Master in Applied Computer Science

http://www.vub.ac.be/en

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Master in Applied Computer Science

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“The MACS provides challenging learning opportunities with the scope to transform students with a Bachelor in Engineering or Applied Sciences into the next generation data science and data engineering experts.”

source:

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/publications/data-science-and-analytics.html

Master in Applied Computer Science

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Master in Applied Computer Science

• The MACS focuses on the design and engineering of computer-based smart systems, spanning the entire associated technology spectrum: • Hardware technologies, including, sensors,

actuators, electronic and photonic devices• Advanced networking and internet-of-things

systems• Data processing and management, including

database systems and distributed computing;

• Data analysis, including artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Specializations

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SmartCities DigitalHealth

BusinessIntelligence

Youwillstudylogistics,mobility andIoTproblemswithafocusonfinding

sustainablesolutionsforsmartcities.

Youwilllearnhowtoadoptamultidisciplinaryapproachtohealth,

biology andmedicine,fromadata-drivenandacomputationalangle.

Youwilllearntechnologiesandpracticesfortheintegrationandanalysisofbusinessdata thatsupportbusinessdecisionmaking.

EnvironmentalInformatics

Youwilllearnhowtoperformanalyticsondiversesensorydatatoaddressproblems

relatedtotheclimate,thewaterresources andthequalityofair.

Programme Overview

Operating systems and Security, Scripting languages, Algorithms & data structures, Advanced IT Networks, Advanced programming, Computer systems, Databases, Web technologies, Artificial intelligence.

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CompulsoryCourses(42ECTS)

SmartCities(18ECTS)

Mobility and logistics, embedded systems, wireless sensor networks

DigitalHealth(18ECTS)

Computational Biology and bioinformatics, medical informatics, machine learning

BusinessIntelligence(18ECTS)

Business aspects of software industry, Entrepreneurship, Business development

Data Analytics, Distributed computing, Modelling languages, Tech. of micro-electronics and photonics

CompulsoryCourses(19ECTS)

SmartCities(3ECTS) DigitalHealth(3ECTS)

BusinessIntel.(3ECTS)

ElectiveCourses(14ECTS)

Entrepreneurship(14ECTS)

Internship(14ECTS)

MasterThesis(24ECTS)

1st Year 2nd Year

EnvironmentalInformatics(18ECTS)

Land and climate dynamics, water Management and Modelling

EnvironmentInf.(3ECTS)

Multimedia

Healthcare

Mobility and Big Data

Industry 4.0

Security

Agro & Environment

Supporting Departments

ApplicationdomainsDepartments

• DepartmentofElectronicsandInformatics– ETROhttp://www.etrovub.be

• DepartmentofComputerScience– DINFhttp://we.vub.ac.be/en/computer-science-department

• DepartmentofBusinesstechnologyandOperations– BUTOhttps://www.vub.ac.be/en/research/business-technology-operations#business-technology-and-operations

• DepartmentofHydrologyandHydraulicEngineering– HYDRhttp://www.hydr.vub.ac.be

Pathways to a Sucessful Career

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SmartCities

Fintech,Marketing

ConsultingBigDataand

Security

VideoAnalytics

DigitalHealth

IndustrialPartners AcademicPartners

Testimonials

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”This programme does not only help students to gain a solid knowledge ofComputer Science technologies, but also provides numerous practical sessionsto gain hands-on experience.”

TingTingLiu,TomTom

”I highly recommend this program to anyone with an academic bachelor’sdegree in another scientific field who wants to pursue his/her academic careerin the field of Computer Science.”

SabaFaraz,Altran

“The unique strength of this program is the combination of computer scienceknowledge and the personal scientific area of expertise. I am genuinelygrateful to the VUB professors who made this all possible. They gave mepassion and nothing is more important than that.”

InezVanLaer,Delaware

Predict Product Ratings

MACS Thesis

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(Social) Network Visualization

MACS Thesis

3D visualization map of the frequency of tweets in

Brussels.

[Superposition of a high-resolution texture of the region, and a so-

called height-map]

Content-based image-text retrieval

MACS Thesis

Demo:

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