Data Science 2025-26

Block "Projects & SHS"

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
HSS : Introduction to project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
Winter session
3
HSS : Project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
Summer session
3
Semester research project in Data Science
COM-412 / Section SC
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 2h
  • Individual project: 2h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
12

Group 1

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Algorithms II
CS-450 / Section IN
Kapralov
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 3h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Applied data analysis
CS-401 / Section SC
Brbic
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Foundations of Data Science
COM-406 / Section IN
Gastpar
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Information security and privacy (This course will be last given in fall 2025. This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
COM-402 / Section IN
Payer
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Machine learning
CS-433 / Section IN
West
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Modern natural language processing
CS-552 / Section IN
Bosselut
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
8
Optimization for machine learning
CS-439 / Section IN
Flammarion, Jaggi
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Lab: 1h
Summer session
Written
8
Systems for data management and data science
CS-460 / Section IN
Ailamaki, Kermarrec
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Lab: 2h
Summer session
Written
8

Group 2 : Options

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced compiler construction
CS-420 / Section IN
Schinz
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Advanced cryptography (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
COM-501 / Section SC
Vaudenay
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
6
Advanced probability and applications
COM-417 / Section SC
Shkel
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
CS-523 / Section IN
Vacat
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
Written
8
AI product management
CS-500 / Section IN
Kaboli, Zamir
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 3h
-
Winter session
During the semester
6
Applied biostatistics (Pas donné en 2025-26)
MATH-493 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
5
Automatic speech processing
EE-554 / Section EL
Magimai Doss
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Basics of mobile robotics
MICRO-452 / Section MT
Mondada
EN
  • Courses: 1h
  • TP: 1h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Causal inference
MGT-416 / Section MTE
Kiyavash
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Causal thinking
MATH-352 / Section MA
Stensrud
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Computational complexity
CS-524 / Section IN
Göös
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
6
Computational linear algebra
MATH-453 / Section MA
Kressner
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Computational neurosciences: neuronal dynamics
NX-465 / Section NX
Gerstner
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Computers and music (Pas donné en 2025-26)
COM-418 / Section SC
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Oral
6
Computer vision
CS-442 / Section IN
Fua
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
6
Concurrent computing
CS-453 / Section SC
Guerraoui
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Cryptography and security (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
COM-401 / Section SC
Vaudenay
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Data visualization
COM-480 / Section SC
Vuillon
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Deep learning
EE-559 / Section EL
Cavallaro
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Deep learning in biomedicine (pas donné en 2025-26)
CS-502 / Section IN
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Deep reinforcement learning (Pas donné en 2025-26)
CS-456 / Section IN
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 1h
Summer session
Written
6
Digital education
CS-411 / Section IN
Dillenbourg, Jermann, Käser
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Distributed algorithms
CS-451 / Section SC
Guerraoui
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 3h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Distributed information systems (Pas donné en 2025-26)
CS-423 / Section SC
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Ethics and law of AI
DH-415 / Section DH
Rochel
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Formal verification (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
CS-550 / Section IN
Kuncak
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
During the semester
8
Foundation models and generative AI
CS-461 / Section IN
Bunne
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Geometric computing (Pas donné en 2025-26 - Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans )
CS-457 / Section IN
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Graph theory
MATH-360 / Section MA
Janzer
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Image analysis and pattern recognition
EE-451 / Section EL
Thiran
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • TP: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Image processing I
MICRO-511 / Section MT
Unser, Van De Ville
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
3
Image processing II
MICRO-512 / Section MT
Sage, Unser, Van De Ville
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
3
Information theory and coding
COM-404 / Section SC
Telatar
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Interaction design
CS-486 / Section IN
Pu
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Interactive theorem proving (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
CS-428 / Section IN
Barrière, Pit-Claudel
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
8
Introduction to natural language processing
CS-431 / Section IN
Bosselut, Chappelier, Rajman
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Introduction to quantum cryptography (This course is a « depth » for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor)
COM-440 / Section IN
Vidick
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Large-scale data science for real-world data
COM-490 / Section SC
Bouillet, Delgado, Sarni, Verscheure
EN
-
  • Course based project: 4h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Learning in neural networks
CS-479 / Section IN
Gerstner
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 1h
Summer session
Oral
6
Learning theory
CS-526 / Section IN
Macris
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
6
Linear models
MATH-341 / Section MA
Panaretos
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Machine learning for behavioral data
CS-421 / Section IN
Käser
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
Written
6
Markov chains and algorithmic applications (Cours biennal)
COM-516 / Section SC
Lévêque, Macris
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Mathematics of data: from theory to computation
EE-556 / Section EL
Cevher
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Course based project: 3h
-
Winter session
Written
6
Network machine learning
EE-452 / Section EL
Frossard, Thanou
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Networks out of control (Cours biennal)
COM-512 / Section SC
Grossglauser, Thiran
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
Written
6
Optional research project in Data Science
COM-508 / Section SC
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 2h
  • Individual project: 2h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8
Project management and risk analysis
MGT-427 / Section MTE
Wieser
FR
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Regression methods
MATH-408 / Section MA
Limnios
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Secure hardware design (Pas donné en 2025-26. This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
CS-447 / Section IN
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 4h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Software security (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
CS-412 / Section IN
Payer
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Lab: 1h
Summer session
Written
8
Statistical inference
MATH-562 / Section MA
Chandak
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Statistical theory
MATH-442 / Section MA
Zemel
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Student seminar: security protocols and applications (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
COM-506 / Section SC
Vaudenay
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
3
Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis (Cours biennal)
CS-448 / Section IN
Kapralov
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Time series
MATH-342 / Section MA
Olhede
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Topics in theoretical computer science (Cours biennal)
CS-455 / Section IN
Svensson
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
6
Visual intelligence
CS-503 / Section IN
Zamir
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
6

Master project

Courses
Language
Master 1
Master 2
MP Autumn
MP Spring
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Engineering internship credited with Master project (master in Data science)
COM-596 / Section SC
Profs divers
EN
  • Individual project: 320h
  • Individual project: 320h
  • Individual project: 320h
  • Individual project: 320h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
0
Master project in Data science
COM-598 / Section SC
Profs divers
EN
-
-
  • Individual project: 900h
  • Individual project: 900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
30