About the Data Analytics Working Group (DAWG)
The Data Analytics Working Group at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) aims to be a hub for data analytics information and resources for the campus and the community. Its goal is to develop, share, and distribute data analytics skills. The vision is to foster a data-empowered community working within a culture of open science, leveraging expertise across a variety of disciplines including Business, Statistics, and Computer Science.
For students, this serves as a location away from the classroom where they can learn about the various types of programs. Faculty experts on programs such as R, Python, Tableau, Excel, Data Mining, Data Visualization, Data Analytics, and much more are available via various office hours. Students do not need to be in the program or in a specific class to meet with them.
Likewise, this working group is also a hub for faculty members who may need support in terms of research, collecting data and more. The DAWG is available to support the campus and community through various workshops listed HERE.
About the Data Analytics Working Group (DAWG) Coordinator
Dr. Essia Hamouda is an Associate Professor in the School of Cyber & Decision Sciences at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and the director of the Master in Business and Data Analytics Program. Since graduating with a Ph.D. in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside, she held a postdoctoral fellow at INRIA France, a faculty at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at University of California, Riverside, and a faculty at the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Chico State University.
Dr. Hamouda has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate courses in Information Systems and Technology, Business Analytics, and Supply Chain Management at CSUSB. Her great passion towards empowering and attracting students and especially women to the technical field, led her to founding the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) chapter at CSUSB in 2018.
She is the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Service Award and 2021 Outstanding Teaching Award, of the Jack H. Brown College of Business & Public Administration at CSUSB. She is also the recipient of two external grants - a NIH grant and a USDA grant (Project DA-FANH), which main objectives is to enrich the quality of education and research in under-represented communities.
Dr. Hamouda’s research interests include resource optimization in sensor networks, network security, data driven decision making, and system performance evaluation with interest in applying analytical modeling techniques to practical problems in computer systems and operations management. She has authored many articles in prestigious journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, the Journal of Stochastic Analysis and Applications and the International Journal of Communication Systems. She has presented her research in national and international conferences and has been member of steering and program committees of many international conferences. She has served on Editorial Boards of numerous journals, both as a member and as a reviewer.
She has hosted numerous workshops in data analytics and programming at CSUSB. She is the coordinator of the Data Analytics Working Group.
Collaboration With Faculty
The Data Analytics Working Group is coordinated by Dr. Essia Hamouda who works closely with faculty to develop workshops and working hours.
Faculty who have contributed to DAWG since Fall 2022 could be found HERE.