EUMaster4HPC Celebrates Milestone: Graduation of First Cohort of HPC Experts

The EUMaster4HPC consortium announced the graduation of its inaugural cohort of students, who will receive their EUMaster4HPC Certificates of Achievement during a symbolic ceremony at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) on Friday, 11 October 2024. This event marks a significant milestone in Europe's journey toward educating a new generation of high-performance computing (HPC) experts.

Funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking with a budget of €7 million, EUMaster4HPC is the first pan-European Master’s programme dedicated to High-Performance Computing. This initiative unites leading European universities, research and supercomputing centres, SMEs and industrial partners with the goal of creating a unified curriculum that addresses the rapidly evolving needs of the HPC environment. Launched in January 2022, the 4-year project has brought together 8 awarding universities and over 60 partners from academia and industry across 23 EuroHPC participant countries. Together, they are working to define the body of knowledge in HPC and establish a sustainable framework for the programme.

Though this ceremony will celebrate the achievements of EUMaster4HPC's talented pioneering students and their contributions to HPC, it also highlights the project’s success in delivering a top-tier educational programme that benefits both industry and academia, while fostering European collaboration in this critical field of high-performance computing. As Europe strives to maintain its competitive edge in digital innovation, the availability of highly skilled HPC professionals is crucial. EUMaster4HPC not only addresses this need but also strengthens the European HPC community by promoting collaboration between academia and industry. The programme’s strong ties with industry ensure that students gain practical experience through real-world case studies, further enhancing their readiness to contribute to Europe’s digital future.

EUMaster4HPC symbolic Ceremony Agenda:

• 16:45 - Arrival and Registration at East Campus USI-SUPSI in Lugano, Room C1.04
• 17:00 - Welcome Address
• Prof. Olaf Schenk, Co-Director Master in Computational Science, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
• Prof. Ernst Wit, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
• Prof. Fabio Crestani, Pro-Rector for Internationalization at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
• Prof. Pascal Bouvry, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg & EUMaster4HPC Project Lead
• 17:10 - Keynote by Prof. Cristina Silvano (Full Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, IEEE Fellow for contributions to energy-efficient computer architectures) on Exploration of Digital In-Memory Computing to Accelerate Deep Learning on the Edge.
• 17:35 – Presentation of EUMaster4HPC Certificates
  • Remarks by Dr. Anders Dam Jensen, Executive Director for the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU)
  • Awarding of certificates by Dr. Anders Dam Jensen and Prof. Pascal Bouvry
• 18:00 – Invitation to the EUMaster4HPC Ceremony 2025 & Get-Together

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Biography of the Scientific Keynote Speaker

Cristina Silvano is Full Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, where she holds the Chair of the Research Area on Computer Science and Engineering. In 2022, she was Promoter of the master degree in HPC Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, where she teaches the course on Advanced Computer Architectures. Since 2022, she is member of the National Technical Committee on Semiconductor Technologies appointed by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. In 2019-2021, she was Vice-chair of the PhD Board in Information Technology at Politecnico di Milano for the CSE area. Currently, she is Leader of the flagship project on hardware accelerators for deep learning of the ICSC Italian National Research Center for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing.