INFO RM S IN I T I AT I VE S
Continuing education for
analytics professionals
INFORMS’ popular continuing education courses, “Essential Practice Skills for
Analytics Professionals” and “Data Exploration & Visualization,” will both be held
March 28-29 prior to the 2014 INFORMS
Conference on Business Analytics &
Operations Research in Boston. The Essential Practice Skills course will also be
offered June 20-21 (before the INFORMS
Conference on Big Data in San Jose,
Calif.) and the Data Exploration & Visualization course will be offered June 25-26
(after the Big Data conference). Register
early to save on registration.
Patrick Noonan of Emory University
will teach the “Essential Skills” course
in Boston, and E. Andrew (Andy) Boyd,
Texas A&M and the University of Houston, will teach the course in San Jose,
while Stephen McDaniel and Eileen McDaniel of Freakalytics, LLC will teach the
“Data Exploration & Visualization” course.
INFORMS serves the scientific and
professional needs of analytics professionals and operations researchers including educators, scientists, students,
managers, analysts and consultants. The
Institute is a focal point for analytics and
O.R. professionals with its mission to advance the practice, research, methods
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and applications of analytics and OR/MS.
Be a part of these intensive two-day, inperson courses that deliver real take-away
value to implement immediately at work.
You’ll leave the classroom ready to apply the
real skills, tools and methods of analytics.
For more information on the courses
and available discounts, visit www.informs.org/continuinged.
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Certified Analytics
Professional exam schedule
Following is a schedule of upcoming 2014
exam dates and locations for the INFORMS
Certified Analytics Professional program:
March 6: Drexel University James E. Marks
Intercultural Center, Philadelphia
March 29: INFORMS Conference on
Business Analytics and O.R., Westin Boston
Waterfront, Boston
March 30: Gartner BI & Analytics Summit,
Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
April 15: Queens University School of
Business, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 22: University of Cincinnati, Lindner
College of Business, Cincinnati
June 21: INFORMS Conference on The
Business of Big Data, San Jose Marriott,
San Jose, Calif.
To apply, click here. For more information,
click here.
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