Educational Programs for Training Digital Economy Personnel

The problem of training personnel for the digital economy, who are able to apply end-to-end digital technologies, is considered. It is noted that large-scale work with digital data requires highly qualified specialists, especially in the field of computer science. It is shown that university graduates, whose future professional activities are related to the creation of cyber-physical systems and the processing of large arrays of semi-structured data, should be able to apply end-to-end digital technologies. A list of such technologies with examples of relevant sub-technologies is given. The need for such specialists requires the development of new basic professional educational programs of higher education. These programs should contain educational modules that are aimed at formation of digital competencies that are in demand in the relevant priority sector of the economy. The problem of developing basic professional educational programs of higher education containing such educational modules is studied. The competence models of graduates developed by universities, which include the competencies necessary for the digital economy, are analyzed. The results of the analysis of the basic professional educational programs aimed at formation of competencies in the use of end-to-end digital technologies for future developers of cyber-physical systems are discussed. An assessment of the readiness of universities to develop such programs is given, as well as typical comments on the competence models of graduates and on updated basic professional educational programs are given.