Beschreibung des Angebots

With the explosion of data in science, economics, administration, medicine and many other fields, the importance and the demand for data science skills are increasing. It is the scientific methods and processes of extracting knowledge and insights from data. In light of this, the University of Bern offers a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) program in Applied Data Science.

Objectives

At the end graduates will be:

• familiar with different data sources and data types, and able to develop data management plans;
• able to describe, extract and present scientific knowledge from data using statistical methods;
• able to process data with machine learning tools and methods.
• familiar with best practices for data management, analytics, and science;
• able to analyse and communicate data science challenges and use a wide range of data science tools and methods;
• able to perform deep learning for a wide range of tasks.

Aufbau der Ausbildung

The CAS is structured in six modules:

• Module 1: Data Acquisition and management
• Module 2: Statistical inference for data science
• Module 3: Data analysis and machine learning
• Module 4: Ethics and best practices
• Module 5: Peer Consulting and Selected Readings
• Module 6: Deep Learning

Scope: 16 ECTS