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Applied Project Showcase
Has your company considered applying smart business analytics solutions to solve existing business problems or cultivating new opportunities to improve performance? Do you want to apply descriptive, predictive, prescriptive, or cognitive analytics, and a few smart cognitive apps that have been developed as a result of our students’ fresh, out-of-the-box thinking, creativity, and hard work?
The Center for Business Analytics (CBA) at the Milgard School of Business hosts the Student-as-Adaptive Innovators - Applied Project Showcase at the completion of each academic year. Our Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students utilize advanced strategic thinking, operational excellence, complex problem-solving, creativity, and teamwork skills to tackle organizational challenges by co-creating value-added services over our twelve-month program. The culmination of students’ hard work is showcased through live demo/poster-style sessions open to public viewing. Each team is represented and able to discuss the analytics methodology followed to co-create the digital solution, specifically highlighting the tools and techniques they used to discover, plan, develop and deploy their working prototype analytics solutions.
In the last 6 years, students have worked with a diverse range of industry partners including: Boeing, CHI Franciscan Health, City of Tacoma, Columbia Bank, Communities in Schools of Tacoma, Costco Wholesale, Data Central US Corp., Delta Airlines, EDB of Tacoma, Harbor Wholesale Foods, IBM, Metro Parks of Tacoma, Metropolitan Appliance, Microsoft, Regional Healthcare Organization, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport WA, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Providence St. Joseph Health, Sound Credit Union, South Sound Military & Communities Partnership, Stellar Industrial Supply, Tacoma Power, Tacoma Public Schools, TCS World Travel, Turnover Intelligence, WA State Department of Natural Resources, Hyundai Capital of America, Greentrike, City of Lynnwood, City of Tacoma Fire Dept., South Tacoma Auto, Schnitzer Steel, UW Tacoma, City of Puyallup, and Korean Women’s Association.
To ensure confidentiality, company-specific information will not be shared. The showcase will specifically highlight methodologies, tools, and techniques students used during their projects.
Interested in submitting an Applied Project proposal?
Let’s co-create value! You are invited to benefit from a team of MSBA students working on an important, actionable project for your organization. Let’s work together on your complex problems and opportunities. There is no cost to you other than providing a problem or opportunity that needs to be addressed. Please consider submitting a proposal by June 10th, 2024.
CBA EVENTS & NEWS
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE WORKSHOPS, AND NETWORKING EVENTS
- Winter 2023:Fellow Presentation
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Dear Students and Colleagues,
The Milgard Center for Business Analytics and Masters of Science in Business Analytics invite you to attend two presentations by our Business Analytics faculty on Saturday, January 21.
Here is the information for the presentations, this Sat 1/21:
- 10:30-11am: Alireza Boloori, Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines.
- 11-11:30am: Haluk Demirkan, Complex Problems and Opportunities in Data Science, Business Analytics, and Machine Learning Projects Faced by Companies Today
Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92736409722
The meeting is restricted to authenticated (UW net id) login only.
The presentations are FREE for UWT students, faculty, and staff.
For questions, please contact Ozge Boyraz (ozgeb@uw.edu) or Sergio Davalos (sergiod@uw.edu)
Feel free to invite other UWT members.
Clicked the below zoom link to attend the event online.https://washington.zoom.us/j/92736409722
- Winter 2021: Communication Skills by Jennifer Heckman
- Winter 2021: Team Building & Team Contract by Marion B Eberly, Associate Professor of Management
- Jan-Feb 2021: Foundations for Data & Analytics Bootcamp
- November 5, 2020: Nathaniel Santa Cruz, MGIS, Sr. GIS Analyst at JBLM Public Works, developed content and delivered a presentation about Geographic Information Systems (GIS), how to integrate it in business analytics, and what software to use and where to get open-source data.
- September 26, 2020: Library Resources at UW and UW Tacoma by Erica Bailey
- July 25, 2020: Co-creating Stakeholder Value for Success: Data Analytics Consulting & Program Management Best Practices by Michael Turek
- June 27, 2020: Team Building & Team Contract by Marion B. Eberly, Associate Professor of Management
- June 19, 2020: Immigration Advising Workshop
- June 19, 2020: MSBA Orientation, where 74 students in 2 cohorts started their academic journey in the MSBA program
- June 2020: Class of 2020 Commencement & Hooding Ceremonies
- June 2020 Virtual Showcase: 22 organizations represented, ~250+ attendees
- Spring 2020: Foundations for Data Analytics modules offered to the MSBA students. Modules,
- Beginner Python 1, Beginner Python 2
- Intermediate R3, Intermediate R4
- Beginner Data Visualization using PowerBI
- Beginner Fundamentals of Agile Project Management
- Beginner Agile Project Management for Technology Projects
- Beginner AI and Cognitive Computing
- February 8, 2020: Communication Skills by Jennifer Heckman
- January 18, 2020: Team Building & Team Contract by Marion B. Eberly, Associate professor of Management
- October 5, 2019: Innovation Pathways with Commotion by Magali D. Eaton
- Business Analytics Foundation Bootcamp 3 in 2019: Sep 7, 8, 14, 15, 28, 29 (~20 attendees)
- July 27, 2019: Delivering Enterprise Level Solutions in Data Science by Shrikant Palkar
- July 6, 2019: Team Building & Team Contract by Marion B. Eberly, Associate Professor of Management & Connor Saxe
- June 20, 2019: Immigration Advising Workshop
- June 2019: MSBA Orientation, where 77 students in 2 cohorts joined the MSBA program
- June 2019: Graduation hooding commencement
- June 2019: Information session on Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Business Honor Society
- June 2019: Students, community, faculty, and staff happy hour
- June 2019 Showcase: ~20 organizations represented, ~200 attendees
- May 4, 2019: Intermediate R/Managing Data and Visualizations by Chuck Lanfear, Consultant with the UW Center for Social Science Computation and Research. Part of the Open Innovation Network at UW
- April 13, 2019: Introduction to PySpark by Garren Staubli (PySpark is the the Python implementation of Apache Spark)
- March 16, 2019: Adam Small
- Business Analytics Foundation Bootcamp 2 2019: January 25, 26, & 27; Feb 8, 9, & 10
- Jan 19, 2019: Jim Spohrer, IBM
- December 2018 - Students, community, faculty, and staff happy hour
- December 1, 2018: Rama Akkiraju, IBM, Fortune A AI team. Part of the Open Innovation Network at UW
- June 14, 2018: Immigration Advising Workshop
- June 2018: MSBA Orientation, where 37 students in 1 cohort joined the MSBA program
- Business Analytics Foundation Bootcamp 1 in 2018: June 9 & 10; September 8, 9, & 15
- June 2018: Graduation hooding commencement
- June 2018: Information session on Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Business Honor Society
- June 2018: Students, community, faculty, and staff happy hour
- June 2018 Showcase: ~15 organizations represented, ~120 attendees
- February 10, 2018: Seeking a great opportunity/Interviewing for success by Marcy Porus-Gottlieb
- January 27, 2018: Defining your personal brand/Communicating you by Marcy Porus-Gottlieb http://www.marcypgconsulting.com/
- January 13, 2018: STEM OPT Immigration Workshop
- December 2017: Students, community, faculty, and staff happy hour
- September 2017 MSBA Orientation: 35 students in 1 cohort joined the MSBA program
- February 28, 2017: Service innovation by Heather Yurko at the MBA program
- January 30, 2017: Service Innovation by Yassi Moghaddam, Executive Director at ISSIP, at MBA program
Sound Credit Union FinTech Incubator Competition
Powered by Milgard Center for Business Analytics
Winners of the Sound Credit Union FinTech Competition have been announced!
Past Events
INSPIRED SPEAKER SERIES
- November 19, 2019: Julia Gometz and Burke Powers - Co-Founders of Brandful Code. They'll present their talk titled: Future of Work – Analyzing the Combined Customer & Employee Experience – A New Way to See and Quantify the Link. Watch the Presentation Here!
- January 17, 2019: Chanda Beepu
- Oct 16, 2018: Grace Greene, the CEO of Tote Maritime, is lined up to kick off MIWIs Inspired Speaker Series. She will present "Leadership Learnings from the Last Frontier". Grace brings over 13 years of professional experience managing a wide range of activities from complex oil and gas exploration logistics, aviation operations and safety in remote Arctic Alaska, to business development and consulting. Most recently, Grace was responsible for leading all aviation logistics operations in the Alaska Venture for the Shell Exploration and Production Company.
The Emerging Role of Women and BIPOC in Data & Analytics
Watch the interactive virtual panel discussion that took place during the 4th Annual Master of Science of Business Analytics (MSBA) Applied Project Showcase at the University of Washington Tacoma.
MENTIONS & PRESS COVERAGE
- "How a New Tech Competition Gives Rising Innovators a Head Start" by Blake Peterson, South Sound Business, Sep 6, 2021, https://www.southsoundbiz.com/profiles/how-a-new-tech-competition-gives-rising-innovators-a-head-start/article_f5d2324e-045b-11ec-9600-4fecb96df161.html
- "UW Tacoma's Applied Project Showcase Set for This Week," by Laura Jaye Cramer, South Sound Business, June 1, 2021, https://southsoundbiz.com/uw-tacomas-applied-project-showcase-set-for-this-week/
- "Sound Credit Union FinTech Incubator Competition – Open to All UW Students" by Eli Heller, University of Washington Career and Internship Center, March 16, 2021, https://careers.uw.edu/blog/2021/03/16/sound-credit-union-fintech-incub…
- "Puyallup pairs with an academic research team to enhance its Adaptive Resilience for managing the current downturn - and next.", Sept/Oct 2020 issue of Cityvision – The Association of Washington Cities Magazine
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“Milgard Women’s Initiative Launches Mentorship Program” Shane Benoit and Sally Deck, October 9, 2019
- “Move the Field Forward: 52nd annual student research papers showcase the future of intelligent technology” by Noah Carr, Center for Business Analytics, September 24, 2019, http://sites.uw.edu/mcba/2019/09/24/move-the-field-forward-52nd-annual-student-research-papers-showcase-the-future-of-intelligent-technology/
Upcoming Milgard Events
- “Publicly engaged scholarship across UW Tacoma” in the Office of Research 2017-18 Annual Report, UW Tacoma http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/sites/default/files/sections/OfficeofResearch/uwtOfficeOfResearch_AnnualReport_2017-2018_FINAL_reducedfilesize.pdf
- “The Global Innovation and Design Lab: A Hub for Problem Solving” by John Burkhardt, January 31, 2019 on UW Tacoma News http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/global-innovation-design-lab-hub-problem-solving
- “Putting a Number on the Impact of JBLM” by John Burkhardt, UW Tacoma, December 18, 2018
- “JBLM Week in the City of Tacoma” by Chancellor Mark A. Pagano, November 13, 2018 on UW Tacoma Chancellor’s Blog. http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/chancellor/blog/2018/11/13/jblm-week-city-tacoma
- “Compete Everyday Forever” Economic Development Board Tacoma Pierce County Board Meeting, September 28, 2018 https://www.edbtacomapierce.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Tacoma-Economic-Development-Board-uncategorized-224.pdf
- “UWT hosts Applied Project Showcase” by Fajar Lodhi, The Tacoma Ledger, News Magazine for UW Tacoma, May 29, 2018, http://thetacomaledger.com/2018/05/29/uwt-hosts-applied-project-showcase/
- “Milgard Team To Calculate Economic Impact of JBLM” reprint by John Burkhardt, June 1, 2018
- “Leaders briefed on JBLM economic study” by John Norgren, JBLM Nortwest Guardian, May 25, 2018, http://www.nwguardian.com/2018/05/24/30391/leaders-briefed-on-jblm-economic.html https://dennyheck.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/jblm-northwest-guardian
- Stellar Industrial Wins the MSBA Applied Projects Award from The Center for Business Analytics, Milgard School of Business at University of Washington Tacoma https://www.stellarindustrial.com/customer/stinta/blog/blog.aspx?p=115
- “Moving the field forward” by Sailu Kodavati, The Tacoma Ledger, News Magazine for UW Tacoma, January 8, 2018, http://thetacomaledger.com/2018/01/08/moving-field-forward/
- “Moving the field forward: student paper award for future-tech research at 2018 HICSS” by Shane Benoit, Milgard School of Business, December 11, 2017
- “Unlock talent from across Africa: Digital revolution crumbles barriers” by Liezel de Lange, City Press, December 3, 2017, https://city-press.news24.com/Business/digital-revolution-crumbles-barriers-20171201
- “Introducing the Center for Business Analytics” by John Burkhardt, UW Tacoma News & Information, November 27, 2017
- “UWT Programs Fuel Region’s Growing Pool of Talent” by Economic Development Board Tacoma, October 2017, Number 2010 (http://myemail.constantcontact.com/UW-Tacoma-programs-boost-growing-talent-pool.html?soid=1103548877308&aid=P0TztgAo8ig)
- “Sound Credit Union’s Analytics Journey” by Tara Knutsen, Milgard School of Business, April 19, 2017
- Cognitive and data science education workshop was a huge success, IBM Developer Works Academic Initiative, November 2, 2016, https://developer.ibm.com/academic/2016/11/02/cognitive-and-data-science-education-workshop-was-a-huge-success/
- Featured in Faculty Note at University of Washington Tacoma, February 17, 2015, http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/faculty-note-haluk-demirkan
- Featured in MBA Newsletter Autumn 2014, Milgard School of Business, UW-Tacoma
- http://www.turkiyede.com.tr/ “Analitik projeler neden başarısız oluyor?” A news article titled “Why analytics projects are failing?” August 25, 2014 (http://www.turkiyede.com.tr/guncel/analitik-projeler-neden-basarisiz-oluyor-h94780.html)
- Vrbicky, K. W. “Internet of Things Becoming a Healthcare Game Changer,” IEEE Computing Now, Blog, Interview with H. Demirkan, June 25, 2014.
- Burkhardt, J. “Demirkan turns data into wisdom,” University of Washington Tacoma Communications, March 14, 2014
- Vitone, C. “New Professor Joins the Milgard School of Business,” The Tacoma Ledger, Feb 24, 2014
Audio
- Podcast interview of Demirkan, H. and Dal, B. by List, B. “Why Do So Many Analytics Projects Still Fail?” INFORMS Today: The Podcast Series, July 23, 2014.
Video
- Dr. Luna Zhang discussing the MSBA program in UW Tacoma (Chinese), September 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjeVmTNkvaQ https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eV411m7JY/
- Tacoma Tideflats Economic and Personal Impact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j3eJpb7U6U
- Introduction of Dr. Luna Zhang https://youtu.be/QwLGd0fmGKM
- Introduction of Dr. Margo Bergman https://youtu.be/60_nkqfvdLY
- MSBA Applied Project with CHI – Health Franciscan, Joseph Phillips https://youtu.be/k2wtdAbEBlA
- Short version MSBA Program Video https://youtu.be/Wq33zjWZfDY
- Longer version MSBA Program Video https://youtu.be/LR_Rs07656s
- JBLM – A Regional Economic Center, by Pierce County Television, Oct 30, 2018 https://youtu.be/rinvW805DvU
- “How can Organizations Use Smart Machines—cognitive computing—to Co-create Business Value”, Faculty Research Lightning Rounds & Faculty Social at the Office of Research UW Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, November 2, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tbdQwxE3fiU?list=PL-r-Ht1OarqBx2JO9R4SaJ4Ov3adRHHp-
- Evolving Education with Cognitive Data & Sciences – Experiences with Watson Analytics at University of Washington Tacoma, Cognitive and data science education workshop was a huge success, IBM Developer Works Academic Initiative, November 2, 2016 https://youtu.be/1nYEJ7ir6O
