7:30-8:15 am

Registration, Breakfast and Coffee

8:15-8:45 am

Welcome Remarks

•  Dr. Steve Angle, Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

•  Mayor Jim Coppinger, Hamilton County Tennessee

Plaza A/B

8:45-9:00 am

Big Data & Analytics Research Center (BDARC)

Ashish Gupta, PhD, SHARP 2014 Conference Chair

Plaza A/B

9:00-10:00 am

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Michael Haydock

2014 IBM Fellow, Partner, Chief Scientist - Business Analytics and Optimization, Application Architect: AIX/UNIX

“Broad Data and Attribution of Consumer Patterns”

Plaza A/B

10:00 am

Break

10:15-11:45 am

Session 1: Training and Tutorial

SAS Visual Analytics Training workshop

•  Lakshmi Iyer, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

East Room

10:15-11:45 am

Session 2: Smart Healthcare Systems & Infrastructure

Session Chair:  Surendra Sarnikar

1.   The smart EMR platform for Clinical Decision Making in ICU (Invited Talk)
      •  Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

2.   Data Architecture to Drive a Successful Analytics Platform     

      •  Divyes Patel, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

      •  Josh Bell, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

3.   Comparative Analysis of Feature Sets and Algorithms for Data Fusion based
      Decision Support in ICU

      •  Sarin Shrestha, Dakota State University

      •  Surendra Sarnikar, PhD, Dakota State University

Plaza C

10:15-11:45 am

Session 3: Analytics for Population Health and Innovation

Session Chair:  Raj Sharman

1.   Population Health Analytics

      •  Lesia Stuart, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee 

2.   Mobile Phone Datasets in Public Health and Healthcare Research

      •  Jonathan Leidig, PhD, Grand Valley State University

      •  Jerry Scripps, PhD, Grand Valley State University

      •  Greg Wolffe, PhD, Grand Valley State University

3.   Using Social Media Analytics to Understand e-Cigarette’s Usage (Student Presentation)

      •  Madhuri Siddulagari, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

      •  Rupinder Kaur, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

      •  Ashish Gupta, PhD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
      •  Scott Leischow, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale

4.   Homophily and Information Credibility in Online Health Communities

      •  Srikanth Venkatesan, State University of New York at Buffalo

      •  Wencui Han, State University of New York at Buffalo

      •  Raj Sharman, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo

Tennessee River Room

Tennessee River Room

(cont.)

10:15-11:45 am

Session 4: Smart Grid

Session Chair:  Sreenivas Kidambi

1.   Smart Grid and Analytics at Electric Power Board (EPB) (Invited Talk)
       •  William Copeland ‎ and Andy Campbell, EPB

2.   Smart Grid & Utilities Analytics: Using Public Data to Investigate Energy
      Resources & Energy Efficiency

      •  Ashwini Wani, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

      •  Derek Moore, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

3.   Towards Computational Simulation of Wind Farms

       • Sreenivas Kidambi, PhD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

       • Anshul Mittal, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

       • Lafayette Taylor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

West Room

11:45 am-1:30 pm

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Bill Franks

Chief Analytics Officer, Teradata Corporation

“Making Big Data Actionable”

Plaza A/B

1:30-3:00 pm

Session 5: Training and Tutorial

Using Analytics To Detect Possible Fraud: Overview of Tools and Techniques

• Pam Mantone, CPA, Senior Manager, Decosimo

East Room

1:30-3:00 pm

Session 6: Consumer Analytics

Session Chair: Gary Wilkerson

1.   Analytics for Consumer Engagement (Invited Talk)

      •  Sherri Zink, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

2.   Towards a Framework for Predictive Models of Socio-Economic Interactions of
      Autonomous Population Units: A Case Study on Predictive Model Ecosystem
      for Interpersonal Violence

      •  Fortune Mhlanga, PhD, Lipscomb University
      •  E. L. Perry, PhD, Faulkner University

3.   A Retail Approach to Maintaining Health and Wellness
      •  Leigh McCormack, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

4.   Development of a Prediction Model for Identification of High-Cost Sport Injury
      Cases

      •  Gary Wilkerson, PhD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Plaza C

Plaza C

(cont.)

1:30-3:00 pm

Session 7: Transdisciplinary Issues in Healthcare

Session Chair: Olivera Marjanovic

1.   Innovating Healthcare: Wave 2 – Analytics (Invited Talk)

      •  Rubin Pillay, MD, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
          (College of Business/College of Medicine)

2.   Transdisciplinary Medicine: Bringing Together Existing Resources to Elevate
      Care

      •  Christopher Young, PhD, Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation

3.   Provider Transparency and Pay for Performance Analytics

      •  Pete Vanvalkinburgh, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

      •  Marc Loizeaux, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

4.   Advanced Analytics in Transformative Services

      •  Olivera Marjanovic, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia

West Room

3:00 pm

Break

3:15-4:30 pm

Panel Session 1: New Frontiers in Healthcare Analytics

Panel Moderator & Chair: Jeff Wade, CEO, Market Street Solutions

•  Sherri Zink, Vice President of Medical Informatics, BCBST

•  Dr. Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and
    Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

•  Dr. Chris Young, PhD, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Tod Chain, Vice President
    of Administration, Siskin Rehab

•  Dr. Rubin Pillay, MD, PhD, Professor of Healthcare Innovation and
    Entrepreneurship, Collat School of Business, Assistant Dean for Global Health
    Innovation, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Plaza A/B

5:00 pm

Adjourn

5:30-7:30 pm

Reception

Tennessee River Room

8:00-8:30

Breakfast and Coffee

8:30-9:00 am

Welcome Remarks
•  Dr. Jerald Ainsworth, Provost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

•  Dr. Robert Dooley, Dean, UTC College of Business

Plaza A/B

9:00-10:00 am

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Ramesh Sharda

Vice Dean and Director, Executive PhD in Business Program
Regents Prof. & Watson/ConocoPhillips Chair of Mgmt. Sc. & Info Systems
Watson Graduate School of Management
Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
“Exposure, Explore, Experience: Analytics Journey”

Plaza A/B

(cont.)

10:00 am

Break

10:15-11:30 am

Panel Session 2:  Executive Panel: Role of Big Data, Analytics & Smart Technologies: A Path for Innovative Future

•  Moderator & Chair: Mike Bradshaw, Director, CO.LAB

•  Brian Worley, President & CEO, PYA Analytics

•  Bob Leo, Vice President of Enterprise Data and Technical Architecture, UNUM

•  Christopher Orban, Covenant Transportation Group-Advanced Analytics Group

•  Laurene Vamprine, Vice President & CIO, Erlanger Health System

Plaza A/B

(cont.)

11:30 am-1:00 pm

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Dr. Katharine Frase,
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, IBM Public Sector
“Big Data Overview: Smart Grid and Smart Cities”

Plaza A/B

(cont.)

1:00 pm

Break

1:15-2:30 pm

Panel Session 3:  Analytics Powering Smart Cities

•  Chair and Moderator: Dr. Glenn Ricart, Founder and CTO, US Ignite

•  David Wade, Executive Vice President and COO, EPB

•  Dr. Kathrine Frase, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, IBM Public Sector

•  Dr. David Lary, Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

Plaza A/B

(cont.)

2:30-4:00 pm

Session 8:  Smart and Connected Cities

1.   Real-time Analytics for Constrained Resources in Smart Cities (Invited Talk)

      •  Glenn Ricart, PhD, US Ignite

2.   Holistics 3.0: Multiple Big Datasets and Machine Learning in Smart Cities
      of the Future (Invited Talk)

      •  David Lary, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas

Plaza C

2:30-4:00 pm

Session 9: Analytics for Productivity and Important Issues

Session Chair:  Mohammad Ahmadi and Parthasarati Dileepan

1.   Empowering Employer Groups with Real Time Insights with the Blue Insights
      Mobile App

      •  Mike McPherson, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

2.   Unveiling the Importance of Key Requirements of Business Analytics 3.0.      

      proposed by Thomas H. Davenport: An Empirical Study

      •  Samuel Fosso Wamba, PhD, NEOMA Business School and UNISA, France

3.   Using Business Analytics to Determine Investment Strategy (Student Presentation)
       •  Marsha McClure, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

      •  Ashish Gupta, PhD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

4.   Can Big Data Get More Educational Funding?

      •  Mohammad Ahmadi, PhD and Parthasarati Dileepan, PhD

          University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

West Room

2:30-4:00 pm

Session 10: Innovative Application of Analytics

Session Chair: Han Li

1.   Prediction of Core and Lower Extremity Sprains & Strains in College Football

      •  Gary Wilkerson, PhD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

2.   An Explanatory Study of Free Tools for Big Data Predictive Analytics

      •  Thomas Ngo-Ye, PhD, Dalton State University

3.   A Visual Analytics Application for Effective Patient-Provider Matchmaking

      •  Gregory Ramsey, PhD, Morgan State University

      •  Ashish Gupta, PhD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

      •  Kwon Young Ok, PhD, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

4.   Privacy-Preserving Scalar Product Algorithm for Vertically Partitioned Data     

     •  Han Li, PhD, Minnesota State University Moorhead

     •  Rathindra Sarathy, PhD, Oklahoma State University

     •  Krish Muralidhar, PhD, University of Oklahoma

East Room

4:00 pm

Adjourn