ECON 446

Applications of Cloud Computing and Blockchain

Economics · 2 to 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)

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Limited to Master of Quantitative Economics students. Introduction to cloud services software relevant for big data analytics and data scientists. Survey of Amazon Web Services. Study of automated solutions to data gathering, storage, and machine learning. Students acquire specific skill sets in application programming interfaces and web scraping with Python through hands-on problem solving. Use of blockchain and smart contracts to make business processes more efficient through technical and theoretical application.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 2027

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