President of PKA took part in „Advanced Analytics and Data Science” conference.

President of the Polish Accreditation Committee took part in the conference entitled „Advanced Analytics and Data Science” organised by Szkola Glowna Handlowa in Warsaw on 5 November 2013 r. The event which focused on the value of advanced analytics in business and challenges regarding analytically-focused educational programs was addressed mainly to academics and business representatives.

The agenda of the conference covered wide range of topics including: challenges biostatisticians are faced with, concepts, best practices of advanced analytics in business, application and future directions, Big Data, aspects of statistical thinking, statistical analytics of high – dimensional data, trends and best practices in data quality management, visual data exploration and text analytics, skills development and challenges for education.

The conference was attended a.o. by Frank J. Ohlhorst, prof. Tomasz Burzykowski, dr Catherine Truxillo, prof. Walenty Ostasiewicz, prof. Jacek Koronacki, Andrzej Burzyński, Adam Bartos, Mariusz Dzieciątko, Ariane Liger – Belair Sioufi, prof. Marek Gruszczyński, Leszek Sufa and prof. Marek Rocki. The President of the Polish Accreditation Committee took part in the discussion panel „Advanced Analytics & Data Science – challenge for education”.

Detailed information are available on the conference website: www.analytics-conference.pl.