Big Data Specialist – Employers’ Expectations and the Academic Education

Authors

  • MONIKA WAWER Doktor inżynier, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Instytut Ekonomii i Zarządzania, Polska
  • Piotr Muryjas Doktor inżynier, Politechnika Lubelska, Wydział Elektrotechniki i Informatyki, Instytut Informa-tyki, Polska

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15584/eti.2017.4.32

Keywords:

Big Data, job market, academic education

Abstract

The dynamic growth in the amount of data and widespread informatization of the economy have contributed to increasing demand on the labor market for Big Data specialists. The aim of this paper is to point out the need to adapt academic education to the requirements of the modern labor market and to introduce specialized courses concerning Big Data technology and analysis of large data sets. The paper discusses the importance of Big Data. It presents also some examples of required compe-tencies of the job positions related to Big Data as well as contains the review of chosen curricula on the Polish universities from the point of view of their relationship with Big Data.

Published

2017-12-15

How to Cite

WAWER, M., & Muryjas, P. (2017). Big Data Specialist – Employers’ Expectations and the Academic Education. Journal of Education, Technology and Computer Science, 22(4), 254–260. https://doi.org/10.15584/eti.2017.4.32

Issue

Section

THE PROBLEMS OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

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