Detailed Programme
The programme consists of 4 modules and a sounding-board session
Module 1: Data and Analytics Strategy
Connecting the worlds of data scientist and business expert by:
- Developing a data and analytics strategy that supports your organisation’s digital transformation
- Being inspired by state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence and Big Data applications that create value in multiple industries (Finance, Retail, Telecom, Pharmaceuticals, …)
- Identifying data-driven innovations for your organisation
- Managing analytical teams and projects
Module 2: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics
Familiarising participants – in a way that is understandable for business managers – with the principles of several advanced Artificial Intelligence and Big Data techniques, with a focus on showing the business value of:
- Machine Learning
- Decision Automation
- Network Analysis
- Natural Language Processing
- Deep (reinforcement) learning
Module 3: Operationalising Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
From exploration to exploitation – making your data-driven innovation work by:
- Collecting and integrating multiple data sources
- Integrating big data technology with existing data infrastructure
- Leveraging high-velocity data
- Demonstrating the value of data governance
- Sounding-board session: the real value of this programme is revealed when you start to implement what you have learned. In this session, we help you put your acquired knowledge into action. You will pitch an unfinished data-driven idea, innovation, project or strategy, and receive valuable feedback from Vlerick Faculty experts and your peers.
Module 4: Cultivating Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
Cultivating data-driven decision-making to optimally exploit the newly created Big Data benefits in your organisation:
- How to win customer buy-in by dealing with ethics and privacy in a big data world
- How to facilitate collaboration around AI and Big Data projects with internal stakeholders
- How to promote data savviness within your organisation
Comeback day
- This an important part of your learning journey. Three months after the core modules, we will meet again to reflect on the take-aways of the programme, discuss your implementation of these learnings, and re-connect with your fellow participants.
The value of the programme
The real value of this programme is revealed when you start to implement what you have learned. That’s why we organise a sounding-board session and a comeback day to help you launch a data driven initiative.