The University at Buffalo School of Management hosted the inaugural Eastern Great Lakes Analytics Conference on Nov. 3 and 4, 2023, marking the first formal gathering of industry experts and academic researchers in Western New York dedicated to exploring the frontiers of data analytics and artificial intelligence.
Organizers welcomed 130 attendees from more than 40 organizations, creating a dynamic platform for exchanging insights and shaping the future of these transformative technologies.
Day 1 of this event featured industry or industry-forward professionals, and highlighted experts in health care, cybersecurity, defense, finance, and supply chain operations.
Andrew Foster
Chief Data Officer
M&T Bank
Mike Harasimowicz
Director of AI Innovations
Lockheed Martin
Holly Hubert
Founder & CEO
GlobalSecurityIQ
Martin Krebs
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President
National Fuel Gas Company
Abigail Maines
Chief Revenue Officer
HiddenLayer
Edward Snell, PhD
President & CEO
Hauptman-Woodward
Medical Research Institute
John E. Tomaszewski, MD
SUNY Distinguished Professor
and Chair of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Kevin Whitlow
Senior Vice President of Support Services
Dell Technologies
Day 2 of this event featured invited talks from regional scholars, with a keynote address delivered by Alexander Tuzhilin, professor of information systems and the Leonard N. Stern Professor of Business at the NYU Stern School of Business.
Alexander S. Tuzhilin, PhD
Keynote Speaker
Leonard N. Stern Professor of Business
Stern School of Business, NYU
Jason Acimovic, PhD
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
Smeal College of Business, Penn State University
Uttara Ananthakrishnan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
Arielle Anderer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Operations, Technology, and Information Management
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Manmohan Aseri, PhD
Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
Sheng Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Statistics
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Emaad Manzoor, PhD
Assistant Professor of Marketing
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Huaxia Rui, PhD
Xerox Professor of Computers and Information Systems
Simon Business School, University of Rochester
Yaron Shaposhnik, PhD
Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management
Simon Business School, University of Rochester