Data Science and Computational Intelligence

Coventry University
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year Computer science

About this course

Choose your start date. You have six opportunities to join this course throughout the year.

The main theme throughout this course is automatic big data analytics and natural language processing through machine learning, especially deep neural networks.

  • We aim to cover how to apply cutting-edge machine learning techniques to analyse big datasets, assess the statistical significance of data mining results and perform advanced data analytics.

  • We will introduce you to important frameworks which may include Hadoop Map Reduce, Spark, applications of relational databases and NoSQL databases in combination with powerful languages such as Python and R.

  • We will look at emerging theories, practices, approaches, and management of distributed and intelligent computing systems, examining a wide range of case studies to see how applications have been developed and for what purposes, such as steganography detection system for colour stego images.

  • The focus of the course is on applications of data science methods and tools, combined with computational intelligence techniques for data-driven problem solving including the analysis, interpretation and visualisation of complex data, which is in increasing demand in fields such as marketing, pharmaceutics, finance, transportation, medicine, and management.

  • You will have the option to apply for a ‘work placement’ opportunity2, designed to further develop your skills and knowledge with the aim of maximising your employability prospects. See modules for more information.

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    • Study Options

    This course is available in 3 study options:

    Part-time

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Coventry

    Sandwich

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Coventry

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Coventry

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2139 Information technology professionals
    2134 Programmers and software development professionals
    2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
    2136 IT quality and testing professionals
    3131 IT operations technicians
    2141 Web design professionals

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Coventry
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Computer science

    Offered by

    Coventry University

    Coventry

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