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Univ. of Alabama, Lockheed to Partner on New Lab

Culverhouse School of Business--UA

Lockheed Martin will work with the University of Alabama to develop an analytics research lab on the UA campus in Tuscaloosa. The Culverhouse College of Commerce will host the first facility of this kind in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to the field of data science. The lab will work to discover meaningful patterns within data. The lab will also provide collaboration and research across government, industry, and academia to help companies anticipate and solve problems. The laboratory is currently being designed and will be located in Bidgood Hall. The lab will include features such as plasma screens, digital projectors, and digital idea boards that can be used to monitor trends and graphically represent data. Private meeting areas will be available, and an alumni tracker to show the reach of Culverhouse alumni international business. With the backing and partnership of Lockerheed Martin, the laboratory can be used by any expert in the field as well as an environment for current students to enter a world of data. "Our students have been using business analytics to help companies improve their bottom line with innovative solutions since 2002. Just over the past few years our students have saved companies hundreds of thousands of dollars by using data to predict future events, solve critical problems and increase performance," said J. Michael Hardin, dean of UA's Culverhouse College of Commerce.

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