The University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with education tech platform 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU) to launch its first online FinTech Boot Camp program. According to the University, the program will prepare participants for technology roles in the region’s growing financial services sector.
Dr. Henrik Cronqvist, Vice Dean for Graduate Business Programs and Executive Education at Miami Herbert Business School, spoke about the program by stating:
“Through our new partnership with 2U, the Miami Herbert Business School will bring working professionals a rigorous, market-driven boot camp that teaches the financial technology skills most relevant to the region’s employers, including Python, blockchain, and machine learning.”
Students in the program will get hands-on experience working with the latest technologies that are transforming the future of business and develop a portfolio of work, including:
- Analyzing historical credit card transactions to identify possible fraudulent transactions using SQL.
- Creating predictive models for stock prices with time series analysis using Python.
- Building a decentralized identity system using blockchain technologies.
- Applying machine learning algorithms to analyze sentiment scores for cryptocurrency news.
- Using TensorFlow to build deep learning neural networks to predict financial outcomes.
- Developing an AI-driven robo-advisor capable of providing financial services with minimal human intervention.
The 24-week, part-time online program begins in February 2021, and enrollment is now open