MSc in Human-Centred Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

You will be trained in adventurous and exciting computational science, working on real-world challenges that will transform society and the economy. While there are valid concerns about what impact big data and artificial intelligence might have on individuals, communities, jobs and society, this programme focuses on human potential, needs, desires and cares, and how these motivations can be used to drive innovation.

You will undertake your major project in collaboration with one of our world-class partners (including Google, Facebook, NHS, Tata Steel, Ford, Microsoft and many more), and also take part in a range of additional skill-enhancing activities such as sandpits, retreats and focused training events. As part of a close-knit cohort, students will learn human-centred methods, grounded in a broad range of theoretical, experimental, domain and methodological perspectives to understand how these can amplify and enhance the human potential in big data and AI.

Topics Likely To Be Covered

• Human-Centred Perspectives and Methods
• Industrial Partner Case Studies
• Big Data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Abuses, Biases and Blessings of Data
• Trust, Argumentation and Verification
• Visual Analytics
• Interfaces and Modalities
• Critical Systems
• Data-Structures and Architectures
• Human-Centred Evaluation and Analysis
• Choice of topics relating to Law, Healthcare, and Factories of the Future

Why Human-Centred Big Data and Artificial Intelligence at Swansea?

Computer Science at Swansea University is widely acknowledged as a leading UK department, with a raft of impressive rankings reflecting teaching and research excellence. The College is ranked:

• 8th in the UK overall [Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019]
• In the UK Top 20 for Research Excellence [Research Excellence Framework 2014]
• 14th in the UK for research [Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2019]
• UK University of the Year Runner-up and Welsh University of the Year [Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2019]

Computer Science and Engineering at Swansea is world-ranked 401-500 in the 2017 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS).

Your Human-Centred Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Experience

Your experience will be far from the “norm”: you will build yourself and others up into something that is not just a “cohort” of students but rather a movement, active, dynamic and empowering that is driven to do excellent science with purpose and impact.

You will undertake a series of compulsory and optional 15-credit modules in the first part of the course, while a 60-credit project module will occupy most of the second stage. We will use a variety of stimulating and innovative methods to help you extend and apply your thinking. These will include sandpits, retreats, international visits, side projects and secondments. Responsible innovation will be actively explored and promoted in all of our work.

The new Computational Foundry on our Bay Campus is central to your experience at Swansea. It is already the nucleus of a vibrant community for world-class research leaders in computer science. Over the course of this degree, you will be taught by staff from internationally renowned research groups within the Computational Foundry and beyond. Their knowledge of constant developments in Computer Science helps to keep your learning fresh and relevant to the wider industry.

Swansea University was named University of the Year in the 2019 Whatuni Student Choice Awards for the second time in five years. As well as being crowned University of the Year, Swansea University took the top spot in the International category and placed top three in the Postgraduate, and Course and Lecturers categories. The Whatuni Student Choice Awards are voted for entirely by students, with more than 41,000 reviews and comments submitted from more than 160 UK institutions.

In the prestigious Guardian University Guide 2021, we are placed 24th in the UK and have won the Welsh University of the Year title for the second time in three years, cementing our position as Wales’ leading higher education institution.

We place our students at the heart of everything. As a result, we achieved a gold rating, the highest rating possible, in the national Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) and are ranked 6th in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey for 2020.

Our stunning waterfront campuses make us a desirable location for students and staff from around the world, and our multicultural community provides a global perspective, enabling those who join us to develop skills and knowledge that set them on successful and enriching careers.