Høst 2024

BIO-3032 Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi

Type of course

Master course for biology students - principally aimed at MSc-students specializing in "Ecology and sustainability".

The course is available as a singular course.

Minimum number of students: 4

Course overlap

BIO-8032 Advanced course on big data and AI for environmental, ecology and biology science 1 ects

Course contents

The course provides an introduction to Big Data and AI, focusing on data extraction, analysis, and predictive analysis. Students will learn about different data formats and techniques for converting data, as well as testing, correlation, clustering, and data visualization. The course covers open-access data and FAIR principles and uses real-world big data sets related to environmental, ecological and biological sciences. Students will create AI algorithms to analyze big data. The course emphasizes collaboration and group work, preparing students for careers at the intersection of science and society.

Admission requirements

Local admission, application code 9371 - Master`s level singular course.

Admission requires a Bachelor`s degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification, with a major in biology of minimum 80 ECTS.

Objective of the course

Knowledge:

Understand the fundamentals of big data and its role in sustainability
Become familiar with using different data analytics tools to process and visualize big data
Get knowledge of spatial data analysis using GIS programs
A basic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) for analysing big data
Understand what are the metadata, FAIR principle and the ethical & privacy considerations in handling sensitive data

Skills:

Use different resources and data analytics tools to analyse and visualize big data
Use cloud-based environments to convert raw data to clean and tidy data
Analyze big spatial data
Apply artificial intelligence algorithms to analyse big data

Competence:

Evaluate and visualize big data
Develop cloud-based codes utilizing artificial intelligence algorithms to analyse big data

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

Several teaching methods are used in the course. These include lectures (40 hours), flipped classrooms (20 hours), team-based and group projects (40 hours). This is combined with reading, videos, quizzes, group assignments and individual exams (oral & written) (ca. 200 hours).