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IIMB presents the 5th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence. The BAI conference is one of the most prestigious gatherings for academicians and practitioners.

The role of analytics in solving business problems has increased manifold in recent years. Analytics and Big Data Technologies have become a competitive strategy for many companies. Through this conference, the Data Centre and Analytics Lab (DCAL) at IIM Bangalore provides a platform for Analytics and Big Data professionals to create and disseminate knowledge in the field of Analytics. This conference is an apt platform to understand applications of Analytics and Big Data in various disciplines of management and how they are being used for solving domain and sector specific problems.

We invite academic and corporate professionals to present their research in the analytics domain on real-life problem/data. The conference paper should necessarily be on the sub themes and related areas.

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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore presents the 5th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence which will be held from December 11 to 13 , 2017.

There are three Pre-Conference Workshops on "Machine Learning using R", "Machine Learning using Python", and "Deep Learning" on December 9 & 10, 2017 as parallel events.

Theory, Methods and Application

ARIMA Models

ARIMAX

Artificial Neural Networks

Bayesian Regression

Big Data Technologies

Bootstrap Aggregating/Boosting

Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector

Classification and Regression Trees (CART)

Convolutional Neural Network

Data Visualization

Decision Trees

Deep Learning

Dynamic Pricing & Revenue Management

Factor Analysis/Principal Component Analysis

Fraud Analytics

Gradient Descent Technique

Healthcare Analytics

K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN)

Logistic and Multinomial Regression

Machine Learning Algorithm

Markov Models

Market Basket Analytics

Markov Models

Meta Data

Multi-criteria Decision Making

Panel Data

Principal Component Analysis

Recommender Systems

Reinforcement Learning Algorithms

Retail Analytics

Sentiment Analysis

Sports Analytics

Supervised Learning Algorithms

Supply Chain Analytics

Support Vector Machine

Telecom Analytics

Text Analytics

Text Mining

Web Analytics

Guidelines for Abstract

Abstract should be informative explaining the background, the need, aims, methods and the expected findings.
The last date for submission of abstract is September 9, 2017.
Abstract in PDF format should be submitted online using Sign Up/ Login link.
File name should necessarily be your conference User ID (Ex: BAI1649).
Template is available under Downloads.

Guidelines for Paper

The paper should not exceed 4500 words / 12 pages.
The last date for submission of final paper is October 28, 2017.
Paper must conform to the following generic format: introduction, literature review, methodology, findings/discussion, conclusion/implications and references.
Full paper in PDF format should be submitted online using Sign Up/ Login link. Data set is mandatory for all submissions & preferably in MS Office Excel format.
File names should necessarily be your conference User ID (Ex: BAI1649).
Guidelines are available under Downloads.

Best Paper Award

A certificate of participation will be provided to all participants.
Three best papers will be awarded a certificate of merit.

Publications

Select papers will be invited for publication in the special issue of IIMB Management Review (IMR). IMR is a peer-reviewed academic journal brought out in collaboration with Elsevier. Addressed to management practitioners, researchers and academics, IMR aims to engage rigorously with practices, concepts and ideas in the ﬁeld of management, with an emphasis on providing managerial insights, in a format that is accessible to a wide audience. To this end, IMR invites manuscripts that provide novel managerial insights in any of the core business functions. The manuscript should be rigorous, that is, the ﬁndings should be supported by either empirical data or a well-justiﬁed theoretical model, and well written. Although all manuscripts are welcome, our special emphasis is on papers that focus on emerging economies throughout the world. IMR is indexed on the Australian Business Dean's Council (ABDC) database as a "B" category journal., and also on the abstract and citation database SciVerse Scopus, and is available through Elsevier’s electronic service ScienceDirect® http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09703896 IMR is also listed in Cabell's directory.

Registration

Sign Up/ Login for submission and payment.
Registration fee includes conference material including a CD of the proceedings, lunch and snacks for conference days.
Registration fee is non-refundable.

Accommodations

Limited accommodation is available on campus on a first-come-first basis.
Tariff is available under Downloads.

Registration fee

Participation Category	Fee
Student and IIMB Alumni	INR 3000
Academic Participant	INR 5000
Corporate Participant	INR 6000
International Participant	USD 350
Pre-Conference Workshop - ASI/ORSI Members	INR 9000
Pre-Conference Workshop - Regular Participant	INR 10000

*ASI/ORSI members are eligible for a 10% concession in workshop category.

Important Dates
Last date for submission of Abstract	September 9, 2017
Notification for selected Abstracts	September 23, 2017
Last date for submission of Papers	October 28, 2017
Pre-Conference Workshops	December 9 & 10, 2017
Conference dates	December 11 to 13, 2017
Last date for registration for Conference	October 28, 2017
Last date for registration for Pre-Conference Workshop	October 28, 2017