Teaching methods

• 100% online lectures
• Teamwork (top-level peer learning)
• Individual academic coach

Follow-up & evaluation

• Self-assessment
• Evaluation & feedback
• Video projects
• Activity files & materials

English: minimum TOEIC SCORE 785 or B2 on the Common European Framework of reference

Candidates must have some notions of digital technologies.

Julien Malaurent

Ph.D in Information Systems. Dr Julien Malaurent is the Academic Director of the Executive Master in Digital Transformation, the first degree offered by the brand new ESSEC augmented digital campus.

Hugues Bouthinon-Dumas

Ph.D in Law. Dr Hugues Bouthinon-Dumas is an associate professor in ESSEC’s Public and Private Policy department. His research topics cover fields such as company law, corporate governance and regulation of markets.

Jeroen Rombouts

Ph.D in Econometrics. Jeroen Rombouts is a professor in the IDS department of ESSEC Business School, he holds a doctorate in econometrics from the Catholic University of Louvain, in Belgium. His research includes econometrics, finance, statistics and forecasting applications.

Understand the features and challenges of Big Data and Open Data

• Understand why data is now being regarded as the ‘oil’ for the companies. New paradigm: data is at the centre of all strategic decisions. Without data there can be no smart decisions.
• Understand what is a big data system is: Beingbe able to characterise/assess a dataset using threefollowing the 3 criteria: volume, velocity, variety.

Understand features and challenges of AI, Machine Learning and IoT

• Understand the basics of IoT : Machine To Machine specifications, Heterogeneity of data and protocols (software) and sensors (hardware)
• Who are the main actors of IoT : Telcos, Gafa, Protocol start-ups.

Navigate through a programming software, interpret basic coding and write a short coding program

• Understand basic programming functionalities: open a basic coding, run it, perform basic debugging tasks (Languages : R, Python)
• Understand basic algorithm functions: CONDITIONAL TESTS (IF, ELSE IF), LOOPS (FOR, WHILE)