COURSE FEATURES Department of Computer Science Autonomous Systems Autonomous Systems Master of Science (MSc) • Study an internationally accredited degree programme in English language (no German required) • Work with state-of-the-art industrial and service robots • Be a part of high-profile multidiscipilinary research projects • Prepare for your PhD or for an industrial career in robotics • Become involved in the program’s award-winning RoboCup team: www.b-it-bots.de AT A GLANCE Campus

OUR FOCUS Hochschule -Rhein- -Allee 20 53757 Sankt Augustin, The focus is on enabling and integrating the necessary Degree [email protected] intelligence behind the autonomous behavior of artificial Master of Science (MSc) agents rather than on the hardware-related aspects of robotics. Programme duration For academic advice 4 semesters (2 years) WE‘RE HERE TO HELP Iman Awaad M.Sc., Course Coordinator Teaching language Tel. +49 2241 865 295 English [email protected] • Close mentoring by faculty members • Study buddies: one on one support for international Start of course Prof. Dr. Paul Plöger students Summer Semester (March) Tel. +49 2241 865 292 • Familiar atmosphere in small classes, tightly-knit or Winter Semester (September) [email protected] community Application and deadline The application for winter semester starts November 15 the THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE For general information and application year before the winter semester. For the summer semester, to the programme Gestaltungselement – Kreis / Kugel application starts on April 15 the year before the summer • Live and study in Germany in an international group semester. Registrar‘s Office • Free language– Herleitung classes aus derin German and other languages Bildmarke des H-BRS-Logos: Deadline depends on your visa status. Tel. +49 2241 865 697 • Opportunity to spend a semester at one of the program‘s [email protected] partner universities Admission requirements www.h-brs.de/en/registrar-services • Dual degree option with the University of New Brunswick Academic degree (Bachelor or equivalent) (UNB) in CanadaIcons: Aufzählungen: Träger• In für theBilder undareas Text: of computer science, mathematics, natural sciences or engineering • With a GPA of 2.5 or less on the German grading scale 1 2 3 4 • With at least 65% computer-science content Our Students Asia-Pacific (53%) • Upper B2 level of English come from: Germany (19%) oder: Africa & Middle East (11%) More information www.h-brs.de/en America (7%)• Punkt 1 lorem ipsum dolore estsd- • Punkt 2 www.h-brs.de/en/inf/autonomous-systems-mscfkjdf Olorro blam fugiti aut www.facebook.com/AutonomousSystemsProgram Stand 08/2018 Fotos: Micha Swen, Eric Lichtenscheidt, Kira Wazinski Eastern Europe (6%) debit isciet eaquisq uibus. Alit restiore quiam enempore con • Punkt 3 possum, cores minulpari sit pli- Western Europe and Others (4%) quiat.

ABOUT US I had a wonderful THE PROGRAMME time at H-BRS and in Bonn. The Autonomous Systems programme (MAS) is offered by the I really felt comfortable The academic year is divided into two semesters. The pro- Applied Sciences Institute at the Bonn- International and welcome. The profes- gramme covers four semesters (2 years). Center for Information Technology (b-it) which is a coopera- sors and staff were very tive partnership between two renowned German centers of encouraging and always Since the programme is a master by research, students excellence: the Department of Computer Science at Hochschule ready to help. earn half of their credits by projects and applied research. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelli- T. Hassan, gent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS). In the first semester, students take a number of core cour- ses followed by compulsory seminars and applied research H-BRS modules throughout their studies. During their second and H-BRS was founded in 1995 and has around 9,000 students, third semester they may choose five elective courses, e.g.: 152 professors and 261 research associates. The university campuses are located in , and Sankt Augus- • Adaptive Signal Processing tin. The MAS programme is taught in Sankt Augustin which is • Advanced Mathematics for Robotics located close to the of and Bonn (commuting by • Computer Vision public transport possible from both cities). CURRICULUM • Evolutionary Computation Theory and Application • Fault Detection and Diagnosis

The Department of Computer Science is consistently ranked Semester • Learning and Adaptivity amongst the top departments in various Germany-wide acade- 1. 2. 3. 4. • Mobile Manipulation mic university rankings. • Multiagent and Agent Systems Advanced Software Technology MAS Elective MAS Elective • Neural Networks Fraunhofer • Planning and Scheduling Artificial Intelligence MAS Elective MAS Elective The Fraunhofer organization is the largest application-orien- • Probabilistic Reasoning ted research organization in Europe with 66 institutes around • Robot Manipulation Autonomous Mobile Robots MAS Elective

Germany. The Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Lectures • Robot Perception

Information Systems (IAIS) is conveniently located in Schloss Mathematics for Robotics Birlinghoven, close to the university. and Control

Over 200 employees focus on the development and applicati- Introduction to Scientific Research and Development on of autonomous systems in the areas of mobile robots and Advanced Scientific Working Working Colloquium knowledge computing. As our student, you benefit largely from this powerhouse of research and development. Seminars

Research and Development Research and Development MAS Colloquium Project Project MAS Thesis

Software Development Project

Scientific Experimentation Applied Reearch and Evaluation

The current curriculum can be found here: http://curriculum.inf.h-brs.de