Applied Research in Computer Science (MSc) at Hof University of Applied Sciences

About

Digitalisation is not just about converting analogue information to a digital format, but includes changing business models, providing services around products, and open innovation. In a world where fast time to market is increasingly important, corporations are well advised to listen to their customers for suggestions for improvement or new products and work closely together with universities and research labs to incorporate the latest technologies that help them to fulfil their customersâ€™ needs. If you want to become part of this action and help bring results from foundational research to practical use while gaining work experience atÂ local enterprises in upper Franconia and its surrounding area, then this Master's study programme is right for you. Playing with the latest technologies Within the Institute of Information Systems, we are working with the latest technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems, smart data and data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, autonomous cars, and digital mobility as well as digital healthcare and the Internet of Things. We bring these technologies together by creating applications that really help people, are easy to use, and respect usersâ€™ privacy requirements. We are dealing with recent trends like usability, speech recognition, and natural language processing as well as listening to the challenges that the industry is facing. Bringing together users' needs and technological possibilities is at the heart of our mission. What does Hof University of Applied Sciences offer? Being part of our multi-disciplinary team of experts with backgrounds in computer science, electrical engineering, business information systems, information science, and business law will enrich your career. You can combine the best of multiple worlds by gaining a Masterâ€™s degree, having fun with the latest technologies, and learning about scientific research methods and a structured approach to problem solving while experiencing the working situation in our partner corporations. Talented people with good ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit will get direct support from our digital startup centre Einstein1 in order to build their own company right away. Graduates with excellent grades will get an opportunity to proceed with PhD studies. How does it work? The study programme consists of work in research projects of the research groups at the Institute of Information Systems (iisys), special lectures in research methodology as well as lectures in computer science subjects, organisation science and business law. There will be a good mixture of practical work like programming and training of social skills (in meetings and by giving presentations) as well as conceptual work like creating architecture models, doing criteria-based comparisons or literature reviews to find suitable algorithms, and research approaches.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, media informatics, mobile computing or business information systems, or comparable study programmes (Please note: electrical engineering is NOT in compliance with the requirements.) Above average grades in object-oriented programming, software engineering, computer networks and databases Written application that includes your Bachelor's thesis, a certification about an internship or practical work of at least 18 weeks, and a two-page literature review about a scientific topic of one of the iisys research groups Oral exam with questions and discussion of a case study presented by you (can be done via video chat)