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Business Analytics/Project Management/Information Security |

Data Science and Machine Learning Made Easy: Turning Business Managers into Citizen Data Scientists Dr. Dursun Delen — William S. Spears Chair in Business Administration, Patterson Family Endowed Chair in Business Analytics, Director of Research for the Center for Health Systems Innovation, and Regents Professor of Management Science and Information Systems in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University Data science, AI and applied machine learning have become the most popular trends in the business world, often used to highlight the importance of data-driven, evidence-based, intelligent managerial decision-making. The ultimate goal for these recent movements is to enable managers with the insight they need to make smarter, faster, better business decisions. The idea is to make the use of AI and Machine Learning viable to business managers, turning them into citizen data scientist, through the use of intuitive/visual modeling tools. The objective of this seminar/workshop is to illustrate the capabilities of the latest free and open-source, visual data science tools, and help attendance develop hands-on skills and competencies in developing and testing machine learning models with ease. At the end of this seminar, participants will: • Have a clear understanding and appreciation of the capabilities and limitations of business analytics and data science. • Know the relationships between business analytics/data science concepts and AI/Machine learning tools and techniques. • Learn and appreciate the capabilities and ease of use of free, open-source analytics platforms like KNIME and Python. • Know how to easily and rapidly access data and develop predictive models using these visual analytics tools and platforms. • Become a smarter consumer of business analytics and data science tools and techniques. This seminar is sponsored by the Management Science and Information Systems and the Center for the Future of Work in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.

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The Center for the Future of Work in the OSU Spears School of Business offers various certificate programs and customized professional development.

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