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Eitel J.M. Laur铆a
Professor of Data Science & Information Systems, Director of Graduate Programs
Bio
Dr. Laur铆a is a Professor of Data Science & Information Systems and the Director of Graduate Programs at the School of Computer Science & Mathematics, including the Master of Science in Computer Science/Software Development, the Master of Science in Information Systems, and the Advanced Certificate in Business Analytics. Prof. Laur铆a has worked in the IS/IT industry for 20+ years, serving as a technology consultant to IBM, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Reuters, Hewlett Packard, GE Global Research, and the World Bank among other global corporations. Dr. Laur铆a鈥檚 research has been published in a number of prestigious journals, including Decision Support Systems, the European Journal of Operational Research, the Journal of Learning Analytics, Expert Systems with Applications and the ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality. He is the recipient of the 2015 Marist College Board of Trustees Distinguished Teaching Award. Prof. Laur铆a was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, so he describes himself as an 鈥淎rgentino鈥 and a 鈥淧orte帽o鈥 鈥 a nickname given to those who grew up in the city of Buenos Aires and its surrounding neighborhoods. He is a squash player, a scuba diver, a former rugby player, and has a passion for soccer.
Education
PhD, Information Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
Master in Business Administration, Universidad de Deusto (Spain) / Universidad del Salvador (Argentina)
Ingeniero Electromec谩nico Orientaci贸n Electricista (6-year degree in Electrical Engineering), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Data science, business intelligence, predictive analytics, and statistical machine learning, focusing on the application of these disciplines in a variety of domains, including information technology implementation, network and computer security, medical informatics, marketing, and learning analytics.
Selected Publications
Laur铆a E., Presutti E., Kapogiannis M., Kamath A., Stacking Classifiers for Early Detection of Students at Risk. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computers Supported Education (CSEDU 2018) Madeira, Portugal 15-17 March 2018, (1) : 390-397
Jayaprakash S., Moody E., Laur铆a E., Regan J., Baron J., "Early Alert of Academically At-Risk Students: An Open Source Analytics Initiative", Journal of Learning Analytics, 1(1), 2014, 6-47
Duchessi P., Laur铆a E., 鈥淒ecision tree models for profiling ski resorts鈥 promotional and advertising strategies and the impact on sales鈥, Expert Systems with Applications, 40(15), 1 November 2013, 5822-5829
Laur铆a E., March E. 鈥淐ombining Bayesian Text Classification and Shrinkage to Automate Healthcare Coding: A Data Quality Analysis鈥, ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality 2(3), Article 13, December 2011
Laur铆a E., Duchessi P., "A methodology for developing Bayesian networks: An application to information technology (IT) implementation", European Journal of Operational Research, 179(1), 16 May 2007, 234-252
Laur铆a, E., Duchessi, P. "A Bayesian Belief Network for IT implementation decision support, Decision Support Systems, 42(3), December 2006, 1573-1588
Laur铆a, E., (2005), "Learning the Structure of a Bayesian Network: An Application of Information Geometry and the Minimum Description Length Principle", in Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Proceedings of the 25th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering , San Jos茅 State University, USA, Kevin H. Knuth, Ali E. Abbas, Robin D. Morris, J. Patrick Castle (Ed.), 293-301
Awards and Honors
- CESSI (Chamber of Information Technology Companies in Argentina): Sadosky Prize Winner for Best Research Work on Information Technology, 2007 (see ) (for a video feed of the award ceremony, )
- Recipient of Faculty Recognition Award for Distinguished Scholarship, 2007-2008
- Profiled by IBM Academic Initiative in 2012 for his use of cloud computing in education
- Computerworld: The Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI) at Marist College of which Dr. Lauria is one of the principal researchers, was named a 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate in the Emerging technology category
- Marist College: 2015 Board of Trustees Distinguished Teaching Award.
