With the advent of explosive growth in data and computational power, data analytics has become a central theme for decision-making in business organizations, e.g., Amazon supply chain system, Uber ridesharing platform, Google search and advertising engine, to name just a few. Decision analytics is often done with the help of modern statistical and machine learning methods, tailored to specific applications. In this MIDAS colloquium, we invite world-renowned researchers and practitioners to discuss recent advances and latest developments in decision making through data analytics, and their applications in, e.g., logistics and supply chain management, mobility and sharing economy, healthcare, and others.

The colloquium will offer an excellent opportunity for researchers and practitioners in data analytics to get together and to exchange ideas and interact with each other, to and foster research collaborations.