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The University of Tennessee’s Business Analytics program was recently featured in an article from Center for Digital Education. The top Analytics program was featured as a popular, new career path for students who love math. In her article, Tanya Roscorla interviews two of our Master’s in Business Analytics (MSBA) students, Amy McLaughlin…

US News reports that as our increasingly technology driven economy demands more highly educated workers, business leaders in STEM companies have become increasingly concerned about the lack of quantity and quality of students entering entering the workforce. But some business are investing heavily in higher education, and everyone is benefiting. At…

The Business Analytics Forum is a small group of organizations, each having business analytics as a central component of its business strategy and operations. Forum participants meet twice each year to help each other develop competitive strategies and to share best practices in the implementation of business analytics. Day one…

Day one of the bi-annual Business Analytics Forum at The University of Tennessee began early; for some maybe a little too early. The night before the official beginning of the forum, several Masters in Business Analytics students took part in a data visualization competition. In the competition, students groups were…

The Department of Statistics, Operations, and Management Science in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Business Administration has a new name. The Department of Business Analytics and Statistics Why the change?  “We wanted a department name that better reflects the programs we teach, the kind of research we conduct,…

Dr. Nana Bryan and Dr. Mandyam M. Srinivasan European Journal Operational Research Volume 236, Issue 2, 16 July 2014, Pages 548–560 Read full article here. Abstract: This paper presents a stochastic model that evaluates the value of real-time shipment tracking information for supply systems that consist of a retailer, a manufacturer, and…

KNOXVILLE—Business leaders and professionals are oftentimes overwhelmed by information, not because there is too much, but because they don’t know how to tame it. Stephen Few, one of the world’s renowned experts and thought leaders on business analytics, quantitative techniques and data analysis, will conduct an interactive half-day seminar on…

After 33 years of service and almost 9 years as the Department Head, Dr. Ken Gilbert has retired. Following in his footsteps is Dr. Chuck Noon.  With this new assignment, Dr. Noon plans to build upon the success of our top ranked Business Analytics Masters program.  Given his 27-year track…

KNOXVILLE—Chuck Noon has been named head of the Department of Statistics, Operations and Management Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He replaces Kenneth Gilbert, who retired after 33 years of service with the university. The department is housed in the UT College of Business Administration. “Ken was instrumental in…

BI Software Insight, an online hub for business intelligence-related news, named UT’s Master in Business Analytics as one of the top big data and analytics programs in the country. Read more.