An M.Sc. computer science program in RUNI, focusing on machine learning and data science

• Author: TAMAR SHACHAF SCHNEIDER
• Published date: 23 April 2023
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

In recent years, data science methodologies have become a foundational language and a main development tool for science and industry. Machine learning and data-driven methods have developed considerably and now penetrate almost all areas of modern life. The vision of a data-driven world presents many exciting challenges to data experts in diverse fields of application, such as medical science, life science, social science, environmental science, finance, economics, business

Graduates of the program are successful in becoming data scientists in Israeli hi-tech companies. Lior Zeida Cohen, a graduate of the program says "After earning a BA degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion and working as an engineer and later leading a control systems development team, I sought out a graduate degree program that would allow me to delve deeply into the fields of Data Science and Machine Learning while also allowing me to continue working...