According to Dr. Goutam Chakraborty, associate professor of marketing who spearheaded the development of this certification program, OSU is one of less than 15 selected universities that have partnered with the SAS Institute, a leading developer of business intelligence analytic software and a market leader in data mining, to give students the opportunity to receive data-mining training while in school.
According to Dr. Goutam Chakraborty, associate professor of marketing who spearheaded the development of this certificate program, OSU is one of less than 15 selected universities that have partnered with the SAS Institute, a leading developer of business intelligence analytic software and a market leader in data mining, to give students the opportunity to receive data-mining training while in school.
"Data mining is an exciting, new area of research that students need to master to succeed in a global market. In fact, graduating students are likely to get salaries that are $10,000 to $15,000 higher than those without the certificate," said Jerry Ogelsby, director, SAS Higher Education Consulting Group.
Chakraborty said, "Upon completion of the data-mining program, students are able to access, transform and analyze extremely large data sets to reveal underlying trends and patterns. Then, they can turn data into information that help organizations make intelligent business decisions."
Oglesby, who was in Stillwater to help present the certificates, said the class of 19 students was the single largest class SAS has awarded certificates at one time.
Ryan Cole, an OSU masters student from Cleveland, Okla., believes the SAS Certificate displays a certain level of accomplishment in addition to a degree.
Dr. Gregory C. Mosier, interim dean, said, "I believe it is important to have cutting-edge program in order for the students and university to compete globally."
The SAS/OSU Data Mining Certificate recipients for 2005, followed by their hometown, include the following: Ryan Cole, Cleveland, Okla.; Bruce Aaron Baillio, San Antonio, Texas; Kerris Michael Powell, Caldwell, Kan; Sergiy Sydorenko, Ukraine; Jimmy Go, Indonesia; Ashok V Kannan, India; Perzad Avari, England; Swathi Kasa, India; Anuradha Sappanimuthu, India; Faiza Syed, India; Divya Reddy Pyreddy, India; Sandeep Purwar, India; Anil Rajan Madappully, India; Nainish Arun Patil, India; Saurabh Narendra Neklikar, India; Sriram Sesha Iyer, India; Chengyuan Lin, Taiwan; Sarika Atgur, India; and Jenfu Yeh, Taiwan.
In addition to Mosier and Oglesby, Dr. Joshua Wiener, Carson Professor and head of the Department Marketing, Dr. Meg Kletke, director of the MS in Management Information Systems, Dr. Bill Kolarik, head of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management and Dr. Manjunath Kamath, professor, School of Industrial Engineering and Management were present to celebrate the students' achievements.
SAS began its company life in 1976. SAS (pronounced sass) is an acronym for "statistical analysis system." |
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