University of Montana Students to Graduate with Big Data Analytics Certificate in May

Electronic data is created everywhere, from credit card transactions to satellite sensors. As its volume and velocity continue to increase, businesses and scientists have recognized the need for new techniques to analyze this "big data." Several departments at the University of Montana responded to this trend by building an interdisciplinary curriculum to educate UM students on cutting-edge approaches, starting with a first-of-its-kind course in real-time data analytics offered fall of 2012.

This May, seven UM students will be the first to graduate with a certificate in data analytics. Two of the students major in math, one in computer science and four in management information systems.

Full Story: http://news.umt.edu/2015/03/031815cert.php

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