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    The Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) program at the Asian Institute of Management is a 14-month intensive program that provides students with a rigorous training in data science techniques, models, and technologies to address the growing demand for data scientists. The MSDS curriculum covers 10 core data science courses, 4 business/management courses, 2 electives, and a capstone project working with real-world problems. The program is designed to equip graduates with the hard and soft skills needed to become data-driven leaders and thinkers.

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    The Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) program at the Asian Institute of Management is a 14-month intensive program that provides students with a rigorous training in data science techniques, models, and technologies to address the growing demand for data scientists. The MSDS curriculum covers 10 core data science courses, 4 business/management courses, 2 electives, and a capstone project working with real-world problems. The program is designed to equip graduates with the hard and soft skills needed to become data-driven leaders and thinkers.

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    MASTER OF SCIENCE

    IN DATA SCIENCE
    School of Innovation, Technology,
    and Entrepreneurship

    The Asian Institute of Management’s Master of Science in CORE DATA SCIENCE COURSES
    Data Science (MSDS) is a pioneering program designed
    • Introduction to Data Science • Neural Networks & Deep Learning
    from the practitioner’s point of view. Crafted by experienced • Mathematics for Data Science • Data Mining & Wrangling
    scientists and international practitioners, the AIM MSDS • Programming for Data Science • Big Data Analytics
    • Data Visualization & Storytelling • Network Science
    curriculum has the appropriate level of rigor in terms of • Computational Statistics
    techniques, models, and technologies used in the field of • Machine Learning
    advanced analytics. This rigorous training is designed to
    ensure that AIM’s MSDS graduates are armed to address
    OTHER COURSES
    the sustained, ever increasing, demand for data scientists,
    data-driven thinkers, and business analysts in this era of big • Design Thinking • Managerial Analytics
    data and digitization. • Casemanship • Ethics

    The AIM MSDS program was diligently fashioned based on the


    requirements of various global institutions and sectors. Therefore, ELECTIVES
    its graduates will be capable of formulating the right questions and
    identifying the correct innovative, data-driven approaches in • Python in Finance • Developing Data Products in R
    addressing highly diverse issues. • Data Science for GIS • Natural Language Processing

    Furthermore, MSDS students will have access to a world-class


    computing facility housed at AIM. The facility is part of the
    Institute’s Analytics, Computing, and Complex Systems (ACCeSS) THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE
    lab — AIM’s interface with various government and industry
    projects as well as world-class research to push the boundaries of AIM’s MSDS program is a four-term, 14-month program. Most core
    Data Science and Complex Systems Science. data science subjects will be three- unit courses. A one-unit course
    in the curriculum comprises 10 sessions, 80 minutes per session.
    As in all AIM programs, the MSDS is structured to guarantee that
    its graduates will acquire the proper fusion of hard and soft skills Class sessions are delivered through lectures with discussions,
    required of future data-driven leaders and thinkers. hands-on exercises, quizzes, and individual and / or group
    seatwork.

    THE CURRICULUM By the end of the second term, top-performing students are
    expected to have already had engagements with AIM mentors and
    The 14-month intensive program constitutes 10 core data science external industry experts to jumpstart their capstone projects.
    modules, four business / management modules, two electives, and
    a capstone project that requires students to work with real-world Since data science is a highly evolving and dynamic subject, the AIM
    problems. MSDS program will also host and organize informal and formal
    journal scans and regular seminars to keep students and the rest
    AIM mentors will guide enrollees as they go through the entire data of the AIM community abreast of latest developments in the field;
    science pipeline, specifically as it applies to dealing with clients. At particularly in business analytics, machine learning, deep learning,
    the end of the program, students will have a job-ready portfolio. and artificial intelligence.

    EMAIL TEL

    To learn more, contact our admissions team: [email protected] +63-2-892-4011 ext. 3004 aim.edu/msds
    MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DATA SCIENCE

    LEAD AIM is known for its practitioner-oriented approach and has,


    MENTORS therefore, recruited the best domain experts in the region as mentors.

    Christopher P. Monterola, PhD Erika Fille T. Legara, PhD


    is a Professor at the Asian Institute is an Associate Professor at the
    of Management. He heads the Asian Institute of Management. She
    Institute’s School of Innovation, is the Academic Program Director
    Technology, and Entrepreneurship of the Institute’s MS in Data
    and is also the Executive Managing Science, the first data science
    Director of the Analytics, Computing, graduate program in the
    and Complex Systems (ACCeSS) Philippines.
    Laboratory at AIM.

    Chris has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in the field of Erika specializes in data-driven analytics and modeling,
    Computational and Statistical Physics, Neural Networks, Predictive computational social science, network science, and agent-based
    Analytics, Complex Systems, and Machine Learning. modelling. Her current research is geared toward understanding
    complex systems through the data science lens and determining
    Chris has led and managed multimillion-dollar research projects the mechanisms that drive and control them — from cities and
    in both the public and private sectors in the Philippines and abroad. societies, to financial and economic systems, to business
    Prior to joining AIM, Chris was a Senior Scientist and the founding institutions. She obtained her PhD in Physics from the University
    head of the Complex Systems group at the Computing Science of the Philippines in Diliman, garnering the Most Outstanding
    Department of the Institute of High Performance Computing, Graduate Student Award and the Edgardo Gomez Excellence in
    A*STAR, Singapore. Dissertation Award in 2011.

    He was simultaneously Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Prior to joining AIM, Erika was a scientist at innovation think tank
    Complexity Institute, NTU, Singapore. Prior to working in Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore. At A*STAR, she was involved as principal
    he was a Professor at the University of the Philippines in Diliman investigator, co-principal investigator, and / or research scientist
    and a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics in multiple projects with various government agencies, industries,
    of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany. including multinational companies.

    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

    • Undergraduate degree with minimum course requirements MSDS is open to two types of candidates —
    and / or work experience
    • Completely filled out online application
    • Updated Curriculum Vitae
    Fresh Graduates With Work Experience
    • AIM Data Science Qualifying Exam, GMAT, or GRE Score Report
    • Transcript of Academic Records Course Requirements At least one of the following
    • Professional Recommendation (if self-employed, a Certificate of Business
    Registration instead) • Linear Algebra • At least two years of technical
    • Valid government-issued ID or ID page of passport for • Basic Calculus work experience, preferably in
    non-Filipino applicants • At least one of the following : data analysis and / or data
    computer programming, engineering
    probability and statistics, • At least two years of work
    econometrics, advanced experience with SAS, Matlab /
    APPLICATION physics, advanced mathematics, Octave, BI tools, R Python, C /
    or any subject that involves C++ and / or other data science /
    Application is now open, limited to 40 seats on a first come, advanced quantitative and analytics tools
    first served basis. Enrollment starts February 2018. mathematical rigor

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