Data
analytics (i.e., the process of acquiring, extracting,
integrating,
transforming, and modeling data with the goal of deriving useful
information)
is becoming an important quantitative methodology in a wide
variety of
applications. The need for data analytics is due to the massive
accumulation of “Big Data” in all industries to include but not
limited
to healthcare, finance, government (federal, state, and local),
and cyber
defense.
This
certificate program provides a broad overview of the end-to-end
value chain for
Big Data Analytics, from the capture and management of the data,
through the
analytics that harness the data to create value.The program is designed to
provide a
framework for the methodologies for organizing and integrating
disparate data,
analyzing and visualizing the integrated data, and determining
what decisions
or actions should be taken to generate value from the data. The
program is
comprised of 12 credits of required coursework.
The
certificate is intended for students who are interested in
addressing the
challenge of transforming the massive data arising in applications
such as
business analytics, cyber defense/forensics, energy, finance,
genomics,
healthcare, intelligence, law enforcement, or transportation, into
meaningful information.The
program is intended for graduate students
in areas where applications of big data may arise.
Certificate
Requirements
The following four courses (12 credits) must be completed with a
grade of B or
better:
AIT
580 Analytics: Big Data to Information
STAT
515 Applied Statistics & Visualization for Analytics
CS
504 Principles of Data Management and Mining
OR
531 Analytics & Decision Analysis
AIT 580, STAT 515,
and OR 531 will be offered in
Fall 2013. CS 504 and OR 531 are expected to be offered in Spring
2014.
Open
Forum: Revised Time Limits for Ph.D. Programs: Tuesday 4/2
A subcommittee of the Mason Graduate
Council was
recently formed to examine the current rules about maximum
duration of PhD
studies at Mason. The committee prepared a draft proposal which
was discussed
at the Graduate Council last month.
We would like to invite you all to an open forum to discuss this
proposed draft
and hear your comments before the proposal moves forward.A draft of the proposal is
included below,
with changes underlined.
The forum is scheduled for Tue. April 2 at 3:00 pm. It will take
place in Mason
Hall, room D0005.
Draft
Proposal:
For
both full-time and part-timestudents enrolled in post-master’s doctoral
programs, the total
time to degree will not exceed eleven (11)nine (9)
calendar
years from the time of first enrollment as a doctoral student.
Doctoral
students are expected to advance to candidacy in no more than sixfive
years and to complete all other degree requirements for graduation
(including
dissertation or final project) in no more than fivefour
years
from the time of advancement to candidacy. Students who do not
meet published
time limits because of circumstances beyond their control (including
personal
or family illness or incapacity, military activation or
deployment, or
other similar circumstance) may petition their dean
for ana
single extension of one calendar year at any point
during their program.
Extensions to the time limit for advancement to candidacy may
be granted for
a maximum period of one calendar year. The one-year extension
granted to
advance to candidacy will run concurrently with the five years
provided to
complete the dissertation.In case of an extension,
the total time
limit tofor completion of the degree will not
exceed eleven
(11)ten (10) years. even for those students
granted a time
extension for advancement to candidacy. Students who are
given permission
to re-enroll following an absence from Mason may not count the
time limits as
beginning on the date of re-enrollment. Failure to meet the time
limits or to
secure approval of an extension request may result in termination
from the
program. International students attending in F-1 or J-1 status also
have
more restrictive time limits to advance to candidacy and
to complete the
degree and cannot expect the maximum 11 9-year deadline to
apply to
them. Students should contact the Office of International Programs
and Services
for information. It is the responsibility of the
student to conform
to these time limits.
Planning
Meeting for NSF ADVANCE Proposal: Monday 4/22
George
Mason University is in the initial phases of preparing a grant
application to
the National Science Foundation, ADVANCE program.The meeting will be held on
the Fairfax
campus with video
connections to Arlington and Prince William. The location will be
determined
shortly.
ADVANCE:
Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic
Science and
Engineering Careers.
The
meeting will be held on Monday, April 22, at 1pm.
If
you would like more information, please contact Carl Batt ([log in to unmask]).
The
meeting is being organized by Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Carl
Batt.
Michael
Hieb Receives Funding from Booz Allen Hamilton / US Dept. of
Defense
Michael
Hieb of the C4I Center received $23K from Booz Allen Hamilton and
the US Dept.
of Defense for his project “M&S CO Mission Support Services”.
Larry
Kerschberg and Collaborators are Issued a Patent
Larry
Kerschberg of the Computer Science Department, Ph.D. graduate Hanjo Jeong, and Yonsei University
professors Yong Uk Song
and Wooju Kim
were issued the following patent by the US PTO.
Title: Case-Based
Framework for
Collaborative Semantic Search
Inventors: Larry
Kerschberg, Hanjo Jeong, Yong
Uk Song and Wooju Kim
Number: 8,386,4785 B2
Issue date: February 26,
2013.
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Stephen G. Nash
Senior Associate Dean
Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2500
Mailstop 5C8
Fairfax, VA 22030
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