Course Desc<x>ription: 
<br>This course will introduce the basic idea of Big Data and its general applications 
<br>in the private sector. Government has also strived to mitigate fraud, in law 
<br>enforcement to predict future crimes, in education to improve academic performance, 
<br>and in infrastructure to monitor the city’s usage of precious resources through data 
<br>mining and other Big Data analytics. We then focus on the public policy discussion 
<br>and provide Big Data empirical examples adapted from different disciplines/ areas 
<br>(e.g., taxation, industry, trade, environment, education, and labor), which will be 
<br>discussed in detail.
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<br>Textbooks:
<br>Each professor will utilize his/her own lecture notes.
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<br>Teaching Method:
<br>Lecturing and discussion
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<br>Evaluation:
<br>Assignment and presentation 25% for each instructor
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