Student Spotlight: Live Oak Bank Practicum Team

NC State’s Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) Class of 2022 students, in 23 teams, have commenced their eight-month practicum projects. After signing non-disclosure agreements, teams completed kickoff meetings with their sponsor organizations to better understand the context of the business problems they’ve been tasked with solving. Using the scrum Continue reading Student Spotlight: Live Oak Bank Practicum Team

Five Minutes with Anu Jagtap-Chatterjee ’13

Anu Jagtap-Chatterjee has established herself as a well-rounded marketing and corporate strategy professional who leads and collaborates with global analytical teams. She is among the 22% of our 1,110 alumni who held advanced degrees when they entered the MSA program. Anu earned bachelor’s and master’s of commerce degrees from the Continue reading Five Minutes with Anu Jagtap-Chatterjee ’13

Data Science & Science Fiction in Television – A Selection

While data analytics is a relatively young field, popular culture has portrayed the intimate details of the science through fiction. Two such works, the television shows Person of Interest and Westworld, capture many nuances of data science and the challenges data scientists face. This post will look at some of Continue reading Data Science & Science Fiction in Television – A Selection

The Relative Importance of Region and Vaccination in Predicting COVID-19 Cases in U.S. Counties

At the beginning of Summer 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic looked to be behind us. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were at the lowest levels since the beginning of the pandemic, spurred by what appeared to be a combination of warm weather and increasing vaccinations. However, the emergence of the Delta Variant Continue reading The Relative Importance of Region and Vaccination in Predicting COVID-19 Cases in U.S. Counties