METU Graduate School of Informatics has joined the consortium of European partners to design and implement a Master’s Program in High-Performance Computing (HPC) for the first time in Europe, supported by the European High-Performance Computing (EuroHPC) Joint Undertaking and led by the University of Luxembourg.
In addition to METU, TÜBİTAK will also take part in the program commission, which will provide students with brand new career perspectives in the rapidly expanding fields of High-Performance Computing, High-Performance Data Analytics (HPDA), and Artificial Intelligence.
The master’s program, which is expected to start offering courses as of Fall 2022 and will be designed by a consortium of various European universities, research/supercomputing centers, and industrial partners, aims to educate students who are competent in the design, deployment, operation, and the use of current and future generation HPC and HPC-related technologies, and to educate experts skilled in HPC and knowledge transfer in different strategic domains of industry and academia, thereby linking HPC activities in these two fields.
By promoting mobility between European universities, research centers, and industry, the initiative aims to reach out to scientific and industrial target groups as well as training personnel that can work in key positions in the private and public sectors. The curriculum of this HPC-centered master’s program will be designed in a modular structure to facilitate full or partial integration of the modules into new or existing graduate programs.
As part of the strategy of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking to support the development of HPC skills and contribute to European science and industry through education, the consortium led by the University of Luxembourg consists of universities, research, and supercomputing centers, industrial partners, various SMEs, and other supporting partners. For now, eight universities will award degrees at the end of the program: University of Luxembourg, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Politecnico di Milano, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Sorbonne Université, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Università della Svizzera Italiana, and Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan.
About the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
In order to enable the European Union to become a world leader in the field of supercomputing, the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking was established in 2018 with the participation of 29 European countries with the mission of developing an integrated world-class supercomputing and data infrastructure within the EU and supporting a highly competitive and innovative HPC ecosystem.
For detailed information about the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, you can visit the website.
