Data Mining in the Big Data Era

While entering into the era of big data, seeking the secrets hidden in the data has become the main target in every single industry. This paper states the definition of data mining in the era of big data and interprets data mining methods in current popular industries such as sports, music, and health care. This paper also analyzes the future of data mining and some potential applications. The paper finds that in the era of big data, data mining, as a powerful method to seek the secret from the data, has had a significant impact on the fields of sports, health care, and the music industry. Data mining also has a brighter future when considering information security, business management, financial analysis, the education industry, etc. The rise of the big data era provides data mining with a suitable and stable environment, which makes jobs such as Data Analyst so popular.