On August 8st (Sunday), following on from July 1th (Sunday), we held an open campus for visitors.
The Department of Data Science in the Faculty of Social Sciences gave a mini-lecture under the theme of "experience in data science."This time, both the morning and afternoon sessions were held in parallel with the Sociology Major.The mini-lecture for the data science major was held in the new PC classroom in Building 4.
Today, society is undergoing major changes due to the development of new information technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, and data science in particular is attracting attention from various fields.In order to respond to these changes in society, if high school students can quickly understand the urgent need to develop related human resources and what kind of study data science is, it will be a reference for deciding on a career path. I think it will be
In this mini-lecture "Data Science Experience", I first introduced what Society 5.0 is.AI, which surpasses human capabilities, analyzes huge amounts of big data, and the results are fed back to human society through intelligent devices (robots). We asked them to understand the mechanism of the data-driven society that will be brought to society.
In addition, due to the rapid development of computers, smartphones, the Internet, transportation IC cards, various IoT sensors, etc., the large amount of diverse data that has come to be accumulated on the network has no value as it is, and big data They understood that we need to use it as a resource and derive value from it.
He also introduced what is data science as a new academic field for dealing with big data.
Data science is based on statistics, which handles data, as well as information science and computational technology for processing data or information, especially AI and machine learning. I had them understand that I would play that role by leading to the development of
Finally, we explained open data and data visualization, and had the high school students get hands-on experience with data collection and data visualization methods using RESAS demographic data and meteorological observations held by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
In the data science major in the Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University of International Studies, you can acquire statistical knowledge related to data science, computer programming skills, knowledge and skills for data analysis and expression, and related fields. You can get your qualification.
The most attractive occupation in the big data society is the data scientist.We look forward to your participation as we will be able to learn more deeply.
Faculty of Sociology Department of Sociology Department of Data Science Shika Akira
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