NSERC CREATE Program in Data Analytics and Visualization

数据分析和可视化（DAV）解决了由无数仪器和系统产生的各种形式数据的数量，丰富性和可访问性的爆炸式增长，包括(i)关键的物理基础设施，如传感器网络，电网，无线通信系统和交通网络；社会和经济网络；（三）免疫和流行病学网络等卫生保健系统，以及分子和基因调控网络。然而，如果在提取、分析、解释和可视化这些数据中嵌入的有价值信息的技术方面没有相应的发展，那么大数据革命就没有意义。成功需要多学科的方法，将信号处理、数学建模、统计分析和机器学习方法与认知科学、视觉和设计实践和知识相结合。数据分析与可视化领域的CREATE培训项目是一个创新项目，将提供计算分析和感知设计方法的跨学科培训，为广泛的工业应用提供大数据价值。该项目由约克大学（牵头机构）、OCAD大学、康考迪亚大学和多伦多大学以及多伦多和蒙特利尔的多家领先的加拿大高科技公司合作，重点研究云计算、数字文化、健康技术和智慧城市等领域的应用。该计划的毕业生将继续在工业，大学和政府部门担任永久职位，并将成为加拿大数据分析和可视化领域广泛应用领域的领导者。

Data analytics and visualization (DAV) addresses the explosion in quantity, richness and accessibility of diverse forms of data produced by a myriad of instruments and systems, including (i) Critical physical infrastructures like sensor networks, power grids, wireless communication systems, and transportation networks; (ii) Social and economic networks and; (iii) Healthcare systems like immunization and epidemiology networks, and molecular and gene regulatory networks. However, the big data revolution is meaningless without concomitant growth in technologies for extracting, analyzing, interpreting and visualizing the valuable information embedded in these data. Success demands a multidisciplinary approach that combines signal processing, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis and machine learning methods with cognitive science and visual and design practices and knowledge. The proposed CREATE training program in Data Analytics & Visualization is an innovative program that will provide interdisciplinary training in both computational analytics and perceptual design methodologies for deriving value from big data for a broad range of industrial applications. The program is a multi-institution, multi-sector collaboration between York University (the lead institution), OCAD University, Concordia University and the University of Toronto, together with a number of leading Canadian high-tech companies in Toronto and Montreal, focused on applications in cloud computing, digital cultures, health technology and smart cities.Graduates of the program will go on to take permanent positions in industry, universities and government, and will be Canadian leaders in the field of Data Analytics and Visualization in a broad range of application areas.