Co-chairs William Yeoh (Deakin University, Melbourne) and Gregory Richards (Telfer School of Management), in collaboration with Randy Messina from IBM in Chicago, host the first annual Global Watson Analytics Case competition, with 130 teams from 33 universities participating. 

The global competition pits a global group of universities using IBM Watson Analytics to explore complex data sets. The top ten finalists will be selected July 1, 2016.  The top two finalists will be invited to present their solutions at the IBM Insight 2016 event in Las Vegas in October 2016.

Participating Universities include:

  • Brigham Yong University
  • California State University
  • Carleton University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Central Connecticut State University
  • Covenant University
  • Dakota State University
  • Dalhousie University
  • Deakin University
  • EGADE Business School
  • Fairfield University
  • Federation University
  • Fordham University
  • Georgia State University
  • Hawaii Pacific University
  • Jacksonville State University
  • Northwestern University
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • University at Buffalo
  • Texas A&M University
  • The University of Texas at Dallas
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Ljubljana
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • University of Ottawa
  • University of West Florida
  • University of Colorado
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Benedictine University
  • Western Kentucky University