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Master of Science in Data Science

Domains

Program Domains

  • Data Science Analytics -
    Use appropriate data analytics and statistical techniques on available data to discover new relations and deliver insights into research problems or organizational processes and support decision-making.
    • Apply designated quantitative techniques, including statistics, time series analysis, optimization, and simulation to deploy appropriate models for analysis and prediction
    • Effectively use variety of data analytics techniques, such as Machine Learning (including supervised, unsupervised, semisupervised learning), Data Mining, Prescriptive and Predictive Analytics, for complex data analysis through the whole data lifecycle
    • Utilize a variety of techniques through the data analysis life cycle.
    • Implement data security measures.
  • Practical Applications -
    Identify business challenges suitable for data analysis and apply a structured approach to analyze use cases across diverse business and industrial contexts, ensuring that data-driven insights align with organizational objectives. Additionally, develop tailored data products for various industries and proficiently employ MLOps strategies to deploy real-world solutions, emphasizing the seamless integration of machine learning models into operational workflows.
    • Use systems and software engineering principles to organizations information system design and development, including requirements design
    • Explain the use Cloud Computing technologies and cloud powered services design for data infrastructure and data handling services
    • Develop data products for different industries.
    • Utilize MLOps strategies to deploy a real-world solution.
  • Professionalism, Ethics, and Character -
    • Specify, develop and implement enterprise data management and data governance strategy and architecture, including Data Management Plan (DMP)
    • Design data storage systems, data archive services, digital libraries, and their operational models
    • Implement data protection, backup, privacy, mechanisms/ services, comply with IPR, ethics and responsible data use
    • Examine the application of the Christian worldview within the context of discipline and vocation.
  • Research and Applications -
    • Formulate research questions in the context of computational problems
    • Design experiments to test and prove hypotheses in the context of computational problems
    • Analyze experiment results in the context of computational problems
    • Communicate research findings to a variety of audiences, including academic, the scientific community, and industry professionals
  • Business Analytics -
    • Use Business Analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) methods for data analysis; apply cognitive technologies and relevant services
    • Apply structured approach to use cases analysis in business and industry
    • Use Econometrics for data analysis and applications and develop business-oriented data products
  • Professionalism, Ethics, and Sustainability -
    • Determine whether or not a new data-driven business process is using customer data in an ethically sustainable way
    • Demonstrate ethical judgment to comply with legislation, regulations, and standards by articulating the knowledge of contemporary issues
    • Identify, formulate, and solve computing problems by communicating effectively with a range of audiences through professional oral and written skills
    • Examine the application of the Christian worldview within the context of discipline and vocation
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