In Fall 2004, OSU partnered with SAS, a leading provider of data analysis and data mining software, to offer graduate students to earn SAS/OSU data mining certificate. The program development was spearheaded by Dr. Goutam Chakraborty, Professor (Marketing)..

In last five years, the data mining certificate program has awarded more than 200 certificates, making it one of SAS's largest programs. The success of this program can be attributed to the dedication of Dr. Chakraborty and the uniqueness of the program design. Having a background in both engineering and marketing, Dr. Chakraborty wanted the program to appeal to students from various disciplines and backgrounds. This is reflected in the curriculum of this program .  Students take courses offered by Marketing and MSIS departments at the Spears School of Business. In addition to school of business courses, students may also take courses from statistics and Industrial engineering departments as detailed in the curriculum.

The SAS and OSU data mining certificate program also prepares students to take the SAS certification exam in prediction modeling. In last few years, many students from the data mining certificate program successfully completed the SAS certification exam in predictive modeling using Enterprise Miner. For more information about SAS certification in Predictive Modeling with Enterprise Miner, visit  SAS Predictive Modeling Certification.

In last three years, many teams of students from OSU’s data mining certificate program won the majority of the awards in the national data mining shootout competition sponsored by SAS. In the history of the data mining shootout, no other university has won more awards than OSU. Visit the photo gallery on this web site to see the winners receiving their awards at the data mining conferences.

In Fall 2007, OSU also started Graduate Certificate In Business Data Mining program to meet the needs to working professionals who may not want to pursue a full-fledged masters degree yet want to earn a certificate in data mining. The courses in the graduate certificate in business data mining program are offered via distance-learning (online) mode enabling non-traditional working professionals to complete the graduate certificate in business data mining while continuing to work.

Contact Details:

Dr. Goutam Chakraborty
Professor
Department:  Marketing
Office: 419A BUS
Phone: 405-744-7644
Fax: 405-744-5180

E-mail: goutam.chakraborty@okstate.edu
Personal Web Site: http://spears.okstate.edu/home/goutamc