The Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas is proud to launch and host the Inaugural Academic Summit for Business Analytics (ASBA) on February 9-10, 2024.
ASBA aims to provide a platform for a constructive exchange of ideas for faculty and administrative leaders in the field of Business Analytics. This platform will not only provide the means to share valuable insights on teaching Business Analytics in an efficient and enriching way but will also, cover the length and breadth of students’ journeys and how institutions can best leverage opportunities to provide students and faculty the best chances to be successful analytics professionals in the industry and academia. Some of the important topics ASBA will cover are, but are not limited to, Student Recruitment and Retention, Business Analytics Teaching and Curriculum Development, Student Success, and Industry Partnerships. Idea exchange will be encouraged by means of guest lectures, debates, panel discussions and informal conversations within summit participants, guest speakers and industry leaders.
ASBA provides opportunities to engage with top-ranked scholars, academic leaders, and industry experts in Business Analytics on emerging teaching practices such as AI and learn about how to effectively navigate through a long-term and successful career in Business Analytics.
Dr. Ramesh Sharda is the Vice Dean for Research and the Watson Graduate School of Management, Watson/ConocoPhillips Chair and a Regents Professor of Management Science and Information Systems in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. He has coauthored two textbooks (Analytics, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence: Systems for Decision Support, 11th edition, Pearson and Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Managerial Perspective, 4th Edition, Pearson). His research has been published in major journals in management science and information systems including Management Science, Operations Research, Information Systems Research, Decision Support Systems, Interfaces, INFORMS Journal on Computing, and many others. He is a member of the editorial boards of journals such as the Decision Support Systems, Decision Sciences, ACM Database, and Information Systems Frontiers. He served as the Executive Director of Teradata University Network through 2020 and was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in 2016. Ramesh is a Fellow of INFORMS and AIS.
He was the winner of 2020 OSU Eminent Faculty Award. Ramesh also won the Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award at Aalto University in Finland for 2022-2023.
Location
Sessions of the Inaugural Academic Summit for Business Analytics will take place in the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM) and the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGAC).
Dr. Ramesh Sharda, Chuck and Kim Watson Chair, Vice Dean for Graduate Programs and Research, Regents Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, ConocoPhillips Chair of Technology Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
11:00 a.m. – Noon
Breakout Session
Gaurav Shekhar, Assistant Dean – Graduate Programs, Program Director MS Business Analytics – Flex and Online, Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas, Assistant Dean – Graduate Programs, Program Director MS Business Analytics – Flex and Online, Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 1:15 p.m.
Presentation: Student Recruitment and Retention
Sasidhar Sista, Co-Founder, GradRight
Justin Davis, Director of University Partnerships, GradRight
1:15 – 2:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Student Recruitment and Retention
Moderator: Dr. Prajakti Akarte, Program Director, Undergraduate Business Analytics, Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
Panelist: Dr. Naser Nikandish, Academic Program Director, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Panelist: John White, Executive Director/Enrollment Management, Wake Forest University
Panelist: Dr. Charles M. Cwiek, Director of Undergraduate Business Analytics Program, the University of Tennessee
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
Presentation: Curriculum Development
Dr. Jeff Camm, Senior Associate Dean of Business Analytics and the Inmar Presidential Chair of Analytics, Wake Forest University School of Business
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Curriculum Development
Moderator: Dr. Patrick Johanns, Director of Professional MS in Business Analytics, University of Iowa Tippie School of Business
Panelist: Dr. William Hefley, Director, MS Business Analytics – Cohort Program, Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
Panelist: Dr. Hemant Jain, Director MS Data Analytics Program , the University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Panelist: Dr. Bongsug Chae, Professor & Jon Wefald Chair in Business (Data Analytics Initiative), Kansas State University
Panelist: Dr. Donna M. Ehrlich, Associate Teaching Professor in Business Analytics, Park University
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Presentation: Program Performance and Assessment
Dr. Dawn Owens, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
4:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Presentation: Business Analytics in Practice
Dr. Luvai Motiwalla, Professor of Operations and Information Systems, Capstone Projects & MS Business Analytics Coordinator, UMass Lowell Robert J. Manning School of Business
4:45 – 5:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Business Analytics in Practice
Moderator: Dr. Deepak Khazanchi, Mutual of Omaha Distinguished Chair of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska Omaha
Panelist: Madhavi Vellore, Senior Vice President Product Management, Mr. Cooper
Panelist: Dr Justin Gressel, Clinical Professor at Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business
Panelist: Dr Sourav Chatterjee, Assistant Chair of Dept. of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, University of North Texas
Dinner and Networking Social | Top Golf, Allen, TX
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.
Breakout Session: Leadership and Program Management
Gaurav Shekhar, Assistant Dean – Graduate Programs, Program Director MS Business Analytics – Flex and Online, Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Presentation: Analytics in Academia – From the lens of the industry
