Big Data is creating a demand for university graduates who can make it
work for companies, and universities are gearing up with full-time
programs and executive education.
Dean Yi Deng of the College of Computing and Informatics at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is leading efforts to develop
informatics programs under the umbrella of "Charlotte Informatics
Partnership” for a variety of vertical industries including financial
services, healthcare and bio sciences. Charlotte is, after all the
headquarters for Bank of America and, until it was acquired by Wells
Fargo, for Wachovia, which still has a large presence there.
To be effective, a Data Scientist curriculum has to be closely linked to
commercial and societal needs — so Deng is working with the college’s
Industry Advisory Board on the program.
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