COMPUTER SCIENCE MASTERS PROGRAM
PPGCOMP - UNIFACS

UNIFACS M.Sc. PROGRAM

The Computer Science M.Sc. Program (PPGCOMP) has graduated more than 220 students, being recommended by CAPES since 2001.

The PPGCOMP´s main goal is to develop and foster skills in order to enable professional to adopt scientific methodology and advanced technologies during research, design, development, maintenance, and operation of computer systems.

RESEARCH TOPICS

Software Engineering
Computer Networks
Multimedia

WHAT CAN YOU GET ENROLLING IN THE UNIFACS COMPUTER SCIENCE M.SC.

Improve your career with an innovative and multidisciplinary project development
PPGCOMP graduted students have high employability and great professional evolution
Innovate and acquire experience in developing research related to hot topics such as smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, virtual reality, technical debt, data science, network slicing, blockchain, software-defined networking, among others
Create and develop your first startup business
Be involved in international cutting-edge research projects
Develop computer-based socially relevant products
Develop undergraduate scientific projects (Iniciação Científica - IC)

PPGCOMP STUDENTS BENEFITS

CAPES and UNIFACS scholarships
International research projects task development and scholarships
National and international mobility among international PPGCOMP project and institutional partners
Direct involvement within international cutting-edge research projects
Develop scientific and technical research papers
Collaboration in undegraduate scientific projects (Iniciação Científica - IC)

PPGCOMP Research and Development Topics

Network Slicing
Machine Learning (ML)
Technical Debt
Smart Grid & Smart Cities
Blockchain
Internet of Things (IoT)
Computational Intelligence
SDN/ OpenFlow
Context Awareness
Data Science
Software Process Modelling
Business Intelligence
Geoprocessing Information Systems (GIS)
User Experience (UX)
Modeling and Simulation

Virtual and Augmented reality
Network Security
Ubiquitous Computing and Software Engineering
XBRL and Data Quality
Mobile Computing
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services
Data Visualization and Software Visualization
Software Quality
Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning
Multimedia Systems and Applications
Robotics
Software Agile Process

FLASH NEWS

Distinguished Paper Award from the Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2021) received by Prof. Rodrigo Spínola, Clara Berenguer (UNIFACS IC student), Adriano Borges (PPGCOMP student), and Nicolli Rios (PPGCOMP graduate) - Paper: "Technical Debt is not Only about Code, and We Need to be Aware about It."
Prof. Rodrigo Spínola is among 10 top software engineer researchers in the world
Prof. Paulo Caetano is among the 10.000 most cited scientists in Latin America.
Prof. Paulo Nazareno and Prof. Eldman Nunes approved the VENUS project in partnership with UFRB - BA
Prof. Joberto Martins is designated as Principal Investigator (PI) in the SFI2 Project by FAPESP