Who is this for?
This workshop is for business leaders with little background in Machine Learning but who wish to identify the opportunities it offers. For example:
- Heads of strategy and innovation
- Executives and senior managers working in strategic, managerial or operational functions
- Key decision makers and other business professionals looking to integrate ML into their organization
Benefits for you
- Understand how ML application can help your organization
- Explore how ML fits in with your organization’s data strategy
- Gain basic familiarity with ML tools and techniques
- Understand organizational readiness to implement ML based strategies
Program content
- What is ML and how is it transforming business?
- Key ML concepts and commonly used tools
- ML types and best practices: examples drawn from various industries in North America, Europe and China
- When should companies use ML vs. more traditional data-driven models?
- Connecting strategic objectives with ML processes
- Types and sources of data to collect, and the tools needed to access, organize and manage it
- Evaluating ML performance
Special features
This program surveys ML practices being used by leading organizations across the world. It also includes an interactive session that demonstrates the tools and techniques of ML in action.
Program leader

Dr. Mahesh Nagarajan
Faculty
Dr. Mahesh Nagarajan is the Senior Associate dean for Research and a Professor in the Operations and Logistics Division at the UBC Sauder School of Business, where he holds the Alumni Chair Professorship in stochastic optimization. His areas of applied research include data analytics and mathematical modeling of business systems. He has consulted with major international organizations in retail, manufacturing, services and health care.
Upcoming sessions
For financial assistance opportunities, please refer to Financial Assistance, Scholarships and Team Rates .

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