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Master Information Science

Theo van der Weide

Institute for Computing and Information SciencesRadboud Universiteit Nijmegen

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Characteristics IS@RU

• High quality research

• Master information science very close to research

• Typically 10-20 students per course

• Research projects individually or in small groups

• Informal atmosphere

• International

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Not the biggest institute, but the best!

Nijmegen 4.83Delft 4.64Leiden 4.25UvA 4.23Eindhoven 4.21VU 4.18Twente 4.05Utrecht 4.02Groningen 3.78

Okt. 2012: Europese ERC Advanced Grantfor Prof. Bart Jacobs

April 2013: Dr. Elena Marchiorireceives Europese EvoStar Award for contributions toevolutionairy algorithms

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Relevancy NL

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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:• Computing Science (Informatica)• Information Science (Informatiekunde)

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Customer Architect Engineer Builder

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Information Science Computing Science

Information and Computing Science

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Motivation

• Large and ambitious construction projects require experts with a background at an academic level in the following topics:

– Problem analysis in a realistic context.– Design of constructions that contribute to the solution

of that problem.– Quality control during construction.– Support of its implementation in practice.– Making adaptations related to a changing environment

and evolving requirements.

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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:– Security– Formal reasoning with Business Rules

• Starting in Spring semester:– Data science

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Starting in Spring Semester

Spring start: Spring Semester Spring start: Fall SemesterI00035: Foundations of Information Systems NWI-IMI002: Architectural System Design

I00041: Information Retrieval

Master Thesis

IMI001: ICT in a Different Culture (*)

OR IMC021: System Development Management

I00037: ICT&S2 I00152: Research Methods

Free Choice: for exampe the course not chosen in (*)

Data science

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Starting in Fall Semester

Fall start: Fall Semester Fall start: Spring SemesterNWI-IMI002: Architectural System Design I00037: ICT&S2 Free Choice

I00153: Security in organisations

Master Thesis

IMC006: Law in Cyberspace

IMK004: Reasoning with Computer Support

IMK003: Business Rules Specification

Free Choice I00152: Research Methods

- Security- Formal reasoning with Business Rules

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Free choice

• See course catalogue of the Radboud University.• Suggested courses:

– Cognition and Representation (6 ec)– Bayesian and Decision models in AI (6 ec)– Business Service Innovation (3 ec)  (cancelled for 2013-2014)

The following courses can be selected as free choice when they

are not part of the compulsory programme:– ICT in a different Culture (6 ec)– Foundations of Information Systems (6 ec)  – Information Retrieval (6 ec)  – Security in Organisations– Law in Cyberspace

• The "Huygens colleges”

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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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