USC and DXC Technology: Eight Years of Collaboration
The Universidade de Santiago and the technology company DXC Technology are celebrating eight years of collaboration through the DXC Observatory, a program with outstanding participation from CiTIUS that promotes the development of specialized talent and the connection between research, teaching, and the technology sector.
The development of specialized talent in the different areas of the technology sector is one of its major current challenges. Collaboration between universities and companies is emerging as a key tool to address it. In this context, the DXC Observatory was born, an initiative launched in 2017 between the USC and the technology company DXC Technology to bring university education and research closer to the real needs of the professional environment.
Since its creation, more than 150 USC students have participated in the program, nearly 60 academic projects have been developed, and more than 100 students have completed curricular internships in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Machine Learning.
The DXC Observatory is structured around three main pillars. On the one hand, the co-supervision of academic work, which allows students to develop their projects with the support of company professionals and research staff (in many cases linked to CiTIUS). On the other hand, the Award for the Best Master’s Thesis of the USC Master’s in Big Data, which this year reaches its ninth edition and has become a benchmark academic recognition in this field. Finally, the supervised curricular internships form the core of the program, offering students the opportunity to work on real cases in a supervised training environment.
The initiative has helped strengthen the connection between advanced training, the research carried out in the university environment (especially through CiTIUS), and its transfer to the productive sector. The lines of work in Artificial Intelligence, data analysis, and machine learning developed at the center have found in this type of collaboration a natural space for talent recruitment, while contributing to improving students’ employability and technological skills.
The collaboration is complemented by seminars, outreach activities, and initiatives aimed at inspiring technological vocations, such as talks in schools or initiatives open to society at large.
The development of specialized talent in the different areas of the technology sector is one of its major current challenges. Collaboration between universities and companies is emerging as a key tool to address it. In this context, the DXC Observatory was born, an initiative launched in 2017 between the USC and the technology company DXC Technology to bring university education and research closer to the real needs of the professional environment.
Since its creation, more than 150 USC students have participated in the program, nearly 60 academic projects have been developed, and more than 100 students have completed curricular internships in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Machine Learning.
The DXC Observatory is structured around three main pillars. On the one hand, the co-supervision of academic work, which allows students to develop their projects with the support of company professionals and research staff (in many cases linked to CiTIUS). On the other hand, the Award for the Best Master’s Thesis of the USC Master’s in Big Data, which this year reaches its ninth edition and has become a benchmark academic recognition in this field. Finally, the supervised curricular internships form the core of the program, offering students the opportunity to work on real cases in a supervised training environment.
The initiative has helped strengthen the connection between advanced training, the research carried out in the university environment (especially through CiTIUS), and its transfer to the productive sector. The lines of work in Artificial Intelligence, data analysis, and machine learning developed at the center have found in this type of collaboration a natural space for talent recruitment, while contributing to improving students’ employability and technological skills.
The collaboration is complemented by seminars, outreach activities, and initiatives aimed at inspiring technological vocations, such as talks in schools or initiatives open to society at large.