The Cyprus Institute

MSc/MPhil in High Performance Computing and Machine Learning

High-Performance Computing and Machine Learning is a unique course in Cyprus (former Simulation and Data Science MSc) that combines computational modelling, large-scale simulations, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and their applications across disciplines. Digitalisation and advanced instruments and sensors are producing unprecedentedly large amounts of data that need large-scale computing to analyse. At the same time, the availability of exascale computers is creating new opportunities for studying complex systems using large-scale simulations.

All disciplines, such as environmental, biological, chemical, physical sciences, finance and economics, engineering and the humanities need to use computational and data science-based approaches to address the current and future data challenges. Simulation and machine learning are also widely used methodologies for SMEs and the industry at large. The programme also aims to introduce students to novel computer architectures, such as quantum computers, that can be developed as the computing systems of the future.

The Master of Science (MSc) / Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in “High-Performance Computing and Machine Learning” is a programme that provides a unique interdisciplinary approach to solving critically important problems, using computational modelling, applied mathematics, simulation approaches and machine learning and computing methodologies with applications in a very broad of fields such as the physical sciences, engineering, and biology. Through modelling, simulation, machine learning, and the study of specific phenomena via computer analysis, students will learn to apply computation and data science to gain new insights.

The program's objective is to prepare students for a career as computational and data scientists in academia and in the private and public sectors. Students may also pursue doctoral studies in a variety of computational and data science-related fields.

The MSc/MPhil in High-Performance Computing and Machine Learning program combines theoretical with practically focused training using state-of-the-art supercomputers. It aims to provide a well-rounded education for students who wish to advance careers in the digital age.

Degree Awarded

The program offers two-degree options: an MSc and an MPhil. The MSc caters to students interested in pursuing a more professional focus, while the MPhil is intended for students who want to pursue a research career thus offering a more enhanced research component.The program is accredited by The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education. The language of instruction and communication of The Cyprus Institute is English.