The modern era is also characterized as the era of “Big Data” due to the unprecedented scale of data produced daily and the need to analyze the data to extract valuable knowledge. Sources such as the World Wide Web, social networks, sensor networks, as well as the recent open data trend, among others, contribute to the impressive increase in data. In addition, data is found in a variety of formats, often in the form of texts, often containing noise, events that make data analysis difficult.

It is obvious that the concept of big data presents new opportunities for economic development, while its true dynamics are still difficult to assess. The purpose of the specialization is the promotion of scientific knowledge and research that will make the graduates capable of directly staffing agencies that either use, or dispose of to third parties, or build information systems.

The Certification Program will be a total of 39 hours. The lectures and workshops of the Program will take place at the premises of the University of Piraeus and will cover the following thematic sections:

Successful candidates who pass the evaluation process will receive a certificate signed by SAS and the postgraduate program as well as a digital badge for social media e.g. linkedin: https://www.credly.com/org/sas/badge/sas-university-of-piraeus-joint-certificate-in-data-management-and-data-analytics

The agreement with SAS is under the approval and auspices of the University of Piraeus.