BA Friday Webinar Series – Building Proprietary AI Systems: Why, When, and How
September 20, 2024
12 - 1 pm
Building Proprietary AI Systems
Why, When, and How
In this collaborative presentation, Wenjun Zhou discusses how AI systems can be built to help companies create value. Reviewing the process of building proprietary AI systems, she engages industry executives Rod Bates and Jeanna Schoonmaker from Insight Global to address the fundamental questions of why, when and how the process can be done. The speakers draw from their perspectives and will explore the strategic advantages of custom AI solutions, the practical considerations weighing the costs and benefits and the methodological considerations essential for success. Through a blend of practical insights and theoretical frameworks, they illuminate the path towards harnessing AI while navigating quality assurance, incorporating the human factors and fostering responsible innovation.
Speakers
Wenjun Zhou
Wenjun Zhou is the Lawson Professor of Business, Ph.D. in Business Analytics Program Director and Martin Lee and Carol Fri Robinson Faculty Fellow at the Haslam. She currently serves as the president of INFORMS College on Artificial Intelligence, a section of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Zhou’s research interests are machine learning, artificial intelligence, data/text mining — with a focus on developing methodology, models — and algorithms for discovering useful knowledge from data and supporting real-world decision making.
Rod Bates
Rod Bates is the chief data and analytics officer at Insight Global. With more than 20 years’ executive leadership experience across multiple verticals, Bates has consistently driven business results and transformation through the application of data driven decision support, advanced analytics and strategic data management. He is an alumnus of Haslam, where he earned his M.S. in Statistics in 1996.
Jeanna Schoonmaker
Jeanna Schoonmaker is the director of data science, AI and ML at Insight Global. Her background includes working as a data leader in the non-profit, e-commerce and B2B fields. Solving business puzzles with data products, helping her team to grow personally, professionally and financially and connecting her team’s data insights and AI solutions to business impact are her favorite parts of her job.
About the BA Friday Webinar
The Department of Business Analytics at the Haslam College of Business is excited to present its Business Analytics (BA) Friday Webinar. The series introduces participants to important issues in the world of business analytics and statistics, with faculty sharing their knowledge, expertise and insights.
About the Haslam College of Business Department of Business Analytics
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Agenda
Friday, Sep. 20
12 - 1 pm
BA Friday Webinar Series
Building Proprietary AI Systems: Why, When, and How
Zoom