Univ. Go in Big for Big Data

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By Elizabeth Dwoskin

Big data is going to college.

This semester, a handful of university programs specializing in data mining are starting up. This week, the University of Virginia launched a new research center called the Big Data Institute. Columbia University will also begin offering a new master’s in big data, in a program technically called “Quantitative Studies.”

There are more: The University of San Francisco has its own master’s degree program underway.