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Published: 18 March 2016

Big Data continues as hot curriculum topic

Whether offered as a graduate degree or program specialization, Big Data (interpreting large volumes of information to gain insights for the bottom line) is a growing presence in business school curriculums.

The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Montreal plans to offer a concentration in business analytics for its incoming MBA class this fall, according to a school spokeswoman.

Student competition winners and other honours

A three-person MBA team from Desautels finished first in the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference First Pitch case competition this month, defeating 43 teams from the United States and elsewhere. In the competition, sponsored by Ticketmaster, teams were asked to recommend strategies using technology and other tools to enhance the company’s relationship with the National Basketball Association. It was an apt victory, notes a Desautels spokeswoman, given that McGill graduate James Naismith is credited with inventing basketball in Massachusetts in 1891.

Read full article: The Globe and Mail, 17 March, 2016 

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