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Coping with the Big Data Demand by Educating Data Scientists of the Future

Dr. Kurt Stockinger Associate Professor of Computer Science

Zurich University of Applied Sciences Dec. 4, 2013 @ Big Data World Congress, Munich, Germany

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Zurich Univeristy of Applied Sciences

•  Dates back to Technikum in Winterthur, Switzerland •  Founded in 1874 •  Since 2007 it is called ZHAW:

•  Integration of various universities of applied sciences in canton Zurich •  Largest university of applied sciences in Switzerland with more than 10,000

students •  Campuses in Zurich, Winterthur and Wädenswil

•  Most famous lecturer:

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•  1901: Albert Einstein

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140,000-190,000 Data Scientists Missing in 2018 in the US Only

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Definition of data science [Wikipedia]:

Incorporates math, statistics, data engineering, pattern recognition and learning, advanced computing, visualization, uncertainty modeling, data warehousing, and high performance computing.

Used interchangeably with competitive intelligence or business analytics.

Definition of Data Science

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Google Trends “Data Scientist”

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Wave 1 - Large-Scale Science: CERN – High Energy Physics Astrophysics Bioinformatics

Wave 2 – Web companies:

Search engines: Google, Yahoo

eCommerce: Amazon, eBay

Wave 3 - Social Networks: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

The Major Waves of the Data Tsunami

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Data Science Opportunities

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Datalab = Data Science @ ZHAW

•  One of the first Data Science Labs in Europe •  Collaboration of computer scientists, statisticians, mathematicians and

physicists for solving Data Science problemens: •  Institut for Applied Information Technology

•  www.init.zhaw.ch •  Institut for Data Analysis and Process Design

•  www.idp.zhaw.ch

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Our Definition of Data Scientist

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T. Stadelmann, K. Stockinger, M. Braschler, M. Cieliebak, G. Baudinot, O. Dürr, A. Ruckstuhl, Applied Data Science in Europe. In: European Computer Science Summit. ECSS 2013. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IEEE. http://pd.zhaw.ch/publikation/upload/204718.pdf

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DAS Data Science with Precision

Diploma of Advanced Studies – planned start: fall 2014 Content – 3 modules (part time, one afternoon + evening per week): •  CAS Information Engineering:

•  Information Retrieval & Text Analysis •  Data Warehousing & Big Data

•  CAS Data Analysis: •  Statisticis •  Regression Analysis, Clustering, Classification

•  Data Science Applications: •  Machine Learning •  Data Visualization •  Data Protection Laws and Data Security

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Summary

•  Data Science is currently one of the hottest fields in computer science •  Data Science workshop in Winterthur, March 2014

•  Data Scientists are a very rare but highly demanded “species” •  We are working on a curriculum for educating data scientists. •  DAS Data Science planned for fall semester 2014

•  Contact: •  Kurt.Stockinger@zhaw.ch

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