Sloan Alum Startup twoXAR Uses Big Data to Connect Diseases with Drugs
MIT Sloan School of Management recently published an article on biopharmaceutical firm twoXAR (pronounced “two czar”), launched by Sloan alumnus Andrew M. Radin (MBA ‘14) and Andrew A. Radin (no relation). The firm takes a big data approach to scan “the handful of drug candidates out of a drug library of thousands, if not millions, that would most effectively treat a specific disease.”
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LeBow and CIO.com Honor Advancements in Analytics
Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, in conjunction with CIO.com, recently announced the honorees of the first annual Analytics 50 awards.
The program’s goal is to recognize executives who use big data to solve problems and exercise innovation within their organizations.
Best MBA Internships in Toronto
As one of the major financial centers in North America and home to Canada’s stock exchange, there is no shortage of MBA internships in Toronto. Continue reading…
Hot MBA Jobs: Master Data Management
There are some fields and industries that sound pretty lame, and others that just sound cool — Master Data Management is one of those that sounds pretty interesting. But what does a career in Master Data Management mean, and what will a job in that field require? Continue reading…
Leavey School Professor on the Social Implications of Big Data
The potential of applying big data in realms other than business was the topic of a recent article co-authored by a Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business professor.
Sanjiv Das is the Janice Terry Professor of Finance and Business Analytics at the Leavey School. His recent research has focused on machine learning, social networks, portfolio theory, and default risk modeling.
Hot MBA Jobs: Operations Research Analyst
In a recent post, we discussed Big Data and the Demand for Business Analytics Talent. We talked about how the study of complex sets of information and data science — something we call big data and business analytics — are both components of a rabidly growing industry. Correlative to the growth of big data is the spike of interest in big data jobs among contemporary MBA students. Continue reading…
