Michael Rappa

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Michael Rappa is an American professor and founding director of the Institute for Advanced Analytics at North Carolina State University. [1] [2] He has a PhD from the University of Minnesota and has previously worked as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [3]

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References

  1. Woods, Dan. "What Is a Data Scientist?: Michael Rappa, Institute for Advanced Analytics". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  2. Booker, Ellis. "Big Data Profile: Michael Rappa, Institute For Advanced Analytics". Information Week.
  3. "Michael Rappa, Ph.D. – Goodnight Director and Distinguished University Professor – Master of Science in Analytics | Institute for Advanced Analytics". Institute for Advanced Analytics.