Center for Business Analytics

More than ever before, organizations are collecting massive amounts of data in an ever-increasingly complex decision-making environment. Analytics is a key capability needed to unlock the value in that data to generate insights and make better decisions—from top line growth to bottom line cost savings to improvements in medicine and community well-being. UC’s Center for Business Analytics is here to serve organizations— locally and nationally—to be best-in-class in analytics.

HOW WE SERVE OUR MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY

Leadership Development

Representatives of Member organizations participate in forums facilitated by the Center to increase their understanding of current analytic trends, develop talent and drive organizational success.

Public Events

The Center promotes the awareness of analytic methods and their effective application within corporate, small business, public sector, and academic communities by hosting several events each year including the Analytics Summit and Data Science Symposium. These events, which draw hundreds of participants and internationally recognized speakers, also facilitate active networking for attendees.

Professional Analytics Training

The Center offers non-credit short courses to the public on current analytic techniques, taught by recognized experts in their respective fields. Courses on Data Visualization, Tableau, MS Power BI, Python, R, Analytics with Excel, Data Management and SQL are offered regularly in modern education facilities. These courses help organizations upskill existing talent in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner.

Analytic Problem-Solving

A variety of options are available to organizations to utilize the Center to help analyze and solve their most important problems. Professional project management, talented students and experienced academic experts converge to provide cost-effective solutions utilizing state-of-the-art analytics to increase organizational value.

Student Engagement

The Center helps facilitate identification of the best candidates from UC’s award-winning analytics programs for an organization’s recruiting pipeline. The Center can help organizations identify talent through Center projects and company information sessions with targeted student audiences for both internship and full-time employment opportunities.

EVENTS AND TRAINING

ON-LINE LIVE TRAINING CLASSES

Course	Dates	Times	Registration Link
MS Excel Associate Training	Feb 15, 17, 22, 24	1:30-4:30PM	https://cvent.me/WYLlaW
Introduction to Power BI	March 1,3, 8, 10	12:45-4:15PM	https://cvent.me/L8aLaz
Introduction to SQL for Business Analysts	March 16, 18 ,23, 25	8:45AM–12:15PM	https://cvent.me/2PVd2Z
Advanced Tableau	March 17, 19, 31, April 2	8:45AM-12:15PM	https://cvent.me/zRAYOw
Intermediate Python for Data Science	March 30, April 1, 7, 8	8:30AM–12:30PM	https://cvent.me/yREWkr
Analytics in Excel	April 9, 16, 23 & 30	8:15 AM - 11:45 AM	https://cvent.me/VnD29Q
Advanced Power BI	May 3, 5, 10, 12	12:45-4:15PM	https://cvent.me/PWW5ze
Data Visualization Principles and Concepts	May 12, 14, 19, 21	8:45AM–12:15PM	Registration will open soon
Applied Power BI	May 18, 20, 25, 27	8:45AM–12:15PM	Registration will open soon
Introduction to Tableau	June 9, 11, 16, 18	8:45AM–12:15PM	Registration will open soon
Advanced Python for Data Science	June 15, 17, 22, 24	8:30AM–12:30PM	Registration will open soon
Introduction-Advanced Analyzing Data with MS Power BI	July 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 Aug 2, 4	12:45-4:15PM	Registration will open soon
Introduction to Python for Data Science	Aug 3, 5, 10, 12	8:30AM–12:30PM	Registration will open soon