BBB is an event hosted by SUNY Buffalo State in collaboration with Data Analytics Across Disciplines (DAAD) which brings together students and industry leaders to engage in problem solving by utilizing data analytics.
Industry partners, SUNY staff and students coming together to use data analytics to solve problems in Buffalo Create large and small projects that are based on industry issues that students can use data analytics to solve and gain real world experience.
Previous events have included discussions about the role of data analytics in education, healthcare, transportation and job recruitment. Groups of students and local professionals discuss the role of data analytics in protection of personal privacy, oversimplification of program developments and bias in machine learning algorithms.
“I think I was just reminded that a bunch of people talking together can come up with so many more ideas and so many perspectives than one person could possibly do, and that’s super valuable."
- John Ringland
Associate professor of Mathematics at the University at Buffalo
“As a firm, I think what’s going to happen is you’re either going to succeed by embracing analytics and data or you’re going to fail in the long run, and every single firm has opportunities and or problems that can be solved by data science and analytics."
-Drew Fones
Managing Director of rel8ed.to Analytics and member of Buffalo State’s Data Science and Analytics advisory board
