Dear Colleagues: This is a just general reminder for the ESRC Festival of Social Science - 6 November 2019 (1-4pm) Manchester Metropolitan University and the Royal Statistical Society will jointly host an event, which will explore topics around Human-Centred Analytics and AI for Business and Social Science. There will be 4 main presentations followed by a panel discussion. Venue: G27, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University, M15 6BH. Lunch and refreshment will be provided. We would like to invite you and anyone else you think might be interested including colleagues, policy-makers and students. Please register in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-based-analytics-and-ai-for-business-and-social-science-tickets-73402682399 for the lunch order purposes. Looking forward to seeing you at this exciting event! Xin Dr.Xin Shi CStat CSci Reader in Applied Statistics Associate Editor, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics Managing Editor, International Journal of Data Analysis, Techniques and Strategies Room 609 Operations, Technology, Events and Hospitality Management Business School All Saints Campus Manchester Metropolitan University Oxford Road Manchester M15 6BH United Kingdom E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Telephone: +44 (0)161 247 3841 Fax: +44(0)161 247 6305 Office Hours: Wed 1-3pm. http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/staff/staffdetails.php?uref=423 http://imaman.oxfordjournals.org/ Recent Publications with Higher Impact Factors: “Self-care behaviors of ovarian cancer patients before their diagnosis: Proof-of-concept study”, Published at Journal of Medical Internet Research (Impact Factor: 5.18), see the link here<10.2196/10447>. “Numerical solution of a general interval quadratic programming model for portfolio selection”, Published at PLoS ONE (Impact Factor: 2.81) see the link here<http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212913>. “Risk of developing smoking diseases increases with age, research shows Big data project reinforces link between time spent smoking and harmful damage ”, Published at Scientific Reports (Impact Factor: 4.259) see the link here<https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/index.php?id=6329>. "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer " ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the META-HEURISTICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=META-HEURISTICS&A=1