The 2025 Summer School of the Master in Engineering (MSE) on the theme of “AI & Data Services” took place from August 25 to 29, 2025 at HES-SO Master in Lausanne.
Co-organized by the Swiss AI Center for SMEs and HES-SO, the event brought together 29 students from across Switzerland in a format combining morning lectures and afternoon industrial case sprints.
Highlights of the week
- Morning deep dives: business discovery, advanced data engineering (Polars, DuckDB, imaging/computer vision), AI modeling (RL, NLP matching, advanced LLMs), MLOps & deployment, law / security / ethics.
- Afternoons: sprints on case studies proposed by industrial and academic partners.
- Friday: team pitches and networking apéritif.
- Deliverables: final report submitted the following week.
This Summer School offered students a 360° view of AI & data services — from identifying business needs to data preparation, modeling, MLOps, and legal/ethical foundations.
Teams delivered tangible results for partner organizations, strengthening the ties between HEIA-FR / HES-SO and industry.
See you next year!