Why study at ISCTE?

My interest in ISCTE-IUL began when I met the first students of ISCTE-IUL. I noticed that the materials created by the teachers were, in general, very good and that a lot of care was taken in accompanying the students. 

For having such a good idea of ISCTE-IUL, I influenced my daughter to do her higher studies at ISCTE-IUL. She did her bachelor's and master's degrees and finished in 2018/2019, with an average of 16 out of 20, without ever leaving subjects behind and never having needed a tutor. That's why, when I thought about going back to school, it was natural that I went to search ISCTE-IUL's website for the formative offer, which could interest me.

I was interested in the Master in Integrated Business Intelligence Systems (MIBIS) and in the beginning of January 2020 I sent an email to the master's director, professor João Carlos Ferreira, explaining my interest and asking if I would be able to be accepted in that master's course. 

His answer was unexpectedly quick and very encouraging. He advised me to prepare my professional CV as complete as possible, because at ISCTE-IUL they also value the professional path of candidates.  He suggested that I attend the Internet Things Specialization Seminar for Smart Cities, which would take place in early February. I did so, I followed all his advice and it was proved that he guided me properly, because I was accepted in the master's course, getting second position in the list of places in 1st phase, for the school year 2020/2021.

Since it was the beginning of the semester, even though it was already the 2nd of 2019/2020, once again I sent an email to professor João Carlos Ferreira, telling him that I would like to start attending some classes, if I could, to move forward. The answer came again quickly and with a suggestion of which subjects I could attend without missing the subjects taught in the 1st semester. He also mentioned that I would have to address requests to the respective professors and they would have to give me the requested permission.

It was for that reason that I went to talk with professor Sérgio Moro and, once again, I was pleasantly surprised by the work of ISCTE-IUL teachers. He was the one who told me that I was eligible to apply for a PhD. That same day he was tireless in accompanying me to the ISTA secretariat to ask for information, asking questions to the doctoral director, encouraging me to believe that I would be able to fulfill my dreams of achieve a PhD, be a researcher and teach in higher education.

From that date until April 26, when I submitted my doctoral application, I could always count on the support and quick response to all my doubts, from professors João Carlos Ferreira and Sérgio Moro, who naturally became my PhD advisors.

I am very grateful to ISCTE-IUL and to ISTAR, making this gratitude come true in the professors I have already met and who have supported me, cherishing my dream. I will do everything in my power to repay the trust placed in me, dedicating all my commitment to contribute to the success of ISTAR and ISCTE-IUL. As far as I am concerned, you can count on me.

Maria da Conceição Pereira

PhD student at ISCTE-IUL

Master in Integrated Business Intelligence Systems (MIBIS)

The Master in Integrated Business Intelligence Systems was created in 2005 with the goal of training specialized professionals in Business Intelligence capable of managing, explaining, implementing and successfully using systems that support decision-making procedures integrated into the management of organizational information.

It is a differentiated course focused on an integrated view of Business Intelligence (BI) systems.

Since its creation, the program has continued to be the only option at the national level that integrates the various facets of BI from support to decision-making.

It aims to train professionals with skills in three key areas:

• Data Warehouse systems or analytical information systems;
• Data Mining or knowledge extraction in the areas of data science;
• Strategic BI (with application of balanced scorecard approaches and ABC/ABM-Activity-based costing/Activity-based management).

Alongside the academic component, the program connects its students to actual businesses through the use of real cases in teaching. Students also have the opportunity to obtain Master's scholarships for the realization of applied projects associated with real-world cases in international (H2020) and national research, as well as company sponsorships for the resolution of real-world problems and connection to the Laboratory of Open Data at CMLisboa and the Data of the IoT Laboratory of Iscte.  

There is great demand on the part of companies for professionals in BI, and a very limited supply of such professionals. Graduates in BI therefore have a high employability, as demonstrated in their higher-than-average salaries. These trained specialists will play a role of increasing intervention and value-creation in management and innovation processes in the fields of industry, service, and society in general in the coming years.

The Master in Integrated Business Intelligence Systems has also created opportunities in partnership with various companies, including a set of themed workshops. Examples of such workshops: pizza lunches sponsored by Inov on Saturdays under the theme "Tertúlia tec&ciência," with eight sections held in the year 2019:

• 1) Multicriteria Decision Analysis 4 Cybersecurity;
• 2) Dimensional Modeling: In a Business Intelligence Environment;
• 3) ETL and Data Integration: Improving Data Quality and Analytics;
• 4) Big Data Web Applications: Pentaho and UX to the Rescue;
• 5) High Performance Trading;
• 6) Machine Learning 4 Credit Risk;
• 7) Decision Analysis 4 Data Science;
• 8) Multicriteria Methods 4 Data Science

 

And two more workshops:

• 1) Health Care Workshop held in the JJLaginha auditorium on 30-10-2019;
• 2) Workshop on Intelligent Systems - Auditorium 2 on 18-10-2019.

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The Internet of Things' lab (IoT), ISTAR, ISCTE-IUL

See the laboratory where you can learn and practice using sensors to build intelligent systems.

We've all seen or heard of fridges that communicate with the Internet and warn us that they're malfunctioning, even when we're away from home.

We are all familiar with clothes dryers that automatically regulate the drying time according to the humidity they detect in the clothes.

I could go on and on about the intelligent systems (Smart Systems) that exist today, but better than hearing about them is knowing how to design them.

Come and learn with a motivated team, competent teachers and sympathetic to the interests of their students, in one of the best Portuguese universities, ISCTE-IUL.

Come complete your training with the Master in Integrated Decision Support Systems (MSIAD).

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Don't let the deadline pass or the vacancies finish!

Internet of Things Laboratory (IoT), ISTAR, ISCTE-IUL

MIBIS - Open applications

Want to know more about:

- Internet of Things (IoT)

- Use of sensors of all types

- Capturing information from sensors and social media

- Store captured data in the cloud in real-time

- Clean and structure the data (Data Wharehouse)

- Extracting knowledge from the data

- Design decision support systems (DSS) based on knowledge extraction

and much more on current topics in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Smart Cities, Smart Transportation, Smart Health,..., Smart Anything.

This is the right master's degree to you, grow in knowledge and prepare a future full of good opportunities in a propitious learning environment, with all the support of teachers and colleagues.

Don't miss the deadline!

Master in Integrated Business Intelligence Systems (MIBIS) - ISCTE-IUL

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