Innovation Labs
The Institute for Insight is a unique, university-wide initiative to bring together students, researchers, local entrepreneurs and industry partners; to learn together; to build interesting research; and to create innovative new ideas for improving business and society with data and analytics. Our interdisciplinary approach gives students the skills needed for dealing with the complex problems associated with big data. Students develop collaborative abilities as well as computational proficiencies, building a solid footing for careers in data analytics.
Institute students complete four semesters of intense training to earn a Data Science & Analytics, M.S.A.. They take 26 hours of classes, including data programming for analytics, machine learning for analytics and econometric modeling for analytics. Students may also choose to be mentored by a senior expert in data analysis from an Atlanta company.
Our Facility
We provide secure and advanced technology laboratories designed to create innovation in data analytics, generate discoveries and increase research output. Our lab is intended to facilitate collaboration so that students can learn from each other, from business professionals and from faculty. Generating and creating value with new ideas and insights from big data will allow us to provide better solutions to industry leaders and institutions.