
If you have an interest and want to learn more about
this exciting graduate program, please stop by!
It is recommended
that interested students have a minimum 3.0 GPA
For more information
about the MSA program, visit http://businessanalytics.lsu.edu
or email analytics@lsu.edu
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