Artificial Intelligence

Overview

It guarantees an interdisciplinary education in which computer science intersects with philosophy, psychology, linguistics, engineering and other fields. It focuses on knowledge engineering, automatic learning and multi-agent systems, natural language processing, reasoning and problem solving, soft computing and AI technologies, as well as professional practice of AI techniques.

The doctoral degree in AI, which follows on from this master’s degree, has been awarded the Spanish Ministry of Education’s Quality Award every year since 2003 until 2010. It is now a verified programme.

This Artificial Intelligence programme is offered at Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

Professional opportunities

The master’s degree is addressed to students who wish to acquire advanced knowledge in AI in order to occupy positions of responsibility in industry, the public sector or academia, in Spain or abroad. The programme covers many research areas related to the design, analysis and application of AI. Students who undertake this master’s degree will be equipped to:

• Deal with technically complex problems that require a degree of innovation and/or research.
• Make strategically important decisions within their professional domain.
• Pursue doctoral studies within the domain of information and communication technologies at the UPC, the URV, the UB or abroad.

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

• Design and implement computer-based studies, including cost analysis and execution adjusted to the available resources and the existing procedures.
• Satisfy different organisations' information-analysis needs and identify sources of uncertainty and variability.
• Solve the decision-making problems of different organisations and integrate intelligent tools.
• Apply artificial intelligence techniques in technological and industrial settings in order to improve quality and productivity.
• Design, draft and present reports on computer-related projects, specifically in the field of artificial intelligence.
• Design new computer tools and artificial intelligence techniques in their professional practice.
• Assimilate and integrate changes in the economic, social and technological milieu into the goals and procedures of computer work in intelligent systems.
• Respect regulations and ethics in their professional practice.
• Respect the environment and design and develop intelligent systems that promote environmental sustainability.