{"id":25671,"date":"2021-02-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/?p=25671"},"modified":"2021-02-21T12:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T20:36:39","slug":"qlik-announces-inaugural-professor-ambassador-class-to-celebrate-educators-helping-to-create-a-data-literate-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/2021\/02\/20\/qlik-announces-inaugural-professor-ambassador-class-to-celebrate-educators-helping-to-create-a-data-literate-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Qlik Announces Inaugural Professor Ambassador Class to Celebrate Educators Helping to Create a Data-Literate World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"270\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/qlik-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11471\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Findings reveal AIOps as a solution to top IT Operations challenges, calls for an urgent need to speed up AIOps adoption &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qlik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qlik<\/a>\u00ae announced its first-ever <em>Academic Program Professor Ambassador Class<\/em>, a select network of academics from the Qlik Academic Program, that have demonstrated dedication and excellence in leveraging Qlik to drive data literacy with analytics in the classroom and preparing students for the data-driven economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Professor Ambassador Program is an extension of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qlik.com\/us\/company\/academic-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Qlik Academic Program<\/a>, which helps universities improve the value of their offerings by teaching marketable data skills, while helping students advance their analytical and data literacy proficiency within every academic discipline with Qlik. Professors selected for<a href=\"https:\/\/qlik.com\/us\/company\/academic-program\/ambassadors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> ambassador<\/a> status join a unique network of like-minded peers from across the world, gaining exclusive access to additional Qlik resources, and raising their profiles as a champion of data literacy in education. The inaugural class includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Richard Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Computing, University of Worcester (UK)<\/li><li>Jerry Roek, Adjunct Faculty in Statistics and Business Analytics, Oakland University, Texas A&amp;M &#8211; San Antonio (US)<\/li><li>Javier Leon, Adjunct Professor in Business Intelligence and Analytics, Saint Joseph&#8217;s University and Villanova University (US)<\/li><li>Angelika Klidas, Lecturer in Data and Analytics, University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam (NL)<\/li><li>Blerim Emruli, Senior Lecturer in Informatics, Lund University (SE)<\/li><li>Sukanta Ghosh, Assistant Professor in Computer Applications, Lovely Professional University (IN)<\/li><li>Josu\u00e9 Lima Romano, Research Professor in Economic and Social Sciences, Universidad de Congreso (AR)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to be part of the first-ever Professor Ambassador Class at Qlik, helping to spread the word on the importance of data literacy and the power of analytics,\u201d said Javier Leon, Adjunct Professor in Business Intelligence and Analytics, Saint Joseph&#8217;s University and Villanova University. \u201cIn my role, I\u2019m always thinking about how people can become data literate so they can create value for their professional careers and their organizations, and through the program I hope to help more universities understand the importance of having students that are well-prepared in state-of-the-art technologies like Qlik. 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