Greetings educators We are proud to announce an exciting seminar coming up on 14th December between 5 and 6pm: ‘Embracing the fourth industrial revolution: Industry perspectives on the impact of AI’ with four industry leaders in the field: Marilena Karanika Marilena is Head of Data Innovation at Experian, she has over 10 years’ experience in credit risk modelling and analytics and has won the WiCA 2021 Award for Innovator of the Year. She is passionate about the power of financial education and collaborates with universities and professional bodies to deliver talks promoting a wider understanding of analytics as we move toward a more ethical and inclusive future of work. Balagopal Madhusoodhanan Bala is Principal Architect, Supply Chain & Intelligent Automation at TJX inc., a top AI voice on LinkedIn, and is involved with Meal Corp Inc. (Chief Data Ninja!) who are on a mission to foster education for impactful low code digital transformation. He has a particular interest in ...

Latest podcast produced by Allen Higgens our resident podcaster and media wizzard:  Annunziata Esposito Amideo is an Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems at University College Dublin and a member of the OR Society. Nunzia chats with Allen about her work as a researcher and educator in business analytics: The challenges surrounding the academic/industry interface. Knowing when to talk with clients in relatable concepts. Knowing when and how to communicate through words, visuals, and in numbers. We need to think of it as practical and applied mathematics, while being happy to express ourselves in pure mathematics if necessary. Also, a view on essential skills, competency and abilities to be able to perform data analytics professionally.