About our research

Research insitute

The Master’s programme in Computing Sciences is offered in close collaboration with the Institute for Computing and Information Sciences (ICIS), and more specifically the Data Science department. ICIS looks beyond its own field as it integrates the know-how with other disciplines such as law, medicine, and neuroscience. Through this approach, ICIS is relevant not only in research, but also tackles the challenges of IT in modern-day society.

Institute for Computing and Information Sciences (iCIS)

Research department

Our Data Science department has a strong international reputation in areas such as machine learning, probabilistic modelling, and information retrieval. Our ambition is to develop principled, theoretically sound approaches for the analysis of complex data. Our research is guided by real-world problems and data sets. We closely work together with the data owners, to turn their data and domain knowledge into novel insights and tools based on our software and algorithms. 

Department of Data Science

Researchers

Get to know our researchers and their work, you could be working alongside them in this Master's!

I want to show that AI and machine learning exist not only in the digital world; they can have tangible impact on our society.
Dr. Yuliya Shapovalova
Yuliya Shapovalova Assistant professor in Data Science Read Yuliya Shapovalova's story
We need to make AI more interactive so that it better aligns with how our brains work.
Prof. Roel Vertegraal
Roel Vertegraal Professor of Data Science Read Roel Vertegraal's story
I find it extremely exciting to dive deeper into the biomedical world and to figure out which important problems exist where we as computer scientists can really make a difference.
Portrait of Johannes Textor
Johannes Textor Associate Professor - Data Science Read Johannes Textor's story
What immediately grabbed me in this field is the combination of theoretical puzzle-solving and practical application.
Tom Heskes
Tom Heskes Professor - Data Science Read Tom Heskes' story
My research uses simulation models and AI to better understand biological processes, particularly cell movement.
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Inge Wortel Assistant professor - Data Science Read Inge Wortel's story
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Student projects

A large part of this programme is focused on research. As data questions play a role in many different research areas, you have a broad array of research groups to work with during your Master's. You can think of astronomy, particle physics, chemometrics, neuroscience, and bioinformatics. Examples of student projects are:

Research projects

Curious what our researchers are working on? View our ongoing projects.

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Research facilities

New Devices of the Future Lab

In our New Devices of the Future Lab, students and staff experiment with new devices such as smart glasses (e.g. Google glass), smart watches, brain computer interfaces, quadcopters and 3D printers. This lab provides ample opportunities for Data Science students to analyse interesting, nontrivial sensor data.