Master in Analysis and Engineering of Big Data

The number of credits needed to obtain the degree is 120 (4 semesters).

The digital transformation of society, the explosion of the Internet and the popularization of social networks, led to the generation of huge volumes of digital data in key sectors such as health, public administration, media and social communication, marketing and e-commerce, finance, energy, environment and urbanism, telecommunications, pharmaceutical industry and bioinformatics.

The area of Big Data Analysis and Engineering focusses on the development of methodologies to handle large volumes of data, in order to extract useful information. Acquiring, storing, managing and organizing data are the issues that arise in this area of study. There is a growing demand and employability of specialists in this area who will play an increasingly intervening and value-creating role in management and innovation processes in all areas of industry and services in the coming years.

Objectives

The Master on Analysis and Engineering of Big Data is aimed at training analysts, project development leaders and innovation experts in the emerging field of Data Science and Data Engineering.
The course develops competencies for processing and analysing large volumes of data by advanced computational and mathematical methods, and methodologies for searching and finding answers to management, monitoring, and optimisation processes, or for extracting knowledge, trends, correlations, or forecasts through automatic machine learning.
The objectives of the course are aligned with the "National Digital Competence Initiative e.2030", in the areas of specialization (item qualification and creation of added value in economics) and research (big data item).

Target Audience 

Candidates with training at the level of a 1st cycle of studies, with strong mathematical and programming bases.

Career opportunities

Specialists in this area of Big Data are especially sought after by companies and institutions where large volumes of data are generated or consumed. In addition to the companies that collaborate in the organization of the master's degree, there are several companies and institutions in the areas of health, public administration, e-commerce and marketing, finance, energy, environment and urbanism, telecommunications, media and media, pharmaceutical industry or biotechnology, among others, which are interested in professionals with this profile.

Registration and Accreditation

DGES

Registration n.º R/A-Cr 33/2017 in 17/04/2017

A3ES

Accreditation in 06/04/2017, for 6 years

Organisation 

The Master in Analysis and Engineering of Big Data is jointly organised by the Departments of Informatics and Mathematics, with the collaboration of several companies, namely in the Seminar curricular unit and in the Dissertation.

Course coordinator:

Professor Pedro Barahona (Department of Informatics)

Professor Filipe José Marques (Department of Mathematics)

maebd.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

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