Carlson Analytics Lab

Expand your company’s analytics capabilities and build a pipeline to in-demand talent by partnering with the Carlson Analytics Lab.

In the Carlson Analytics Lab, teams of graduate students harness data to solve twenty-first century business challenges for client companies.

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Real Data

Carlson Analytics Lab graduate students use data visualization, machine learning, predictive analytics, and other methods to solve business problems for client companies.

Real Talent

Clients build a pipeline to in-demand analytics talent while working with highly skilled graduate students in the Carlson School's MS in Business Analytics program.

Real Results

Partner companies receive in-depth analysis, new insights, and high quality analytics solutions. National retailers, manufacturers, agribusinesses, and others have partnered with us.

Pushing Forward

Land O' Lakes Chief Technology Officer Teddy Bekele talks about his company's partnership with the Carlson Analytics Lab.

Project Profiles

Mall of America Mines Wi-Fi Data

Read how the Carlson Analytics Lab helped generate new customer insights from a novel data source, and how Mall of America is putting those insights to work.

HCMC Patient Census Forecast

Putting machine learning into action, this Carlson Analytics Lab team helped Hennepin County Medical Center optimize nurse staffing decisions.

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The Carlson Analytics Lab works with client organizations of all sizes and from any industry. Bring us your data-intensive projects. We work on exploratory data analysis, machine learning, predictive analytics, causal experimentation, optimization, and more.

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