As part of their capstone project, 36 UConn graduate students in the MSBAPM program were asked to provide data analysis, customer insight, and e-commerce support to consumer giant Henkel, whose North American headquarters is in Rocky Hill, Conn. UConn has developed a strong partnership with Henkel, a consumer company whose three U.S. business units include: […]
MSBAPM Students ‘Awash’ in Knowledge After Completing Capstone Project For Henkel
Creating a great laundry detergent is just the first step in conquering the household cleaning market. That’s one of the concepts that UConn MSBAPM students learned during their capstone-class project last month. Their task? Providing data, customer insight, and e-commerce support to Henkel, which markets a wide range of well-known consumer and industrial brands in […]
Business Professor Wins $2.5 Million Fantasy Football Jackpot Using the Concepts He Teaches Students
For David Bergman, applying his knowledge and skills to the “cool math problem” of fantasy football has paid off – literally. UConn School of Business professor David Bergman won $2.5 million this week in a fantasy football competition by using some of the data analytics knowledge and techniques he teaches students. “I’m just shocked by […]
UConn Students Repeat Winning Tradition During National Analytics Challenge
For the second consecutive year, a team of UConn graduate students earned the first-place award in a national analytics competition. Their award-winning presentation addressed how a telecom company can analyze and utilize data to help retain existing customers. The winning team included MSBAPM students Kamal Kannan Krishnan, Ayush Kumar and Namita Singh and MBA student […]
UConn-Backed MedTech Accelerator Advances 10 Powerful Startups
The excitement was palpable Monday night as 10 health care startups, including two that are UConn-grown, shared their medical technology innovations that promise unique solutions for some of medicine’s most vexing problems. “Startups always talk about changing the world, but these companies will absolutely change lives,” said entrepreneurship expert Alex Farcet, who was among hundreds […]
Fred Dimyan, CEO of Potoo, Interviews with Ann Nyberg
Fred Dimyan, CEO of Potoo – the company that manages multiple online market places, including Amazon – sits down and talks to Ann about how his company works and what it does for consumers day-to-day. It was founded in 2014 to monitor online marketplaces like Amazon and other buying and selling platforms to make sure […]
Predictive Modeling Class Projects Become Twin Wins for UConn
Posted on November 6, 2019 by Claire Hall The UConn delegates pose at a reception during the JMP Discovery Summit in Tuscon, AZ. The two UConn teams represented here tied for first place in the contest. (Contributed Photo) If a pet-adoption agency wants to quickly find a home for a puppy, is it better to post a picture […]
‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Used Analytics to ‘Beat the Game’
July 17, 2019 – Claire Hall Game-show contestant James Holzhauer developed a strategy to quickly maximize the amount of money he won, says OPIM professor David Bergman. An aggressive strategy, mathematical finesse, a sharp mind, and a willingness to take risks were some of the factors that spurred ‘Jeopardy!’ game-show contestant James Holzhauer to win 32 consecutive […]
Grad Students Help PCX Aero Go ‘Full Throttle’
MBA student Don Pendagast (left) and MSBAPM student Chitra Reddy (right), were on a six person team dedicated to helping PCX Aerospace improve their critical data-collection systems. (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business) When it comes to the aerospace industry, PCX Aerostructures is in the big leagues.The company is a premier supplier of […]
UConn Takes 3rd Place in Global Analytics Challenge
July 3, 2019 – Claire Hall Left to right, Prasanthi Lingamallu, Carl Johnson, and Barbara Lucas Johnson accept the 3rd place award in the International Big Data Analytics Education Conference (Contributed Photo) A team of UConn students earned third place in the 2019 International Big Data & Analytics Education Conference with their passionate presentation on “The Catastrophic […]