Presentation of the Master in Artificial Intelligence
Inspired by the dual-track swiss education system, the Master focuses to a large extent on the acquisition of professional expertise. It combines cutting-edge theoretical courses and work-based learning in a company. The student specialises in AI and develops artificial intelligence projects within the company he/she works for. Projects are supervised by AI researchers and specialists of the Idiap Research Institute, a national centre of AI expertise.
This unique university education is the fruit of a strategic partnership between the Swiss Distance University Institute and Idiap. Distance University offers an advanced technical and organisational infrastructure thanks to its expertise in e-learning and its status within the Swiss higher education system. Idiap offers scientific expertise as a national competence centre in artificial intelligence and expert in technology transfer.