February 4, 2015 | Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is launching a summer program for international students in data mining and business intelligence. BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi made the announcement last week during her opening remarks at the Cybertech conference in Tel Aviv. “The world is increasingly turning to Israel for cyber security, and within Israel, BGU is leading Beer-Sheva to become a major national and international center,” said Carmi, who has spearheaded the CyberSpark initiative, drawing Deutsche Telekom, EMC, Lockheed Martin, IBM, PayPal and other multination companies which have opened centers of excellence at the Gav Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park (ATP) adjacent to the University. This new program will offer two academic courses where students will learn the basic tools of data mining and the utilization of machine learning techniques for cyber security. The program will include a mandatory one week internship at BGU’s Cyber Security Research Center that will correspond with course materials. In addition, students will take part in professional fieldtrips to leading companies, in order to enhance their understanding of data mining and cyber security.
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