Big data may be watching you; now you could be watching it
U of M program applicable for workforce training or curious individuals
"You might say, ‘I am going to learn computer science this year.' You would spend an hour every day on it. After six months, you would have gone through our entire program," said Professor Andrew Olney (at the FedEx Institute of Technology, Tuesday, Feb. 11.) (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
The University of Memphis has received more than $6 million to help a modern but untrained workforce learn data science without having to attain a university degree in statistics.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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