This workshop is organised as a closing event of the MaSTIC research track within the HECTOR project, a multi-year project managed by CRIDS (UNamur) and with the Belgian State Archives.
MaSTIC proposes a two-year academic Master in Information Science with a strong focus on both practice and theory. The Master gives access to various professions such as data scientist, functional analyst, document & records manager and projects within the domain of digital humanities. Successful graduates are recruited, often already before the end of the second year, by a diversity of both public and private organisation, from agile start-ups such as The Biotech Quality Group to public administrations as SMALS, or large international organisations such as the European Commission. The courses are organised after 5 pm and on Saturdays, allowing students to combine the Master with an already active professional life.
In parallel, MaSTIC also is actively involved within a large number of ongoing research projects, such ADOCHS or UGESCO, and is preparing new collaborations with a variety of partners from Europe, North and South America.
The cartoon on the homepage was created by James Lappin of Thinking Records. The URL "The Machine is Learning" is also based on a James’ cartoon.