Yili Hong

We will be working with SAS Enterprise Miner tool for the Data Analytics part. To do this, you need to create an account with SAS. The instructions are provided here (click here).

The registration is free but […]

Here are the slides for the first lecture on data.

Another slide on Information Architecture will also be discussed. please read the slides before class so you have a general idea of what we will be talking […]

Answer one of the following questions as a comment on this post.

What do you think is more important to an organization: data or information (don’t say “both” – choose one!!)? Explain why.
Give an example in […]

For the past couple of years, I’ve been consulting this company: http://www.freelancer.com, to help them use firm generated big data to refine their feedback systems.

Freelancer.com is one of the largest firm that […]

I’ve also been serving as an external consultant for http://www.ookong.com for their business strategies. It is an interesting website, maybe useful for your online shopping at Amazon.com!

Ookong provides users with a […]

For the last year, I’ve been working on a paper with Dr. Pei-yu Chen at Temple, and Dr. Lorin Hitt at UPenn about using online product reviews on Amazon.com, yelp.com and other websites, to design a mechanism to […]

You can get the course syllabus here.

Here are a few articles from the Economist highlighting the opportunities and challenges of data.

1. Data, data everywhere

2. The data deluge

3. Leveling the playing field

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Hi All,
This is Kevin and I’ll be your instructor for MIS2502. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of you to the course, and hope that you enjoy your time in this class while learning about the […]