Data Science @ UM

Research

Our researchers advance the state of the art in data science methods, tools, and infrastructure, use these in a broad set of societally relevant applications, and study the nature, emergence and consequence of the digital society.

Education

Maastricht University offers data science education at all levels: bachelor's programmes, master's programmes and expert courses for professionals.

Community

Experts in Data Science from different application fields will meet in multi-disciplinary teams to share and combine their knowledge in order to create data driven innovations

The data science community at Maastricht University

News

The first ever Women in Data Science Conference in Maastricht
Thursday, March 5, 2020

Women in Data Science (WiDS) aims to showcase outstanding work done by women in the field. WiDS started at Stanford in November 2015 and has now evolved into a global conference with more than 200 events worldwide.

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Women in Data Science Datathon a big success
Friday, February 21, 2020

Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon is a data-focused hackathon which invites students and faculty members from all backgrounds as well as practitioners from industry and government to participate in a global challenge.

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"I’m surprised by the recentness of the knowledge that I gained"
Monday, December 16, 2019

Marc Pont, alumnus of the master's programme in Data Science for Decision Making, discusses the atmosphere, curriculum and job search.

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Research into Japanese puzzles prompts London adventure for master's student
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
A love for Japanese culture snowballed into a London conference trip for Lianne Hufkens, master's student Artificial Intelligence.
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Mark Winands appointed as professor of Machine Reasoning
Monday, November 4, 2019
Mark Winands has been appointed as professor of Machine Reasoning at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE).
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UM students develop #MeTooMaastricht Chatbot
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DKE’s Class of 2019: what’s next?
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Following the graduation ceremonies on July 11 and 12, we asked four brand new graduates about their next steps in life. We also asked them to reflect – perhaps for the last time – on their time at DKE.
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FSE students place first in international hackathon
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
A group of bachelor’s students of the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) and Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) won the Eramet challenge at the VivaTechnology Hackathon in Paris during the weekend of 18 May.
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Horizon 2020: data-driven law enforcement tools and a new take on architecture and design
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Two new H2020 projects on the horizon for the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering: Dr. Apostolis Zarras contributes to PREVISION and Dr. Alexia Briassouli strengthens the MindSpaces consortium.
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Smart devices tailor their teaching to your emotions
Thursday, May 16, 2019
For the European Horizon 2020 innovation project MaTHiSiS, researchers taught machines how to teach you by learning from watching you learn.
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New: Digital Society bachelor’s programme
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Twenty million euros for fighting Alzheimer’s using big data
Monday, May 13, 2019
The Province of Limburg, Maastricht UMC+ and Maastricht University (UM) are jointly investing €20 million in a new research institute, called BReIN (Brightlands e-Infrastructure for Neurohealth). The spiritual father of BReIN is Maastricht professor of Environmental Health, Jos Kleinjans.
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11 DKE students listed in Dutch ‘Top 500 tech talents under 26’
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Technology conference TNW catalogues 500 of the Dutch tech world’s most talented people under the age of 26. This year’s list – the T500 – features three alumni and eight current students of the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE). Among them is Dirk Bongers, DKE master's student.
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Big data in healthcare
Thursday, April 25, 2019
How can you further improve healthcare with the use of ‘big data’? That question is central to many scientific studies worldwide. Last month, two PhD candidates at Maastricht University defended their theses based on this same key question.
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Stella Maris Student Rick Okkersen (14) spins up a grin cryptocurrency miner in one day
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Odd one out: student presents bachelor thesis at esteemed conference
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Philippe Debie is literally going the extra mile to present his bachelor thesis at a renowned international conference in Santiago, Chile.
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Master in BISS: for the data architects of the future
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ICT care solutions for patients with Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s Disease
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
As part of the European consortium behind the ICT4Life project, Dr. Stelios Asteriadis and his group developed personalized care solutions for patients with neurodegenerative disorders.
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Increased wealth of knowledge at Brightlands Smart Services Campus
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Maastricht University (UM), Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (Zuyd) and the Open University (OU) will expand their activities at the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen. The three knowledge institutions now each start their own institute. They continue their successful cooperation through joint projects. The new initiatives will work (together) more decisively on innovation, research and education in the field of digital societies.
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Five years KE@Work, more A-team than Beauty and the Beast
Monday, January 21, 2019
What makes the KE@Work partnership unique, and which philosophy is behind the programme’s collaboration?
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