Big Data’s Transformative Impact: Careers & Predictive Analytics
Big Data and Data Analytics is a Bachelor of Management course from Telkom University’s Faculty of Economics and
Business. In today’s digital era, there is an endless vast amount of data overflowing around us.
Even without being fully aware, we are constantly involved in Big data as we go about our daily lives. Learning big data technology is becoming more and more necessary as utilising this abundance of information could improve business decisions.
Predictive analysis
Big data facilitates predictive analytics, allowing organisations to anticipate future trends and behaviours. Organisations can use historic and current data to forecast trends and behaviours for the future. The applications that we use on a daily basis also makes use of predictive analysis to provide options that we didn’t even know we needed. For instance, one of Indonesia’s most used apps is Gojek. From selecting the right driver to dispatch, dynamically setting prices, serving food recommendations and forecasting real-world events, Gojek makes use of predictive analysis in order to improve its operations and satisfy their consumers. During rainy seasons, Gojek would offer foods that provide comfort, warmth, and boost immunity such as hot soups and warm beverages.
Job Opportunities and Career Growth
Indonesia’s economy is undergoing a transformation fueled by digitization, and data is a pivotal aspect of it all. Industries such as finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and telecommunications are embracing big data analytics to gain a competitive advantage. Job roles in the field of Big Data and Data Analytics include data scientists, data engineers, Business Intelligence Analysts or even database managers. Certainly, Big data is a pivotal course that is not only integrated in the department of informatics but is also influential in the business department.
Telkom University Big Data course
Telkom University embraces its vision statement to Become research and entrepreneurial university, which plays an active role in the development of information technology-based technology, science, and arts. Courses like Big Data and Data Analytics are introduced into the curriculum for S1 ICT Business majors, in hopes to recognize the growing demand for big data expertise, educational institutions and training centres in Indonesia.
In addition to this, Telkom University International Class also provides students with lab classes to further enhance their knowledge and understanding regarding Big Data applications such as Google collab, a versatile platform that brings together the power of Jupyter notebooks and the convenience of cloud computing. Google Colab supports a variety of data analysis and visualisation libraries in Python, such as Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, and Seaborn. From this, students can get a further understanding on machine learning related topics such as deep fake and sentiment analysis using Berd.
