Dear Colleagues, With great enthusiasm we share our most currently developed excellence, low-residency, master’s program answering the continual evolving needs of the field. ------------------ DATA STUDIES Masters of Science focuses on the critical juncture between the birth of new research paradigms, methods & tools, and the increasingly complex politics of social media as contested global platforms and data repositories. ==> POST-GRADUATE - (Masters of Science, 120 ECTS, 5-semester) (Academic Expert, 60 ECTS, 3-semester (Certified Program, 30 ECTS, 2-3 semester) ==> MODULARIZED – Created to accommodate the needs of working professionals, the modularized and low-residency program "Data Studies" conveys the core skills of contemporary digital science over seven intensive 4-6 day modules held in Austria. ==> START – 18. November 2014 -------------------- ==> BRAIN TRUST - Data Studies brings together the best experts in the field - excerpt from the international faculty: David M. BERRY (London), Axel BRUNS (Sidney), Carolin GERLITZ (Amsterdam), Lev MANOVICH (New York), Warren SACK (Santa Cruz), Regine BUSCHAUER (Basel), Theo Röhle (Braunschweig), Annika RICHTERICH (Maastricht), Shintaro MIYAZAKI (BASEL), Ramón REICHERT (Vienna) and Oliver GRAU (DanubeU). ==> WHY - There has been a data rush in the past decade – one brought about by companies producing big amounts of data, another by the ubiquity of online communication, social media in particular (YouTube, Google Earth, Tumblr, Twitter, Pinterest, FeedBurner and Facebook), and by the adoption within the social sciences and digital humanities of analytical software-based tools. Big Data is the big challenge of our time in computing and humanities. It generates value from very large data sets, which cannot be analyzed with traditional computing techniques. ==> CONTENT - The new post-graduate course DATA STUDIES starting this November responds to the increasing demand for competencies bridged between cultural and computer sciences. It conveys to students comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge about the systematic application of computer-assisted and data-based processes with digital resources. The transdisciplinary aligned spectrum of the curriculum brings various methodological approaches together and offers an overview of knowledge fields in DIGITAL HUMANITIES, DIGITAL LITERACY, DIGITAL METHODS, COMPUTER PHILOLOGY, VISUAL CULTURE, DATA CRITICISM, HISTORICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, COMPUTER LINGUISTICS, CULTURE & MEDIA HISTORY, POPULARIZATION & VISUALIZATION OF COMPLEX DATA STRUCTURES, DATA PRIVACY LAWS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT and THEORIES OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE HUMANITIES & CULTURAL SCIENCES. In the fields of intermediation, collections and marketing of data, the LEGAL and ECONOMIC aspects are specifically tailored to play important roles. --------------------- ==> DANUBE UNIVERSITY - located 70km from Vienna in the UNESCO world heritage Wachau region, Danube University is the only public university in Europe specializing in advanced continuing education by developing low-residency degree programs for working professionals and life-long learners. The University’s Center for Image Science is housed in the Göttweig Monastery, a 14th century building remodeled to fit the needs of modern media arts research in singular surroundings and in the newly designed Campus Krems. www.donau-uni.ac.at www.donau-uni.ac.at/datastudies www.donau-uni.ac.at/datastudies/infotag www.facebook.com/datastudies