The Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology (Hochschule Luzern – Informatik) is a professional school for information technology (IT) in Switzerland. Often called just School of Information Technology, it is a division of the

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (german: Hochschule Luzern) (HSLU) is one of seven regional, public-funded universities of applied sciences founded in 1997 in its current form. The University was called University of Applied Scienc ...

. The campus is in

Rotkreuz Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages (Rotkreuz, Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern) belong to the municipality ''Risch''. On 24 November 2007 it was decided to promote th ...

Kanton Zug The canton of Zug, also Zoug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: , rm, Chantun Zug, french: Canton de Zoug, it, Canton Zugo) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its Capital (political), capital ...

History

The Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology was formed in 2016 as a separate department of the

. The department was merged from the IT department of the School of Engineering and Architecture and the institute of business informatic of the Business School and Management. The campus is

. A new building there, used jointly with the Institute of Financial Services, was opened in 2019. All study programs are offered at one location.

Study programs

Research at the School of Information Technology includes studies of

constraint satisfaction In artificial intelligence and operations research, constraint satisfaction is the process of finding a solution through a set of constraints that impose conditions that the variables must satisfy. A solution is therefore a set of values for th ...

and discrete optimisation,

digital image processing Digital image processing is the use of a digital computer to process digital images through an algorithm. As a subcategory or field of digital signal processing, digital image processing has many advantages over analog image processing. It allo ...

machine learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence. Machine ...

mobile computing Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage, which allows for the transmission of data, voice, and video. Mobile computing involves mobile communication, mobile hardware ...

, and

natural language processing Natural language processing (NLP) is an interdisciplinary subfield of linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence concerned with the interactions between computers and human language, in particular how to program computers to pro ...

. The school offers

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

s and

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

s. The six bachelor study programs are: * Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning * Digital Ideation *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

* Information and Cyber Security * International IT Management * Business Information Technology. The study program for cyber security was installed in 2018, as the first such course at a university of applied sciences in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Guy Parmelin Guy Bernard Parmelin (; born 9 November 1959) is a Swiss politician, who served as president of Switzerland in 2021, having previously served as vice president of Switzerland in 2020. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he has been ...

who was then Bundesrat responsible for defence and security, and is now

president of Switzerland The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the Confederation or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by t ...

, inaugurated the program that he had promoted. The master's study courses are: *

Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Science in Engineering (abbreviated MSE, M.Sc.Eng. or MScEng) is a type of Master of Science awarded by universities in many countries. It is an academic degree to be differentiated from a Master of Engineering. A Master of Science in ...

* Master of Science in Business Information Technology * Master Digital Ideation A joint master's degree is offered in the field of Specialized Media.

Impact

In international collaboration, the school works with universities such as

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

. It is a partner in international conferences, such as the Swisstext 2016, a conference for

text analytics Text mining, also referred to as ''text data mining'', similar to text analytics, is the process of deriving high-quality information from text. It involves "the discovery by computer of new, previously unknown information, by automatically extract ...

. The school and the division of innovation and technology launched a project in 2017 aiming at a connection and collaboration between

small and medium-sized enterprises Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits. The abbreviation "SME" is used by international organizations such as the World Bank ...

(SME) and start-ups. In 2018, scientists from the Lucerne School of Information Technology participated in an international research network project to advise politicians of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

(EU) regarding blockchain technology. The school is sponsored by large companies in the region such as

Siemens Building Technologies Siemens Building Technologies is an Operating Division of Siemens. It provides automation technologies and services for commercial, industrial and public buildings and infrastructures. The division is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and empl ...

and

Roche Diagnostics F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX S ...

, and smaller companies. The companies expect qualified personnel and a collaboration in education and research.

References

External links

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Lucerne School of Information Technology
auviso.ch
Porträt Hochschule Luzern – Informatik
(in German) ausbildung-weiterbildung.ch
SUUR / Neubau Hochschule Luzern – Campus Zug – Informatik u. Wirtschaft, Zug
(in German) buerokonstrukt.ch *
Eröffnung Studiengang BSc Information & Cyber Security 2018
(in German) netclose.ch {{authority control Universities in Switzerland Education in Lucerne