CBA Events & News

FRONTIERS OF ANALYTICS INNOVATION

INSPIRED SPEAKER SERIES

• November 19, 2019: Julia Gometz & Burke Powers – Co-Founders of Brandful Code https://www.linkedin.com/company/brandful-code/about/: Future of Work – Analyzing the Combined Customer & Employee Experience – A New Way to See and Quantify the Link! Watch the Presentation Here!
• January 17, 2019: Chanda Beepu https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanda-wong-beppu-ab7b637/
• Oct 16, 2018: Grace Greene CEO of Tote lined up to kick off MIWIs Inspired Speaker Series (a talk by Grace Greene, President of TOTE Maritime. The title of her talk is : "Leadership Learnings from the Last Frontier". Grace brings over 13 years of professional experience managing a wide range of activities from complex oil and gas exploration logistics, aviation operations and safety in remote Arctic Alaska, to business development and consulting. Most recently, Grace was responsible for leading all aviation logistics operations in the Alaska Venture for the Shell Exploration and Production Company.)

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE WORKSHOPS, AND NETWORKING EVENTS

AY 20-21

• Forthcoming Spring 2021: “Negotiation Skills” by Zoe Barsness https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/zib
• Forthcoming Winter 2021: Communication Skills by Jennifer Heckman https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/heckmanj
• Forthcoming Winter 2021: “Team Building & Team Contract” by Marion B Eberly, Associate professor of Management (https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/marionb)
• Forthcoming Jan-Feb 2021: Foundations for Data Analytics Bootcamp https://sites.uw.edu/mcba/foundations-home-page/
• September 26, 2020: Library Resources at UW and UW Tacoma by Erica Bailey https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/library/library
• July 25, 2020: Cocreating Stakeholder Value for Success: Data Analytics Consulting & Program Management Best Practices by Michael Turek https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-turek-4a295b42/
• June 27, 2020: Team Building & Team Contract by Marion B Eberly, Associate professor of Management (https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/marionb)
• June 19, 2020: Immigration Advising Workshop
• June 19, 2020: MSBA Orientation (74 students with 2 cohorts started their academic journey for MSBA program)

AY 19-20

• June 2020 - Class of 2020 Commencement & Hooding Ceremonies
• June 2020 Virtual Showcase: (22 organizations represented, ~250+ attendees) https://sites.uw.edu/mcba/student-consultants-cohort-19-20/
• Spring 2020, Foundations for Data Analytics modules offered to the MSBA students. Modules,
  • Beginner Python 1, Beginner Python 2
  • Intermediate R3, Intermediate R4
  • Beginner Data Visualization using PowerBI
  • Beginner Fundamentals of Agile Project Management
  • Beginner Agile Project Management for Technology Projects
  • Beginner AI and Cognitive Computing
• February 8, 2020: Communication Skills by Jennifer Heckman https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/heckmanj
• January 18, 2020: “Team Building & Team Contract” by Marion B Eberly, Associate professor of Management (https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/marionb)
• October 5, 2019: “Innovation Pathways with Commotion” Magali D Eaton https://www.linkedin.com/in/magalidieny/
• Business Analytics Foundation Bootcamp 3 in 2019: Sep 7, 8, 14, 15, 28, 29 (~20 attendees)
• July 27, 2019: “Delivering Enterprise Level Solutions in Data Science” by Shrikant Palkar, https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikantpalkar/
• July 6, 2019: “Team Building & Team Contract” by Marion B Eberly, Associate professor of Management (https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/marionb) & Connor Saxe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorsaxe/).
• June 20, 2019: Immigration Advising Workshop
• June 2019 MSBA Orientation: Total # of students joined the program = 77 students with 2 cohorts

AY 18-19

• June 2019 - Graduation hooding commencement
• June 2019 - Beta Gamma Sigma, The International Business Honor Society https://www.betagammasigma.org/about/what-is-bgs
• June 2019 - Students, community, facilty, staff happy hour
• June 2019 Showcase: (~ 20 organizations represented, ~200 attendees)
• May 4, 2019: Intermediate R/Managing Data and Visualizations by Chuck Lanfear, Consultant with the UW Center for Social Science Computation and Research https://soc.washington.edu/people/charles-lanfear (Open Innovation Network @ UW)
• April 13, 2019: Introductory to PySpark, which is the Python implementation of Apache Spark by Garren Staubli https://www.linkedin.com/in/gstaubli/ (Open Innovation Network @ UW) https://garrens.com/pyspark124
• March 16, 2019: Adam Small, https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjsmall/
• Business Analytics Foundation Bootcamp 2 in 2019: January 25, 26, 27; Feb 8, 9, 10
• Jan 19, 2019: Jim Spohrer, IBM, https://www.linkedin.com/in/spohrer/
• December 2018 - Students, community, facilty, staff happy hour
• December 1, 2018: Rama Akkiraju, IBM, Fortune A AI team, https://fortune.com/longform/element-ai-startup-tech/ (Open Innovation Network @ UW)
• June 14, 2018 – Immigration Advising Workshop
• June 2018 MSBA Orientation: Total # of students joined the program = 37 students with 1 cohort
• Business Analytics Foundation Bootcamp 1 in 2018: June 9 & 10, September 8, 9, 15​

          AY 17-18

• June 2018 - Graduation hooding commencement
• June 2018 - Beta Gamma Sigma, The International Business Honor Society https://www.betagammasigma.org/about/what-is-bgs
• June 2018 - Students, community, facilty, staff happy hour
• June 2018 Showcase: (~15 organizations represented, ~120 attendees)
• February 10, 2018: “Seeking a great opportunity/Interviewing for success” Marcy Porus-Gottlieb http://www.marcypgconsulting.com/
• January 27, 2018 – “Defining your personal brand/Communicating you” Marcy Porus-Gottlieb http://www.marcypgconsulting.com/
• January 13, 2018 –STEM OPT Immigration Workshop
• December 2017 - Students, community, facilty, staff happy hour
• September 2017 MSBA Orientation: Total # of students joined the program = 35 students with 1 cohort
• February 28, 2017: Service innovation Heather Yurko (at MBA program) https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-yurko-b819191/
• January 30, 2017: Service Innovation, Yassi Moghaddam, Executive Director, ISSIP(at MBA program) https://www.linkedin.com/in/yassimoghaddam/

MENTIONS & PRESS COVERAGE

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• ​"Puyallup pairs with an academic research team to enhance its Adaptive Resilience for managing the current downturn - and next.",  Sept/Oct 2020 issue of Cityvision – The Association of Washington Cities Magazine
• “Milgard Women’s Initiative Launches Mentorship Program” Shane Benoit and Sally Deck, October 9, 2019 https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/milgard-school-business/article/milgard-women-s-initiative-launches-mentorship-program
• “Move the Field Forward: 52nd annual student research papers showcase the future of intelligent technology” by Noah Carr, Center for Business Analytics, September 24, 2019, https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/center-business-analytics/article/move-field-forward-52nd-annual-student-research-papers-showcase  
• “Publicly engaged scholarship across UW Tacoma” Office of Research 2017-18 Annual Report, UW Tacoma http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/sites/default/files/sections/OfficeofResearch/uwtOfficeOfResearch_AnnualReport_2017-2018_FINAL_reducedfilesize.pdf
• “The Global Innovation and Design Lab: A Hub for Problem Solving” by John Burkhardt / January 31, 2019 on UW Tacoma News http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/global-innovation-design-lab-hub-problem-solving
• “Putting a Number on the Impact of JBLM” by John Burkhardt, UW Tacoma, December 18, 2018 https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/putting-number-impact-jblm
• “JBLM Week in the City of Tacoma” by Chancellor Mark A. Pagano, November 13, 2018 on UW Tacoma Chancellor’s Blog. http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/chancellor/blog/2018/11/13/jblm-week-city-tacoma
• “Compete Everyday Forever” Economic Development Board Tacoma Pierce County Board Meeting September 28, 2018 https://www.edbtacomapierce.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Tacoma-Economic-Development-Board-uncategorized-224.pdf
• “UWT hosts Applied Project Showcase” by Fajar Lodhi, The Tacoma Ledger, News Magazine for UW Tacoma, May 29, 2018, http://thetacomaledger.com/2018/05/29/uwt-hosts-applied-project-showcase/ 
• “Milgard Team To Calculate Economic Impact of JBLM” reprint by John Burkhardt, June 1, 2018, http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/milgard-team-calculate-economic-impact-jblm
• “Leaders briefed on JBLM economic study” by John Norgren, JBLM Nortwest Guardian, May 25, 2018, http://www.nwguardian.com/2018/05/24/30391/leaders-briefed-on-jblm-economic.html https://dennyheck.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/jblm-northwest-guardian
• Stellar Industrial Wins the MSBA Applied Projects Award from The Center for Business Analytics, Milgard School of Business at University of Washington Tacoma https://www.stellarindustrial.com/customer/stinta/blog/blog.aspx?p=115
•  “Moving the field forward” by Sailu Kodavati, The Tacoma Ledger, News Magazine for UW Tacoma, January 8, 2018, http://thetacomaledger.com/2018/01/08/moving-field-forward/
•  “Moving the field forward: student paper award for future-tech research at 2018 HICSS” by Shane Benoit, Milgard School of Business, December 11, 2017, http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/milgard-school-business/article/moving-field-forward-student-paper-award-future-tech-research-2018  
• “Unlock talent from across Africa: Digital revolution crumbles barriers” by Liezel de Lange, City Press, December 3, 2017, https://city-press.news24.com/Business/digital-revolution-crumbles-barriers-20171201
• “Introducing the Center for Business Analytics” by John Burkhardt, UW Tacoma News & Information, November 27, 2017, (http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/introducing-center-business-analytics)
• “UWT Programs Fuel Region’s Growing Pool of Talent” by Economic Development Board Tacoma, October 2017, Number 2010 (http://myemail.constantcontact.com/UW-Tacoma-programs-boost-growing-talent-pool.html?soid=1103548877308&aid=P0TztgAo8ig)
•  “Sound Credit Union’s Analytics Journey” by Tara Knutsen, Milgard School of Business, April 19, 2017, http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/milgard/milgard/news/scuanalytics
• Cognitive and data science education workshop was a huge success, IBM Developer Works Academic Initiative, November 2, 2016, https://developer.ibm.com/academic/2016/11/02/cognitive-and-data-science-education-workshop-was-a-huge-success/
• Featured in Faculty Note at University of Washington Tacoma, February 17, 2015, http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/faculty-note-haluk-demirkan
• Featured in MBA Newsletter Autumn 2014, Milgard School of Business, UW-Tacoma http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/milgard-school-business/mba-newsletter-autumn-2014
• http://www.turkiyede.com.tr/ “Analitik projeler neden başarısız oluyor?” A news article titled “Why analytics projects are failing?” August 25, 2014 (http://www.turkiyede.com.tr/guncel/analitik-projeler-neden-basarisiz-oluyor-h94780.html)
• Vrbicky, K. W. “Internet of Things Becoming a Healthcare Game Changer,” IEEE Computing Now, Blog, Interview with H. Demirkan, June 25, 2014.
• Burkhardt, J. “Demirkan turns data into wisdom,” University of Washington Tacoma Communications, March 14, 2014.
• Vitone, C. “New Professor Joins the Milgard School of Business,” The Tacoma Ledger, Feb 24, 2014

Video

• Dr Luna discussed about MSBA @ UW T (Chinese), September 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjeVmTNkvaQ   https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eV411m7JY/
• Tacoma Tideflats Economic and Personal Impact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j3eJpb7U6U
• Introduction of Dr. Luna Zhang https://youtu.be/QwLGd0fmGKM
• Introduction of Dr. Margo Bergman https://youtu.be/60_nkqfvdLY
• MSBA Applied Project with CHI – Health Franciscan, Joseph Phillips https://youtu.be/k2wtdAbEBlA
• Short version MSBA Program Video https://youtu.be/Wq33zjWZfDY
• Longer version MSBA Program Video https://youtu.be/LR_Rs07656s
• JBLM – A Regional Economic Center, by Pierce County Television, Oct 30, 2018 https://youtu.be/rinvW805DvU
• “How can Organizations Use Smart Machines—cognitive computing—to Co-create Business Value”, Faculty Research Lightning Rounds & Faculty Social at the Office of Research UW Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, November 2, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tbdQwxE3fiU?list=PL-r-Ht1OarqBx2JO9R4SaJ4Ov3adRHHp-
• Evolving Education with Cognitive Data & Sciences – Experiences with Watson Analytics at University of Washington Tacoma, Cognitive and data science education workshop was a huge success, IBM Developer Works Academic Initiative, November 2, 2016 https://youtu.be/1nYEJ7ir6OI

Audio

• Podcats interview of Demirkan, H. and Dal, B. by List, B. “Why Do So Many Analytics Projects Still Fail?” INFORMS Today: The Podcast Series, July 23, 2014. https://www.informs.org/Blogs/E-News-Blog/Podcast-Why-Analytics-Projects-Fail