From 11- 15 July 2016, Charl Janse van Rensburg, a Masters student attended the 2nd International ScaDs Summer school on Big Data in Leipzig, Germany:

The attractive program aimed at students and young graduates, as well as other academic and industrial practitioners and researchers that operate in the field of Big Data and offered an inspiring mix of motivating keynotes, online trainings, classes and excursions. The summer school taught the basics of working with large and complex amounts of data and provides an overview of relevant approaches and solutions. Thus, the participants gained an insight into current research areas and acquire basic practical Big Data skills.