Impressing executives with an artificial intelligence (AI) project wasn’t always part of the decision sciences curriculum at the George Washington University School of Business, but the industry has shifted. Now, students create AI software judged by business leaders as the program positions itself at the forefront of the rapidly growing industry.
The new decision sciences practicum culminated in a case competition on Dec. 5, when executives from Capital One, EY, FI Consulting and Mizuho Financial Group gathered to evaluate student-designed AI projects. From helping users understand fraud to creating a time-saving travel chatbot, the projects showed how students can tackle real-world problems.
The winning team—Maryam Shahbaz Ali, Zihui Chen, Tyler Ordiway and Pingyi Xu —impressed judges with FraudLens, a chatbot that combines fraud detection and machine learning to help users understand why a transaction is flagged.