For my analytics students, JupyterLab Beta version has just been released. Follow the install instructions to install and read the documentation to run through its features. I think, for students coming from Excel/ other self-contained data packages, this is a great addition to Jupyter Notebooks. JupyterLab is now essentially an IDE where all your documents, … Continue reading JupyterLab Beta Released!
Many marketing students want to work in corporate social media upon graduation. After all, current graduates are much more familiar with this new world of marketing than many of the managers who are in the position to hire them. I think this Vice program says a lot about the social media world in which new … Continue reading The Shed at Dulwich
Money is perhaps the most critical man-made construct in our lives, yet we are often unaware of how it affects us and how we think about it. Are we genetically wired to be bad with money? Does our language affect how we use money? How does money motivate us? Does money change us? Can it … Continue reading All about money
Read the articles below and write your representatives in congress. Senator John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Rep. Will Hurd Tax plan implications on higher education Continue reading House tax bill implications for students and their families
What? Career fair! When? Thursday & Friday Sept. 21-22, 2017! Where? Don Haskins Center! Why? So you can get paid! More than 100 employers will be on hand. Continue reading UTEP Career Fair!
Go to the notes + code (preliminary and in progress) One of the joys of working in academia is the time available during summers to learn new tools. One of my projects this summer has been making notes for Petris et al’s Dynamic Linear Models in R text. This text is a Bayesian treatment of dynamic … Continue reading State Space Modeling Notes
El Paso Electric is currently recruiting for 3 distinct Accountant positions (please see linked job ads). Financial Systems – MBA/MAcc preferred Energy Accounting – BBA + 0-3 years of experience Accounting Services – BBA + 3 or more years of experience Apply online through their website at https://www.epelectric.com/careers Please let me know if you wish to list me … Continue reading EP Electric Hiring
***Update*** It looks like United has now implemented a bidding strategy for allocating seats over capacity: United got in hot waters today for “overbooking” a flight and then forcibly removing an elderly passenger from his seat. Almost any casual observer would say that they probably should have just offered a higher voucher amount. Why wouldn’t United … Continue reading A solution for United
ADP hiring announcement, see below: Just to let you know, ADP wants to hire 15 of our graduating seniors. These jobs need to be filled right away, and interviews will be conducted on Friday (3/10/2017). These jobs are for all majors. Pamela Prieto Montoya has more info about signing up for the interviews: pprieto@utep.edu ADP also has more than … Continue reading ADP Hiring
Just returned from the Frank Bass FORMS Conference at UTD, one of the better marketing conferences in my opinion. Somewhat surprised to see the number of analytical papers and interest in analytical modeling in the field. There was almost a 50/50 split in analytical/empirical papers being presented. Learned quite a lot from both presenters and discussants. … Continue reading Bass UTD Conference
