LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing the course, student is able to:
- Understand the basic principles and applications of contemporary analytics methods
- Identify business problems that can be addressed using available data
- Formulate analytics problems based on a given business problem
- Select and apply a suitable analytics method for a given analytics problem
- Define the data requirements for a given analytics method
- Compare the benefits and drawbacks of alternative models
- Evaluate the business benefits of a given analytics solution
Credits: 5
Schedule: 28.02.2022 - 07.04.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Jukka Luoma, Lauri Saarinen
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
The course provides an overview of the data analytics toolbox including topics such as causal inference, predictive analytics, optimization, and simulation. These topics are approached from two perspectives: 1) how can the analytics toolbox be applied to problems arising in operations management, strategic management, and organizational design and development; 2) what are the implications of increasing reliance on analytics for these fields. The lectures discuss how analytics relates to real-world problems while the weekly assignments provide an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in applying analytics methods. In the group project, the students work in teams to develop an analytics solution for a case organization.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
- Individual assignments
- Group project
- Class activity
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
- Lectures (24 hours)
- Weekly readings (20 hours)
- Weekly assignments (71 hours)
- Group project (20 hours)
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
A collection of technical readings and cases assigned by the instructors.
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites for the course: basic course in statistics (e.g., MS-A0502/ MS-A0509), introductory course in programming is recommended (e.g., CS-A1110).
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Spring IV
2021-2022 Spring IV
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=TU-E5030
Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.
Registration through WebOodi. The number of students admitted to the course is limited. Students are given priority as follows: 1) Master s students in Industrial Engineering and Management program, and Master s students in the Information Networks program for whom the course is compulsory, 2) exchange students in the Industrial Engineering and Management Master s program, and 3) other students.