About Artificial Intelligence - Cognitive Science Track, Master Degree - at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Understand the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and human behaviour
AI's applications are highly diverse, ranging from optimising internet searches to supporting elderly people with dementia. The VU's Artificial Intelligence programme allows you to analyse, develop and apply new AI techniques to come up with solutions that make sense within their social context.
In your first year, you'll take a number of compulsory courses that cover the key concepts of AI. You'll learn how human behaviour can be interpreted based on sensor data and computational models of physiological and cognitive processes. You'll gain experience in integrating such models in dedicated, intelligent applications that support humans in their daily lives. And you'll work with these systems to make sure they're truly aware of the way humans operate.
In your second year, you'll specialise. And there are lots of possibilities and opportunities to do so. You can continue to study AI techniques in more depth, building on the core topics. And you can choose advanced elective courses in these or more specific AI topics like Deep Learning.
In the specialisation phase, you can also study a particular area of application - such as supporting people in following a healthy lifestyle or caring for the elderly. Or you can focus on a relevant scientific discipline: psychology, sociology, movement sciences, or biomedical sciences, for example.
Another option is to continue in the specialised Cognitive Science track, during which you'll gain an in-depth understanding of the cognitive aspects of AI.
The VU's AI programme is a pioneer in the development of intelligent systems. As a Master's student, you'll get the opportunity to work on advanced information systems at a wide range of companies and institutions. Some recent examples include:
- Semantic navigation on overheid.nl (the Dutch government website)
- A personal "quit assistant" to help people give up smoking
- Adaptive personal music choices during sports training, in collaboration with Philips
- New forms of online publication for Elsevier
- A knowledge system to predict problems with Amsterdam's trams and other public transport
- An intelligent opponent that's able to anticipate a player's actions in a real-time action game
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