IBM’s big data education outreach — from InformationWeek.com by Ellis Booker; with thanks to EducationDive for their posting this
In the last decade, IBM has partnered with more than 1,000 universities to increase the world’s pool of computer science graduates.  Latest focus: Big data.

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

The scarcity of data scientists is a problem for platform and tools vendors like IBM.

Even with impressive improvements in data visualization tools such as dashboards, IBM’s customers need employees able to set up these systems, correctly interpret their output and discuss it with business-side colleagues.

IBM and other technology companies themselves need new workers, trained in the latest data-science concepts and techniques. Like many of its customers, IBM is having trouble hiring enough data scientists.

For both of these reasons, IBM has been working closely with colleges and universities. Its educational partnerships now number more than 1,000 globally.

 

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