News and Events
College of Business Showcase of Excellence
Singelyn Center students presented a poster on their research, “Rental Affordability and Tenant Protection Strategies for the City of Pomona” at the 4th Annual College of Business Administration Showcase of Excellence held on May 9, 2023. Students researched both the short term and long term effects of rent stabilization policies in general, and analyzed historical patterns of growth in rental rates in Los Angeles County and the City of Pomona. ArcGIS was used to map variables impacting rental affordability in the City of Pomona. Marvin Alvarado, Andrew Cornejo, Victor Miller, Dat Nguyen, Gialeny Serrano, and Paul Williams are on the student team and Professors Anthony Orlando and Rita Kumar serve as faculty advisors. Andrew Cornejo, Marvin Alvarado, and Professor Anthony Orlando represented the team at the showcase.
Singelyn Center Sponsors Data Analytics Competition
The Singelyn Center was a sponsor of a Data Analytics Competition hosted by MISSA (Management Information Systems Student Association) at Cal Poly Pomona on April 15, 2023. Student teams (in the role of consultants) were given a case study to work on for three weeks, with deliverables including a written report and a presentation. The competition culminated with teams presenting their analysis and recommendations to a panel of judges.
WDSI (Western Decision Sciences Institute) Conference Presentation
Dr. Mehrdad Koohikamali led a team of five MSBA students on a Western Decision Science Institute conference presentation in April 2023. The topic of the project is “Detecting fake news: how do governments fool us?”. In this project, team investigated the spread of misinformation and disinformation during the recent 2022 Iran’s national protests. The events following the death of a 22-year-old Iranian girl while in police custody embarked national and international outrage in Iran after September 2022. The role of emotions and sentiment have been investigated. The Twitter data was downloaded with Twitter API v2 and sentiment analysis and emotion analysis were conducted. Results will be expanded and shared in the future.
WDSI (Western Decision Sciences Institute) Conference Presentation
In this research presented at the WDSI conference in April 2023, Dr. Mohammad Salehan and MSBA student, Giang Nguyen, looked at how use of sentiment by mainstream media (MSM) channels on Twitter has evolved over time. The results show that the MSM have learned from the recent research on information diffusion on social media which has led to increased use of sentiment in general, and negative and high-arousal negative sentiment in particular, by them over time. The results confirm that the MSM are actively using sentiment to improve the diffusion of their messages.
MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) Conference Presentation
Students working on a Singelyn Center project with University Advancement presented their research at the Annual Meeting of the Minds Conference 2023 (MOTM 2023) on February 8, 2023. Elissa San Juan, Executive Director of Advancement Services, along with students Paolo Baluyot, Diana Diaz, Sanjay Bharati Kajool, and Giang Nguyen, presented “Engaging Relationships: Engagement and Philanthropic Giving” (with Professors Alireza Yazdani and Rita Kumar serving as faculty advisors). The focus of the presentation was on insights gained from an analysis of alumni engagement and donor data.
Dr. Anthony Orlando Publishes a Book
About his recent book, “Keeping Races in Their Places: The Dividing Lines That Shaped the American City”, Dr. Orlando says “Redlining has been known to historians and urban planners for decades, but it's only recently that GIS experts have been able to digitize the maps and publish them online for researchers to use. Since then, the quantitative analysis of redlining has exploded. Economists, sociologists, and housing scholars now have a rich understanding of both the causes and effects of this shameful federal policy. In my book, I bring together this wealth of new knowledge and link the data together to tell the story from start to finish, including my own original analysis of the maps, to reveal the underlying forces that have shaped our cities, our neighborhoods, and our lives to this very day. Together, this data-driven story helps us understand where we failed so many residents and how we can build a more just and equitable future."
Experiential Project Opportunity with Meta Reality Labs
The College of Business Administration’s Singelyn Center for Innovative Analytics is pleased to announce an opportunity to work on a supply chain analytics project pertaining to retail store segmentation and inventory policies in partnership with Meta Reality Labs.
This is a great opportunity to work on an experiential learning project and learn from a leading-edge company in the AR/VR environment. The Singelyn Center is recruiting a team of 5-6 students to work on the project during the Spring 2023 semester (March to mid-May).
Applications are due to cbaanalytics@cpp.edu by Feb 27, 2023.
Please email faculty advisors Dr. Mehrdad Koohikamali (mkoohikamali@cpp.edu), Dr. Rita Kumar (adkumar@cpp.edu), or Dr. Honggang Wang (hwang@cpp.edu) with any questions.
Click here to learn more about the project.
Click here for the application.