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Apply for the Information Systems Practicum- Fall 2022

Vishal Sachdev - Tuesday, April 5, 2022
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Dear [FIRST_NAME],



Interested in working with Fortune 100 clients in insurance, consumer goods, retail, finance, logistics, and more? Get real-world consulting experience with Fortune 100 companies that can give you a step up on the competition by applying for the Gies Information Systems Practicum.
 

Priority Applications Close Friday, April 15! Applicants will be notified on Monday April 18. Apply now before it's too late! 


Course: BADM 395 section IOP. Offered only in the Fall! Thursdays 5-8 pm. Read more and apply at practicum.web.illinois.edu
 

Past projects that students have worked on: 

Natural Language Processing – Analyze and classify support tickets(using some classification algorithms) from internal clients using test development environments and help the firm speed the system development life cycle. 

Process Optimization – Evaluate processes for Cable management for B2B customers, and establish constraints. (Stretch target) Prototype a customer and internal-facing application for cable management. 

RPA –  A project on Robotic Process Automation, where the team evaluated a few processes and recommend which ones are suitable for automation.  They also got to learn an RPA tool, Automation Anywhere. RPA is the foundation for setting up advanced analytics for process optimization. Another project focused on using the Microsoft stack for automating customer interactions and inventory tracking for a research lab at a Fortune 100 company. 

Machine Learning – The impact of open-source machine learning and deep learning algorithms in the agriculture sector. Evaluate the impact on R&D and then production.