About
Guidance in a Data-Driven Landscape
The Business Intelligence Center of Excellence was created to help the University of Chicago take full advantage of the range of institutional data as a way to reveal insights and opportunities for individual departments, units, and schools, as well as the University as a whole. With a continuous focus on developing and expanding the community’s analytics capabilities to generate meaningful business intelligence, the BI COE is building a strong foundation on which the University can thrive now and in the future.
Our Goals
- Foster a data-driven culture by promoting the depth and breadth of data assets, technology and tools, reports, training, and other services available to guide decision-making
- Collaborate with University members to effectively leverage relevant data to support insights and opportunities
- Expand the analytics capabilities of the University by implementing useful technologies and enhancing data literacy
- Develop, communicate, and integrate standards and best practices for data analysis and reporting
- Serve as a resource for efficient technology vendor management
- Continuously monitor DataOps and data infrastructure to ensure that all source data, tools, and platforms are operational, secure, up to date, and accessible
Our Team
The BI COE is made up of a diverse team of data engineers, analysts, architects, and business intelligence developers that is part of the University's IT Services department. Together we work to translate data into meaningful information for the University community by helping users identify the right data, providing access to the appropriate tools, and enhancing the fluency of community members with methods and technologies for data analytics. We are committed to advancing business intelligence and a data-driven culture within the University by building partnerships across the community and expanding our initiatives.