Case Competitions

students and faculty at a competition

The Center for Business Analytics aims to support students in these endeavors as they emerge. We will invite students to participate as we become aware of any new and relevant competitions.

PITT BUSINESS ANALYTICS CASE COMPETITION

The Pitt Business Analytics Case Competition is offered in partnership with the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership and platinum sponsor DICK'S Sporting Goods. The national analytics-driven business strategy challenge requires undergraduate students to use data analysis techniques to solve pressing issues in the retail space, and to provide recommendations to a panel of judges.

Students enrolled at undergraduate business schools from across the United States are encouraged to apply for the competition. Teams must include three to five students.

INFORMS O.R. & Analytics Student Team Competition

The INFORMS OR & Analytics Student Team Competition is open to students enrolled in undergraduate and master’s degree programs anywhere in the world and teams may be made up of exclusively undergraduate or exclusively master’s level students, or a mix.

Teams from around the world compete during the annual INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in April.

INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research and analytics, introduced this competition in 2017 to highlight young talent and provide O.R. and analytics students the opportunity to solve the kinds of real-world workplace challenges they will face during their careers.

Center for Business Analytics Data Mining Competition

The Center for Business Analytics is sponsoring a Data Mining (CBA-DM) Competition. CBA-DM is an undergraduate student-only competition intended to challenge students as they apply Data Mining prediction models to a complex big data application.

Prizes  

All prizes are funded by the Center for Business Analytics.

First Prize       $2000

Second Prize  $1000

Third Prize       $500

Award money will be shared equally among winning team members and will be given at a networking reception in the Spring.  This event will also include a presentation from the winning team.  Students, faculty, Center of Business Analytics members and Advisory Council members are invited.

Need help?

See software available to student for free at https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/unit/portal.html

Learn about more about JMP

Contact Alicia Strandberg, PhD. at alicia.strandberg@villanova.edu

Rules

  1. All team members must be current undergraduate Villanova University students enrolled in at least one class at the university.
  2. One person can enter the competition but we recommend that your team be comprised of 2-5 students with a maximum of 5 students.
  3. All deadlines must be met by the due date before 11:59 pm.All submissions after the final deadline will be disqualified, regardless of round or circumstance. No exceptions will be made for deadlines.
  4. The team must abide by the Villanova University Code of Ethics. Any team found in violation of this code will be disqualified from the competition.

Questions?

Contact Alicia Strandberg, PhD at alicia.strandberg@villanova.edu

Technology Resources

Many of the best analytics software can be accessed using student accounts in addition to those that Villanova has purchased. Additional resources and assistance can be found on Villanova’s UNIT support page and a full list of Licenses are found here.

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