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Alkis Vazacopoulos had already launched a successful business analytics and optimization career when he caught the teaching bug. In a recent interview, he explained that he was “inspired by a desire to share my real-world experiences with students and contribute to developing the next generation of analytics professionals… As someone who had implemented optimization solutions in companies across various sectors, I could help students understand not just the mathematical concepts, but their practical applications and limitations in real business settings.”

Artificial intelligence has made its presence felt across countless industries and professions, with engineering management close to the epicenter. Companies leverage data to make important decisions about resources, risk, and recruiting; AI has made that process more powerful and more fraught with potential complications for engineering managers.

Demand for engineering managers grows across healthcare, technology, construction, manufacturing and other industries. If you plan to pursue an engineering management career, an advanced degree – such as a master’s in engineering management – can provide a pathway to reaching your goals.

Many people pursue careers in data science after reading articles proclaiming that salaries in the field are sky high and that the job market is red hot. Both assertions are true, but what provocative headlines fail to mention is that there’s nothing easy about becoming a data scientist. Successful data scientists are well paid and courted by employers because they have a unique set of interdisciplinary skills related to programming, complex mathematics, statistics and problem-solving. But acquiring those skills is no small feat.

If you’re thinking about returning to school, you’ve probably given some thought to the cost of a master’s degree. Don’t be put off by the sticker price; with financial planning and budgeting, you can significantly reduce your outlay. Continue reading to discover resources, strategies, and tools for financing your StevensOnline MSCS.

“One of the good things about this region is that there’s a good number of companies in software development, like Bell Labs, Verizon and others as well. These companies are associated with universities like Stevens and Columbia.

C-Suite Executives: Once, all roads led to Rome. These days, it seems they all lead to careers in data science. The big data deluge of the twenty-first century has created opportunities for strategic data analysis in every digitized field — which, in this digital era, means practically every profession.

Coding bootcamps are a fairly new phenomenon. Steven Hunter has been fascinated with computers since the late 1990s. His middle school offered a limited lineup of computer science classes, but that could not stop him from learning all he could. Once he exhausted the computer-focused elective options offered by his school, Hunter started taking apart computers, putting them back together and building his own gaming PCs. Computers went from being his interest to being his passion.

AI is everywhere. We’ve seen it in movies as a robot janitor left to clean a deserted planet or a malevolent space computer collecting deadly, interstellar organisms. Now, it’s becoming intertwined with our daily lives in ways we’ve never imagined.

Rojona Feliciano was interested in computer science but earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering before launching a career as a field engineer. Her work focused on x-ray machines, and the digitization of these devices reignited her interest in computers. When the pandemic hit, Feliciano reevaluated her goals and decided to turn her interest in computer science into a new career. She reviewed various schools’ computer science degree requirements and then applied to the StevensOnline Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) program in 2020 offered through the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science and took her first classes the following year.