Master of Science in

Credits
DATA SCIENCE
Core courses (min. 30 credits)
2-year program - 120ECTS Advanced algorithms 7
Applied data analysis 6
Foundations of data science 6
Information security and privacy 6
Master’s thesis Core courses Machine learning 7
30 ECTS and options Optimization for machine learning 5
72 ECTS
Statistics for data science 6
Systems for data science 6

Project in
social and
human
sciences Options
6 ECTS Advanced cryptography 4
Advanced probability and applications 6
Semester Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies 7
project
Applied biostatistics 5
12 ECTS
Artificial neural networks 5
Automatic speech processing 3
Biological modeling of neural networks 4
Computational linear algebra 5
Computational complexity 4
Computational photography 5
Computer vision 4
Concurrent algorithms 5
Cryptography and security 7
Data visualization 4
Deep learning 4
Digital education & learning analytics 4
The program includes a compulsory 8-week internship which Distributed algorithms 6
can be extended to 6 months and combined with the Master’s Distributed information systems 4
thesis. Distributed intelligent systems 5
Formal verification 6
Students may choose a 30 ECTS minor included in the Graph theory 5
120 ECTS. Recommended minors with this program: Image analysis and pattern recognition 4
• Biocomputing
Information theory and coding 7
• Biomedical technologies
Intelligent agents 6
• Computational science and engineering
Interaction design 4
• Management, technology and entrepreneurship
• Space technologies Introduction to natural language processing 4
Lab in data science 4
Instead of a minor, students may opt for a Teaching Learning theory 4
specialization (30 ECTS at the Haute école pédagogique du Linear models 5
canton de Vaud). Machine learning for behavioral data 4
Markov chains and algorithmic applications 4

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Mathematical foundations of signal processing 6

Career prospects Mathematics of data: from theory to computation

Networks out of control
4
4
Optional project in data science 8
The EPFL Innovation Park, literally two steps away, is home
Performance evaluation 7
to numerous R&D laboratories from international companies
Risk, rare events and extremes 5
such as Cisco, Logitech, Credit Suisse or Nitto Denko. Such
Robust and nonparametric statistics 5
companies closely collaborate with the researchers from the
School of Computer and Communication Sciences IC. Software security 6
The EPFL Innovation Park is the springboard for plenty of Statistical mechanics and Gibbs measures 5
start-ups, most of them stemming from the IC School. Statistical theory 5
Student seminar : security protocols and applications 3
It only takes an average of 10 weeks to find one’s first job in Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis 4
the field of Information and Communication Technologies Technology ventures in IC 4
(ICT). Moreover, many graduates in the ICT field receive a job Time Series 5
offer during the last semester of their training. Companies like Topics in theoretical computer science 4
Facebook, Google and Microsoft have even begun recruiting Virtual reality 4
directly on campus.

School of Computer and Communication Sciences

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