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We are lucky to be living in the age of analytics, data science, and big data. These three fields represent probably the most promising areas and future direction in the current Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) sectors and disciplines.

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Cao, L. (2018). Data Profession. In: Data Science Thinking. Data Analytics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95092-1_10

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