AI & Analytics Accelerator

IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) Leverages Wharton AI & Analytics Accelerator for Strategic Innovation

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For the past three years, IKEA has participated in the Wharton AI & Analytics Accelerator, an experiential learning program offered by the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) which pairs teams of qualified students with companies to solve real business challenges. We spoke with Christine Cox, WG’01, Head of Digital Data and Analytics for IKEA Retail (Ingka Group), and Tania de Sousa Dias, Global Vice President of AI Adoption & Governance at IKEA, to learn how IKEA continues to find value in the Accelerator year after year.…Read More

Analytics Accelerator Fall 2023 – Student Spotlights

During the Fall 2023 Analytics Accelerator, teams of students from across the University of Pennsylvania worked with corporate partners Align Technology, IKEA, TaskRabbit, and Zillow, analyzing their real data to uncover actionable business insights. Hear from students about their experience working with these companies, and leading their Analytics Accelerator teams.…Read More

A Day in the Life of a Wharton Student: Spring 2023 Analytics Accelerator

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For the past three semesters, Rishabh Mandayam, M&T’24, has been collaborating with Analytics at Wharton’s corporate partners on the Analytics Accelerator, a six-week project where students wrangle company data and provide actionable business solutions. This spring marked the 10th Analytics Accelerator and saw Mandayam’s student team working alongside Hearst to uncover insights about the company’s readers.…Read More

Data Can Lead to More Smiles

A futuristic cityscape with floating digital numbers and data grids, symbolizing technology, data analysis, or urban digital transformation. Analytics Accelerator Case Study Data Can Lead to More Smiles Objective Align Technology is a global medical device company known for its industry leading Invisalign™ system, iTero™ intraoral screeners and digital services, and exocad ™ CAD/CAM software.   The company partnered with Wharton AI & Analytics for Business (AIAB) and Wharton…Read More

Penn Students Make Impact with Historic Philadelphia Non-Profit

Kimmel Data Project Team

As part of the spring 2022 Analytics Accelerator, a team of Wharton and Penn Engineering students spent six weeks helping the newly merged Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc. to identify opportunities to strengthen audience growth and attendance frequency by exploring their combined data.…Read More

Students Gain Skills, Experience, and Camaraderie During Spring 2022 Analytics Accelerator

Analytics at Wharton News Students Gain Skills, Experience, and Camaraderie During Spring 2022 Analytics Accelerator Wharton AI & Analytics for Business (AIAB) was thrilled to host the ninth Analytics Accelerator this Spring semester. Over the course of six weeks, seven student teams worked with AIAB partners – Firstrust Bank, Fox…Read More