Compulsory basic courses for data science and big data specialty include introduction to big data (artificial intelligence), Linux operating system, Java programming language, database principle and application, data structure, mathematics and statistics (advanced mathematics, linear algebra, probability theory, mathematical statistics) and big data application development language.

Hadoop big data technology, distributed database principle and application, data import and pretreatment application, data mining technology and application, big data analysis and memory calculation, etc. Elective courses include data visualization technology, business intelligence methods and applications, machine learning, artificial intelligence technology and applications.

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Practical application courses include massive data preprocessing, massive data mining and visualization. The positions that data science and big data technology can engage in are: analysis, analysis engineer, algorithm engineer; R&D, architecture engineer, development engineer and operation and maintenance engineer; Management, product manager, operation manager.

Big data and artificial intelligence are not only emerging professional directions urgently needed by social development, but also will penetrate and influence the development of many other traditional disciplines and professions. Tencent Research Institute released "20 17 Global White Paper on Artificial Intelligence Talents" in February.

People's Daily Online-Communication University of China: Big Data Technology and Application is a new major.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Big Data Technology and Application