On February 20, 2025, another meeting was held as part of the Winter School “Digital Detectives with Big Data” 📊.
The event was attended by 14 students in grades 10-11 from Sumy educational institutions, including ZZSO No. 15 SMR, ZOSH No. 27, and NVK No. 16. Participants tried their hand at being data analysts and learned how big data works in the everyday digital world.
The event was conducted by Olena Kolotilina, assistant professor of the Department of Economic Cybernetics, and Svitlana Kolomiyets, senior lecturer of the Department of Economic Cybernetics.
The students immersed themselves in the world of Big Data through practical mini-tasks, working with digital traces in smartphones, and an exciting game that demonstrated how social media data influences business decisions and economic processes.
During the class, participants learned about:
- what Big Data is and how it is used 🧠;
- the application of big data in economics 💼;
- the impact of consumer behavior on the market 📈;
- they practically solved cases from social media analysis 🔍.
Representatives of the department also introduced high school students to the specialties of the Sumy State University’s Faculty of Economics and Management and the educational program “Economic Cybernetics,” which opens up opportunities for working with big data, modeling economic systems, and applying mathematical methods in business analytics.
