DATE: Thu, April 14, 2016
TIME: 1:30 pm
PLACE: SITE 5084
TITLE: It is all about learning!
PRESENTER: Eduardo Rodriguez
University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management
ABSTRACT:

We have been talking for hundreds of years about learning and knowledge management. Machine Learning, Statistical Learning and Organizational Learning emerge from various scientific roots. Each one has a specific jargon, methods, tools, and conceptualization process. However, the purpose is one: Understand the learning process and how to create valuable knowledge. Organizations need to improve computational capacity and discover methods for solving more complex problems to be more intelligent. Organizations need to find the way to use the huge arsenal of methods for strengthening people's action to add value to their work. In this talk we are going to review opportunities and limitations of the development of Statistical, Machine and Organizational Learning as separated fields for enhancing learning and knowledge processes to add value. This talk concentrates on value creation through knowledge, meaning development, understanding improvement for supporting problem-solving and decision-making processes in organizations.

Bio: Eduardo is an Analytics Adjunct Professor at Telfer School of Management at Ottawa University, Corporate Faculty of the MSc in Analytics at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Pennsylvania USA, Visiting Scholar Chongqing University China, Strategic Risk Instructor SAS Institute, Senior Associate-Faculty of the Center for Dynamic Leadership Models in Global Business at The Leadership Alliance Inc. Toronto Canada, and Principal at IQAnalytics Inc. Research Centre and Consulting Firm in Ottawa Canada. Eduardo has extensive experience in analytics, knowledge and risk management mainly in the insurance and banking industry.
He has been Knowledge Management Advisor and Quantitative Analyst at EDC Export Development Canada in Ottawa, Regional Director of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers International Association) in Ottawa, Vice-president Marketing for Insurance Companies and Banks in Colombia, Director of Strategic Intelligence UNAD Colombia, professor at Andes University and CESA in Colombia, author of four books in analytics, reviewer of four journals and with publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Currently he is the Chair of the permanent Think-Tank in Analytics in Ottawa, Chair of the International Conference in Analytics ICAS, member of academic committees for conferences in Knowledge Management and international lecturer in the analytics field.
Eduardo holds a PhD from Aston Business School, Aston University in the UK, a MSc. Mathematics Concordia University Montreal Canada, Certification of the Advanced Management Program McGill University Canada, and an MBA and Bachelor in Mathematics from Los Andes University Colombia. His main research interest is in the field of Analytics and Knowledge Management applied to Enterprise Risk Management.