Verisk Analytics Organizes Big Data Analytics Forum for Saint Peter’s Data Science Program

On March 8, 2016, Verisk Analytics organized a Big Data Analytics Users Forum at their Jersey City headquarters for Saint Peter’s Data Science program. Verisk Analytics is a data analytics and risk assessment firm serving customers worldwide in insurance, energy, healthcare, financial services, and risk management. In 2015, Verisk Analytics reached Forbes’ list of the 18 world’s most innovative companies.

Professor Sase Govindan, who teaches the DS-620 Data Visualization course and manages a team at Verisk Analytics, explained how a combination of computing skills and business knowledge is in demand for a career in data science. Data science students learned how Big Data and advanced analytics methods are used in areas such as fraud prevention and insurance coverage.

The agenda included keynote address, presentations on joint development environment, Big Data analytics and visualization, crimes and claims analytics, infrastructure analytics, and intelligence gathering.