1. Big data technology and application specialty generally refers to big data technology and application (college computer specialty).
2. The research direction of big data technology and application is the "Internet+" frontier science and technology specialty combining big data analysis, mining and processing, mobile development and architecture, software development, cloud computing and other frontier technologies.
3. This major aims to train students to systematically master data management and data mining methods, and become senior professional big data technical talents with big data analysis and processing, data warehouse management, comprehensive deployment of big data platform, development of big data platform application software, and visual presentation and analysis of data products.
4. Big data technology has been penetrated into all aspects of society, including health care, business analysis, national security, food security, financial security, etc. In 2014, from the perspective of big data as an important strategic resource of the country and accelerating the realization of innovative development, the cultural atmosphere and era characteristics of "speaking with data, managing with data, making decisions with data, and innovating with data" were formed in the whole society. Big data science will become the core of computer science, artificial intelligence technology (virtual reality, commercial robots, automatic driving, omnipotent natural language processing), digital economy and commerce, Internet of Things applications, and the development of various humanities and social sciences.