Data Science 2026-27

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
West
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Course based project: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Foundations of Data Science
COM-406 / Section IN
Gastpar, Urbanke
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Oral
8
Machine learning
CS-433 / Section IN
Flammarion, Jaggi
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
Summer 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 for global health
CS-467 / Section IN
Hartley
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Course based project: 12h
-
Winter session
During the semester
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
Algorithmic game theory
MGT-435 / Section MTE
Cristi
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
4
Applied biostatistics (Pas donné en 2026-27)
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
Brain-style learning in neural networks
CS-479 / Section IN
Gerstner
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 1h
Summer session
Oral
6
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
Summer 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 2026-27)
COM-418 / Section SC
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
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
CS-502 / Section IN
Brbic
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Digital education
CS-411 / Section IN
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 intelligent systems (Pas donné en 2026-27)
ENG-466 / Section SIE
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Lab: 2h
  • Course based project: 1h
-
Winter session
Oral
5
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: 2h
Summer session
Written
6
Geometric computing (Cours donné en alternance tous les deux ans )
CS-457 / Section IN
Pauly
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 1h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Graph theory
MATH-360 / Section MA
Bradac
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
Preti, 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
Shkel
EN
  • Courses: 4h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
8
Interactive theorem proving (This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.)
CS-428 / Section IN
Pit-Claudel
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 1h
  • Lab: 2h
Summer session
During the semester
8
Introduction to quantum cryptography (This course is a « depth » for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor)
COM-440 / Section IN
Liu, Vidick
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
Oral
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 theory (Pas donné en 2026-27)
CS-526 / Section IN
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 (Pas donné en 2026-27 - Cours biennal)
COM-516 / Section SC
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 (Pas donné en 2026-27 - Cours biennal)
COM-512 / Section SC
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
Seminar on applied cryptography (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
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
Wang
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
5
Statistical physics of computation
PHYS-512 / Section PH
Erba, Krzakala, Vacat, Zdeborová
EN
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
-
Winter session
Written
4
Statistical theory (Pas donné en 2026-27)
MATH-442 / Section MA
EN
-
  • Courses: 2h
  • Exercises: 2h
Summer session
Written
5
Sublinear algorithms
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
CS-455 / Section IN
Svensson
EN
  • Courses: 3h
  • Exercises: 1h
-
Winter session
During the semester
6
Urban digital twins
URB-410 / Section SIE
Kaplan
EN
-
  • Courses: 3h
  • Course based project: 1h
Summer session
During the semester
4
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