Data Science

Today data scientist is one of the most wanted professions. Why – in today world we have to analyse large amount of data. We have to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it. In this module we will look at the potential power and usefulness of data and see how the actual work of data scientist looks like
The module gives you an overview of what data science is. Lecture about data science made by lecturers from University of Maribor, Faculty for organizational Sciences will take you to the secrets of data power. And, if you think, you found your dream job, you will see what an actual data scientist at the company Elektro Gorenjska really does.
Student:
  • gains the understanding of the potential power and usefulness of data
  • understands the approach to exploiting data usability
  • gets insight into the actual work of a data scientists
  • Understanding the importance of data
  • Overview of different types of data
  • Extracting usability from data
  1. Analysing of the selected problem
  2. Independent project

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assoc. prof. Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar, PhD
Associated professor from University of Maribor, Faculty of Organisational Sciences, her professional focus are data driven decision support systems.

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assistant prof. Marjeta Marolt, PhD
Marjeta Marolt is an assistant professor and a researcher at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia. She received her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Maribor. Her recent research covers sustainable business models, business model innovation, digital transformation, social media, and customer relationship management. She has been involved in several national, international (EU, CE, cross-border, bilateral), and industry projects. She has published papers in several journals and conference proceedings.

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Blaž Dobravec
Blaž Dobravec is a Data research Analyst at Elektro Gorenjska, d.d. A master student at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathemathics and Physics, focusing on Machine learning and Artificial Inteligence.

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