In the near future, the level of digitalization of companies in the industrial sector, both in
Portugal and in the world, will grow. The Industry 4.0, also called the fourth industrial
revolution, focuses on the digitization of physical assets and their integration into the digital
world, which in turn will produce a large amount of data. The implementation of this vision is
already in motion, but it is strongly dependent on the skills that professionals have in the
different dimensions of this multidisciplinary view. In the data dimension (Big Data), there is
still a big gap in the labor market, in terms of professionals who know what to do with the data.
This is one of the many professions that will be crucial to implementing the vision of Industry
4.0, being the analyst of large amounts of data, better known as Data Scientist.
The Erasmus + DA.RE (Data Science Pathways to Re-imagine Education) project aims at the
innovative development of a new mixed education program, acting as a catalyzer for the
design and implementation of new educational programs at national, European and
international level in the field of data science.
The project aims to contribute to the reform of education, through the creation of a pilot course
in the field of data science, overcoming the usual gap between higher education institutions
and the business and industrial sectors. Taking into account several factors such as the
demands of the labor market and the current academic situation will allow to create
professionals in the area of data science.
