Advanced data analytics education for students and companies

In this paper we introduce a regional education project and a positive experience of quick implementation of a new training package enabled by public funding from the European Social Fund. The project focuses on advanced data analytics (ADA) in business management. In the project, advanced data analytics is taught to both students at University of Eastern Finland and to their potential employers at the local organizations. The university teaching favors effective teaching techniques instead of conventional teaching methods, and the same topics are taught to participants from local organizations as shorter versions. The organizations also have an important role in calibrating the teaching via discussions and maturity reviews. Even-though the project is regional there has been great nationwide interest in the project. This indicates the general need for improving know-how on ADA both at universities and in companies and organizations.

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