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Master Computer Science

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Courses

Course	uSis code	Institute	ECTS	Level	Period	Location	Teachers
Global Business Game	4343BSGBG	LIACS	0	400		Leiden	Visser, prof.dr.ir. J.M.W., Schilt, drs. J. (extern)
Integrated and Digital Organizational Development	4343BSIDO	LIACS	3	500		Leiden	Tockenburger, prof.dr. L. (extern)
Machine Learning for Business Analytics	4343BSMLB	LIACS	3	500		Leiden	Hilbert, dr. M.
Advances in Data Mining	4343ADVDM	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Knobbe, dr. A.J.
Agentic Large Language Models	4343ALLMO	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Duijn, dr. M.J. van, Meer, dr. M. van der, Plaat, prof.dr. A., Stein, dr. N. van
AI and Art	4343AIART	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Soydaner, dr. D.
AI in Society	4343AISOC	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Kripe, dr. Z.
Artificial Creatures	4383ARCR3	LIACS	3	500		Leiden	Putten, dr. P.W.H. van der
Audio Processing and Indexing	4343AUDIO	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Bakker, dr. E.M.
Automated Machine Learning	4343AUTMX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Rijn, dr. J.N. van
Bayesian Optimisation	4343BAYOP	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Raponi, dr. E.
Complex Networks (BM)	4609COMNW	?	6	400		Leiden	Saxena, dr. A., Garlaschelli, prof.dr. D., Hazra, dr. R.S.
Computational Creativity	4383COMCR	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Saunders, dr. R., Verhoef, dr. T.
Computational Models and Semantics	4343CMS6X	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Basold, dr. H., Ford, Dr.ing. M.C.
Data Science in Practice	4343DASPR	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Reisen, prof. dr. M. van
Evolutionary Algorithms	4343EVALX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Wang, dr. H.
Formal Methods for AI	4343FMFAI	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Yu, dr. E.
Hardware Accelerator Design	4343HACDE	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Zidaric, dr. N.
Introduction to Deep Learning	4343INDLX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Pelt, dr. D.M.
Multimedia Systems	4343MMSY6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Bakker, dr. E.M., Lew, prof.dr. M.S.K.
Quantum Algorithms	4343QUALG	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Dawid-Lekowska, dr. A.M.
Regulatory Governance for Data Science	4343BSRGD	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Reisen, prof. dr. M. van
Seminar Advanced Deep Reinforcement Learning	4343SADRL	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Moerland, dr. T.
Social Network Analysis for Computer Scientists	4343SNACS	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Jong, R.G. de, Takes, prof.dr. F.W.
Software Development and Product Management	4343BSSDP	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Leeuwen, drs. P. van
System and Software Security	4343SYSSS	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Gadyatskaya, dr. O., Mentens, prof.dr.ir. N.
Text Mining	4343TXTMX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Verberne, prof.dr. S.
Urban Computing	4343URBC6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Baratchi, dr. M.
Cyber Security Management	4343BSCSM	LIACS	3	500		Leiden	Makri, dr.ir. E.
Data-driven Policy making	4343BSDPM	LIACS	3	500		Leiden	Giest, prof.dr. S.
Applied Quantum Algorithms	4343APQAL	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Dawid-Lekowska, dr. A.M., Tura Brugués, dr. J.
Bio-Modeling	4343BIOMD	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Cao, dr. L.
Causal Inference for Computer Scientists	4343CICSX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Salehkaleybar, dr. S.
Cloud Computing	4343CLCMX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Rietveld, dr. K.F.D.
Computational Imaging and Tomography	4343CIMTO	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Batenburg, prof.dr. K.J.
Cryptographic Engineering	4343CRYPE	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Mentens, prof.dr.ir. N.
Data-driven Optimisation for Real-World Applications	4343DDORW	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Fan, dr. Y.
Distributed Systems	4343DISYX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Nieuwpoort, prof.dr. R.V. van
Embedded Systems and Software	4343EMBSS	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Stefanov, dr. T.P.
Enterprise Architecture	4343BSEA6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Kruiswijk, J.B.
Foundations of Software Testing	4343FSWT6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Bonsangue, prof.dr. M.M.
High Performance Computing	4343HIPX6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Werkhoven, dr. B.J.C. van
Information Retrieval	4343INFRX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Verberne, prof.dr. S.
Information Theoretic Data Mining	4343ITDM6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Leeuwen, prof.dr. M. van, Yang, dr. L.
Managing Software Evolution	4343BSMSE	LIACS	3	500		Leiden	Visser, prof.dr.ir. J.M.W.
Model-Driven System Development	4343BSMDS	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Ramackers, dr. G.J.
Modern Game AI Algorithms	4343MGAIX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Preuss, dr. M.
Modes of Cognition	4383MODCO	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Verhoef, dr. T.
Multicriteria Optimization and Decision Analysis	4343MOADX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Wang, dr. H.
Multimodal Models for Ecology and Biodiversity	4343MMEBX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Pucci, dr. R.
Natural Language Processing for Social Good	4343NLPSG	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Plaza-del-Arco, dr. F.M.
Network Science Seminar	4343NSCSE	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Jong, R.G. de, Saxena, dr. A., Takes, prof.dr. F.W., Bokanyi, dr. E.
Proof Formalisation	4343PROFX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Kappé, dr. T.W.J.
Recommender Systems	4343RECSX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Ren, dr. Z.
Reinforcement Learning	4343RINLX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Plaat, prof.dr. A.
Robotics	4343ROBO6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Bakker, dr. E.M.
Seminar Advances in Deep Learning	4343SADL6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Doughty, dr. H.R.
Seminar Combinatorial Algorithms	4343SECAL	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Bergh, dr. M.J.H. van den, Vis, dr. J.K.
Software Verification	4343SWVRX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Laarman, dr. A.W.
Sports Data Science	4343SPDSX	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Knobbe, dr. A.J.
Capstone Cases	4343BSCC4	LIACS	4	500		Leiden	Stettina, dr. C.J.
Master Class	4343MACLA	LIACS	0	600		Leiden	Preuss, dr. M.
Master Class (Computer Science & Business Studies)	4343BSMAC	LIACS	0	600		Leiden	Heijstek, dr. W., Visser, prof.dr.ir. J.M.W.
Video Games for Research	4383VGFR6	LIACS	6	500		Leiden	Barbero, dr. G., Preuss, dr. M.

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