Student Projects offered by the DSS Group
The Decision-Support Systems (DSS) group is co-responsible for the curriculum of the MSc programme Applied Computing Science (ACS), together with the Algorithmic Systems and the Algorithmic Data Analysis groups. Experimentation and graduation
projects offered by the DSS group to students of this M.Sc. programme
are closely tied to the research conducted within the group. The group roughly pursues two research themes: probabilistic networks and evolutionary computation.
DSS Experimentation projects
The goal is to carry out a small, individual project in algorithmic modelling and design on an interesting research problem from theory or practice, in order
to let students learn how to set up and carry out algorithmic experiments, and how to evaluate and report the results. Experimental research requires a methodological approach: research goals and hypotheses need to be defined unambiguously, experiments need to be designed in a goal-oriented way, experimental results should be statistically significant, and conclusions must be well-justified.
- The project can be done in one period half time (= 7.5 ECTS), one period full time (= 15 ECTS), or two consecutive periods half time (= 15 ECTS).
- The project can be carried out internally, but may also be done in an external research lab or in a company.
- A staff-member from the DSS group is supervisor and examiner of the project.
Projects can be formulated on almost all our research topics and can be specifically tailored to a student's interests. As an inspiration, we provide some global ideas:
A handful of experimentation projects are predefined:
DSS MSc graduation projects
The last nine months of the ACS programme are reserved for a graduation project of 45 ECTS.
- The project can be carried out internally, but may also be done in an external research lab or in a company.
- A staff-member from the DSS group is daily supervisor and examiner of the project.
- A senior staff-member from the DSS group is co-supervisor and examiner of the project.
Graduation projects can be formulated on virtually all our research topics and can be specifically tailored to a student's interestsAs an inspiration, we provide some global ideas:
To get an impression of what a graduation project might entail, you can examine the list of former projects. General information on doing a graduation project can be found in the Protocol and Manual for masters' graduation projects.