News and Events

This site is a web archive of Stetson University's Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics (developed during 2013-2015). The site content is no longer updated.

SoBA Student-Authored Paper Accepted at International Conference

4/16/2014 -- Co-authored by Nathan O'Hanlon (an SoBA sophomore, right in picture), the paper titled "Identifying Influential Users in Social Media: A Study of U.S. Immigration Reform" was accepted to the 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems. Nathan is supervised by Dr. Wingyan Chung in the research project and will present the research in the conference in Savannah, GA in August 2014. ... more >

UG Student Presents BIA Project at Stetson Showcase

4/15/2014 -- Sara Lazarevic (an SoBA accounting senior), presents her research titled "Factors in Efficiency: Florida Department of Health Predictors of Financial and Outcome-Related Success" at Stetson Showcase. The project was supervised by Dr. Wingyan Chung and started from Sara's course project in BSAN465 Predictive Analytics. ... more >

NSF Second Workshop on CiC-ISI

3/10/2014 -- The workshop was held in Hyatt Regency Atlanta on March 5, 2014 and aimed to develop and evaluate curricular modules for intelligence and security informatics. Visit the project website and see picture. ... more >

AMCIS Call for Paper

1/13/2014 -- Drs. Wingyan Chung, Shahram Amiri, and Joseph Woodside chair the mini-track on BI and Analytics for Intelligence and Security Informatics for the Americas Conference on Information Systems. The conference will be held in August 2014 in Savannah, GA. ... more >

Stetson/SAS Joint Certificate in BI and Analytics

11/20/2013 -- Stetson and SAS has agreed to offer a Joint Certificate Program in Business Intelligence and Analytics. Students will learn BI and analytics concepts, tools, and techniques. The industry-leading SAS software will be used significantly to develop hands-on skills (see the poster and program details). ... more >

CBIA Featured in FORWARD Florida Magazine

10/28/2013 -- The October issue of FORWARD Florida Magazine features CBIA's work in developing big data expert. The article describes the CBIA and its efforts in building programs and courses on business intelligence and data analytics. The bi-monthly business magazine is published in cooperation with the Central Florida Partnership, Florida High Tech Corridor Council and Tampa Bay Partnership. ... more >

UA/Stetson research paper accepted

10/24/2013 -- A joint research paper between the University of Arizona's BORDERS Center and Stetson University is accepted to the 23rd Workshop on Information Technology and Systems. In the paper, Dr. Wingyan Chung, Associate Professor at Stetson University, analyzes sentiment of social media discussion on US immigration reform. The paper is co-authored by Dr. Daniel Zeng of the University of Arizona, whose MIS program is ranked consistently among top 5 in the nation. ... more >

Florida Department of Health visits CBIA

9/23/2013 -- Mr. Thomas Bryant III (front right in picture), Director of Informatics and Assessment, and Mr. Gregg Ballard (front left in picture), Director of Finance and Accounting of the Florida Department of Health (Volusia County) visit CBIA and discuss collaboration opportunities. Dr. Laura Gunn, Chair of Stetson Integrative Health Science Department, attended the meeting together with Mr. Sidney Johnston, Dr. Wingyan Chung, and Dr. Joe Woodside (see picture, video). ... more >

Company President and BI Director visit CBIA

9/20/2013 -- Alex Brown (BBA '00, MBA and JD '03; first left in picture), President of Southern Fulfillment Services, and Brandon George (second left in picture), Director of Business Intelligence at Sunrise Technologies, met with Dean Schwarz, Dr. Shahram Amiri, Dr. Wingyan Chung, and Dr. Joe Woodside. The group discussed partnership opportunities with CBIA and research and curriculum developments (See picture). ... more >

Stetson Asso. VP presents in Predictive Analytics Class

9/11/2013 -- Dr. Raymond Barclay, Stetson University's Associate Vice President in Analytics and Decision Support, gives an invited talk on his team's work (see the picture, video) in a class of BSAN465 Predictive Analytics taught by Dr. Wingyan Chung. Dr. Barclay talked about tremendous career opportunities in predictive analytics. He has extensive experience and expertise in institutional research, assessment, academic budgeting, enrollment management, institutional effectiveness, and program evaluation. ... more >

$15,000 Scholarship for BSAN Major

9/3/2013 -- A new annual scholarship of $15,000 (per student) has been approved for students majoring in Business Systems Analysis (BSAN), announced by Dr. Shahram Amiri, Chair of the Department of Decision & Information Sciences. The scholarship is provided by Stetson University's Admission Office. The BSAN majors will be the only recipients of this scholarship in the University. ... more >

Two New Papers Accepted

9/2/2013 -- The two paper are authored by Dr. Joseph Woodside, Assistant Professor of Business Intelligence and Analytics at the School of Business Administration at Stetson University. One paper, titled "Research Roadmap: Big Data in Healthcare," reviews structured, semi-structured, and unstructured applications of Big Data in Healthcare and presents a research roadmap for topic development. The paper is accepted to the 2013 International Conference on Internet Computing and Big Data. Another paper, titled "Best Practices for Building Business Intelligence and Analytics," is accepted to the Academy of Business Disciplines Conference 2013. The paper explores the components, curriculum, research, timeline, and activities to develop Business Intelligence and Analytics capabilities in academic and industry applications. ... more >

CBIA collaborates with Security First Insurance

8/13/2013 -- The Florida-based home-owner insurance company, Security First (SF), invited Dr. Joe Woodside and Dr. Wingyan Chung of the Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics to visit their operations. SF expresses strong interests in partnering with Stetson CBIA to recruit top talents and to pursue mutually beneficial projects (see picture). ... more >

NSF Computing in Context Workshop held in Stetson

8/6/2013 -- The workshop aims to develop and evaluate new teaching materials and pedagogies in the discipline of Intelligence and Security Informatics. Five educators participated in this workshop: Wingyan Chung, Joseph Woodside, Ray Villalobos, Daniel Plante, Albert Chan (see picture). ... more >

Healthcare IT Paper Accepted

2/19/2013 -- The paper titled "Enhancing Information Privacy and Data Sharing in a Healthcare IT Firm" is accepted to Journal of Information Privacy and Security. Authored by Drs. Wingyan Chung and Lewis Hershey, the paper examines the design of a data sharing system in a real-world company that produces and markets wearable communications devices for healthcare organizations. This research developed principles and guidelines for enhancing information privacy and data sharing and illustrates their application in a healthcare IT firm. The journal website is published by Taylor and Francis Online. ... more >

Top Ranking in BI & Analytics

12/20/2012 -- Dr. Wingyan Chung is ranked among the top 20 academic authors globally in BI and Analytics, according to an article published in MIS Quarterly. The article, titled "Business Intelligence and Analytics: From Big Data to Big Impact," (full text) was published in the December 2012 issue of MIS Quarterly. The journal had the highest impact factor (4.978) of all peer-reviewed academic journals in the field of Business from 1992 to 2005. The ISI impact factor for 2011 was 4.447 (more news). ... more >