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              The new world of work:

                                       Rising importance of Data



                               Computer science provides the creative energy  growing domains of Computer Science. Data               In  addition,  the  International  University  in  Business Analytics graduates are now working
                               for the digital transformations on almost all  science/analytics is the practice of examining          Geneva  has  partnered  with  Amazon  Web  for  global  companies  like  Roche,  Amazon,
                               aspects  of  life.  The  way  we  communicate,  data  with  a  purpose  of  finding  insights.  As     Services  (AWS),  market  leader  for  Cloud  Volkswagen, SITA, Business&Decision.
                               socialize,  travel  booking,  shop,  design/  data  has  become  every  organization’s  most           Computing,  to  prepare  students  with  in-
                               produce/deliver products... And it continues  valuable  resource  especially  during  the  last        demand  Cloud  Computing  skills  and  Find out more about studying the International
                               to  be  an  exciting  field  as  the  technological  10  years,  we  clearly  need  more  data-skilled   certification for Bachelor of Computer Science  University in Geneva by visiting their website:
                               advancements  continue  to  grow  and  evolve:  people who can “question” data in our data-            and Master of Business Analytics programs.  www.iun.ch
                               Data  Science/Analytics,  Cloud  Computing,  rich world. Therefore major universities have
                               Artificial  Intelligence,  Internet  of  Things,  started to launch new graduate/undergraduate         Jobs  in  computer  science  are  booming.  As
                               Autonomous  Robots,  Augmented  Reality…  programs  on  Data  Science  and  Analytics  to              more organizations rely on data, the demand
                               Computers are so ubiquitous in the modern  address  this  demand  and  the  International              is  high  for  business  people  with  analytical
                               world  that  the  need  for  more  CS  graduates  University in Geneva (IUG) is one of them.           and  technology  skills.  Therefore,  earning  a      About the Author
                               with  the  skills  to  understand  systems  and                                                        Bachelor of Computer Science and Master of
                               create technology solutions will only continue  How does IUG Prepare Students for the New              Business Analytics can be a game changer for             Dogan Guven
                               to grow.                              World of Work with Data?                                         your career.                                   Head of Computer Science
                                                                     The  International  University  in  Geneva  is  a                                                                  and Business Analytics
                               What is Computer Science?             triple-accredited, non-profit higher education                   Last but not the least, we are organizing career   programs International
                               Computer science is about much more than  institution  with  joint-degree  programs                    fairs  where  we  invite  our  alumni  and  other   University in Geneva
                               programming;  It  teaches  you  how  to  think  with  Boston  University  and  the  University         company professionals to come and present
                               more  methodically,  how  to  solve  problems  of  Plymouth-UK.  Our  focus  is  on  transfer          their company to our students. Our
                               more effectively, and how to create solutions  of  knowledge  and  skills,  not  on  transfer  of      recent Computer Science and
                               using technology. These skills and knowledge  information,  with  our  faculty’s  extensive
                               can  be  applied  to  practically  any  domain  international  professional  and  practical
                               of  interest  to  you:  Consumer  goods,  social  experience at senior levels.
                               media,  communication,  healthcare,  travel,
                               game, art, etc.                       While  most  of  our  courses  include  data
                                                                     analysis as a key component, we have Data-
                               Possible Future Careers for CS Graduates?  Driven Decision Making as a core course for
                               Computer skills and competencies are always  all  students  where  we  aim  to  develop  data
                               in high demand among employers in a wide  related  skills  including  data  preparation,
                               range of industries, not just the tech industry.  exploration, and visualization using industry
                               CS graduates can work for the IT department  standard platforms. In addition, IUG students
                               of  a  wide  variety  of  organizations  (i.e.  have the privilege to meet with the employees
                               manufacturing, financial services, healthcare,  of  major  companies,  as  seen  in  the  pictures
                               aerospace,  defense,  government,  non-profit,  below,  and  hear  directly  from  them  on
                               etc.)  or  set  up  their  own  companies  or  business practices.
                               create  new  technology  solutions  like  some
                               other  CS  graduates  did  for  the  world  (i.e.  Why Computer Science at IUG?
                               Jeff  Bezos(Amazon),  Larry  Page  and  Sergey  As  one  of  the  top  business  schools  in
                               Brin(Google),  Mark  Zuckerberg(Facebook),  Switzerland,  we  believe  two  forces  should
                               Reed Hastings(Netflix), Travis Kalanick(Uber),  be aligned in an effective Computer Science
                               etc.)                                 program  for  a  successful  career:  technology
                                                                     and business know-how.
                               What  are  the  New  Trends  in  Computer  That’s  why  our  CS  program  is  designed  to
                               Science?                              balance  the  core  computer  Science  courses
                               Data  Science/Analytics,  Cloud  Computing,  with  business  management  and  the  right
                               and  Artificial  Intelligence  are  the  most  skills/competency development courses.




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