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Master Information Sciences

Mats Ouborg (Program Assessor & Student)

Institute for Computing and Information SciencesRadboud Universiteit Nijmegen

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Relevancy NL

(*) vooral Informatiekundigen

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Relevancy EU

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Institutional Pillars

• Research:– Institute for Computing and Information

Sciences (iCIS)• Intelligent Systems• Model-Based System Development• Digital Security

• Education:– Instituut voor Informatica en Informatiekunde (III)

– Master Programs:• Information Science (Informatiekunde)• Computing Science (Informatica)

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Customer Architect /Consultant

Engineer Builder

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Information Science Computing Science

Information and Computing Science

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Professional perspective(Elsevier Keuzegids)

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Information Sciences in society

• Ambulance drone• Goal line technology• Google glass• 3d printing (gun)• Business IT• Easy shopping (bol.com)

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Difference Master and Bachelor

• Research now plays a central role

• Research:

trying to expand the boundaries of our knowledge

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International program (1)

• Master programs fit in theinternational context

• They also prepare for an international career

• The program therefore is taught in English

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International program (2)

• Courses with an international component

• Extra options:

– Exchange programs (Erasmus, IRUN)

– Master thesis abroad

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Program components

• Basic knowledge and skills

• Working at an academic level

• Doing research

• Core topics

• Master thesis

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Two study variants

• Starting in Fall semester:– Applying Security– Formal reasoning with Business Rules

• Starting in Spring semester:– Applying Data Science

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Semester 1: Course Program

green = mandatarypink = specialisationyellow = electiveswhite = free electives

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Semester 2: Master Thesis

6ec (*)

(*) A free elective course is suggested if you want todo your master thesis as an external project.

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Doing the master thesis abroad

• Why?

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Free choice

See course catalogue of the Radboud University:

• Courses on another faculty / university

• Honours Academy

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Master thesis projects

• Within industry– Digital intelligence– Automating notary document processing– Analyzing user profiles– Future energy consumption

• Within our institute– Supporting the stock market

• Abroad– Bridging the Digital Divide in Zambia– The attractiveness of an outsourcing provider

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Braille in Mathematics Education

Linking Business/IT alignmentinterventions to organizational culture,

structure, strategy and change readiness

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An argument based approachfor easier process modeling

using dialog games

A new approach tostructured document building

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Beyond Smart MetersLegal compliance of Home

Energy Management Systems

Impact Telecommunication Law on online interaction

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Questions?