Applied Research in Computer Science (MSc)

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 customers’ needs. If you want to become part of this effort and help to bring results from basic research into practice while gaining professional experience in local companies in Upper Franconia and the surrounding area, then this Master's 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 users’ 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 Master’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.