The Universitat de València launches the European Summer School in big data “Challenges for the XXI century: data, information and communication” from the 26th of June to the 5th of July.
The amazing volume of data generated by today's society, its management and applications, are the great revolution of the 21st century and the challenge for professionals entering the labour market, both in the field of economic, technological and communication. Universitat de València faces this challenge with the setting up of the Summer School “Challenges for the 21st century: data, information and communication”, which celebrates its first edition between June 26 and July 5, 2018.
From a multidisciplinary approach and with the support of the Utrecht Network – a network that integrates 32 universities from 27 European countries-, the School of Engineering, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication have jointly organized a course aimed at undergraduate and graduate students interested in deepen management tools and applications of a sector in exponential growth. The two-week Summer School has a theoretical and practical character and will give students a certificate of 4 ECTS. The course will be taught in English and will host a maximum of 25 students, who may benefit from grants offered by the Utrecht Network and the University of Valencia.
The Summer School will feature renowned professors of various European universities and professionals working in the field of data management and company managers who have developed applications. The program includes sessions that deal with diverse issues, such as analytical or management of large databases to open tools, cloud computing and the open data, cybersecurity and privacy, applications in social sciences and management of consumers or text mining, and data visualization. The registration period is open through the website of the School Challenges for the 21st century: data, information and communication: http://links.uv.es/K9KX0xz
