Cloud and Networking Infrastructure and HPC (CNI) - ACHIEVE

Entry points, 1st year, Common Courses

Academic year 2025/2026

Aalto University (Aalto)

Programme Website 

Academic Coordinator: Jukka Manner, jukka.manner@aalto.fi

FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER

Common Core (10 ECTS)ECTS
Internet Protocols5
Mobile Cloud Computing5
Compulsory Courses (6 ECTS) 
Language course: Compulsory degree requirement, both oral and written requirements3
Academic skills in master's studies3
Electives (20 ECTS) 
Wireless Systems5
Internet Traffic Measurements and Analysis5
Routing and SDN5
Laboratory Course in Internet Technologies5
Communication Theory5
Cybersecurity5
Internet Forum5
Machine Learning for Mobile and Pervasive Systems5
Mobile Communication Systems5
Modelling and Simulation5
Network Service Provisioning5
Operator Business5
Patterns in Communications Ecosystems5
Performance Analysis5
Information Security5
Operating Systems5
Web Software5
Machine Learning: Basic Principles5
Concurrent Programming5
Applications and Services in Internet5
Multimedia Services in Intranet5
Network Security5
Mobile Systems Security5
Design of WWW Service5
Algorithmic Methods of Data Mining5
Big Data Platforms5
Artificial Intelligence5
Information Visualization5
User Interface Construction5
Social Media5
I&E Mandatory (15 ECTS) 
Introduction to Digital Business and Venturing

3

Digital Business Management

3

Entrepreneurship Lab

10

Global Business in the Digital Age

4

ICT Innovation Summer School

4

I&E Elective (9 ECTS) 

Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB)

Academic Coordinator: Adrian Sergiu Darabant, sergiu.darabant@ubbcluj.ro

FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER

Mandatory Cloud/Networking (30 ECTS)ECTS
Grid, Cluster and Cloud computing

7

Cloud databases

6

Computer Ethics and Academic Integrity

8

Network Virtualization

9

Electives CS/Engineering (6 ECTS)

 

Algorithms, models, and concepts in distributed systems

6

Parallel Programming

6

I&E Mandatory (15 ECTS)

 

Digital Economy Principles

8

Innovation Management

7

Thematic Project with Innovation Challenge

4

I&E Elective (9 ECTS) 
Business Forecasting and Predictive Modelling

5

Strategic Business Process Automation

5

Draft curriculum. Program and university participation pending approval.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Academic Coordinator: Viktoria Fodor, vjfodor@kth.se

FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER

Common Core (15 ECTS)ECTS
Advanced Internetworking7.5
Data-Intensive Computing7.5
Compulsory Course (7.5 ECTS) 
Research Methodology and Scientific Writing7.5
Elective Courses (15 ECTS) 
Queuing Theory and Teletraffic Systems7.5
Distributed Systems, Advance Course7.5
Wireless Networks7.5
Data Mining, Basic Course7.5
I&E Mandatory (15 ECTS) 
Entrepreneurship for Engineers

6

Business Development Lab, 9 credits (periods 3 and 4)

9

I&E Elective (9 ECTS)

 

Internet Marketing

7.5

Technology-based Entrepreneurship

7.5

Summer school

4

Middle East Technical University (METU)

Academic Coordinator: Banu Günel Kilic, bgunel@metu.edu.tr

FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER

Mandatory Cloud/Networking (15 ECTS)ECTS
Introduction to HPC, Parallel and Distributed Systems5
Computer Networking for HPC and Cloud5
Research Methods and Ethics

4

Graduate Seminar

1

Electives CS/Engineering (21 ECTS)

 

Software Architecture for HPC

3

Numerical Methods

3

Programming and Operating Systems

3

Advanced Parallel Programming

3

Performance Analysis and Optimization

3

Compilers and Optimizations

3

Computer Architecture for HPC

3

Quantum Computing

3

Applied Parallel Programming on GPU

4

Cloud Computing: Technology and Business

4

Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture

3

Devops Essentials

3

I&E Mandatory (15 ECTS) 
I&E Elective (9 ECTS) 
Digital Transformation: Management, Technology and Organization

5

Technology Entrepreneurship and Lean Startups

5

Draft curriculum. Program and university participation pending approval.

Polytechnic University of Milan (POLIMI)

Academic coordinator: Prof. Gianluca Palermo

Programme Manager: Federico Schiepatti, federico.schiepatti@polimi.it

FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER

Mandatory Cloud/Networking (31 ECTS)ECTS
PARALLEL COMPUTING

5

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS (or) NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA

5

NETWORK COMPUTING (or) COMMUNICATION NETWORK DESIGN

5

QUANTUM COMPUTING

5

COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES

5

ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES

6

Electives CS/Engineering (5 ECTS)

 

NETWORKED SOFTWARE FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

5

ADVANCED METHODS FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

5

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

5

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND APPLICATIONS

5

MACHINE LEARNING

5

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR HPC

5

I&E Mandatory (15 ECTS)

 

HIGH-TECH STARTUPS: CREATING AND SCALING UP I

5

HIGH TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

5

DIGITAL BUSINESS

5

DIGITAL BUSINESS LAB (10 CFU)

10

I&E Elective (9 ECTS) 
CREATIVITY, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

5

BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

5

MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT / SUMMER SCHOOL

4

Draft curriculum. Program and university participation pending approval.

University of Rennes

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Academic Coordinator: Cédric Tedeschi, cedric.tedeschi@irisa.fr

FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER

Common Core (10 ECTS)ECTS
Networks from Services to Protocols5
Big Data Storage and Processing Infrastructures5
Compulsory Courses (20 ECTS) 
Operating Systems5
Distributed Systems5
Service Technologies5
Object-oriented Software Design5
Elective Courses (10 ECTS) 
Modeling for Performance Evaluation and Safety Analysis5
Parallel Programming5
Operating Systems - Kernel Implementation5
Combinatorial Optimisation and Related Algorithms5
I&E Mandatory (20 ECTS) 
Business Development Lab 1

10

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

5

Business Development Lab 2

5

Knowledge and Intangible Assets 

Trento University

Programme Website

Academic Coordinator: Fabrizio Granelli, fabrizio.granelli@unitn.it

FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER

Common Core (6 ECTS)ECTS
Next Generation Networks6
Fog and Could Computing6
Compulsory Courses (18 ECTS) 
Network Modelling and Design9
Softwarised and Virtualised Mobile Networks9
Elective Courses (6 ECTS) 
Free Choice6
I&E Mandatory (15 ECTS) 
Innovation and Enterpreneurship Basics

6

Business Development Lab

9

I&E Elective (9 ECTS)

 

ICT Innovation (including summer school)

9

Exit points, 2nd year, Specialisation

Academic year 2026/2027

Aalto University (Aalto)

Programme Website

Academic Coordinator: Jukka Manner, jukka.manner@aalto.fi

SPECIALISATION: Mobile Networking, Sustainability and Cloud Services

The courses cover the theoretical and practical aspects of designing and analyzing mobile networks and cloud services. In the Master’s thesis project, the students can focus on problems arising from the thematic research projects in the Helsinki node of EIT Digital.

THIRD & FOURTH SEMESTER

Compulsory Courses (15 ECTS)ECTS
Master’s Thesis Process2
Language course: Compulsory degree requirement, both oral and written requirements3
Select at least 10 ECTS from below 
Internet Traffic Measurements and Analysis5
Routing and SDN5
Web Software Development5
Big Data Platforms5
Electives (10 ECTS) 
Wireless Systems5
Internet Traffic Measurements and Analysis5
Routing and SDN5
Laboratory Course in Internet Technologies5
Communication Theory5
Cybersecurity5
Internet Forum5
Machine Learning for Mobile and Pervasive Systems5
Mobile Communication Systems5
Modelling and Simulation5
Network Service Provisioning5
Operator Business5
Patterns in Communications Ecosystems5
Performance Analysis5
Information Security5
Operating Systems5
Web Software5
Machine Learning: Basic Principles5
Concurrent Programming5
Applications and Services in Internet5
Multimedia Services in Intranet5
Network Security5
Mobile Systems Security5
Design of WWW Service5
Algorithmic Methods of Data Mining5
Big Data Platforms5
Artificial Intelligence5
Information Visualization5
User Interface Construction5
Social Media5
I&E (6ECTS) 
I&E study project

6

Thesis/Internship (30 ECTS) 

 

Jukka Manner received his MSc. (1999) and PhD. (2004) degrees in computer science from the University of Helsinki. He has been a full professor (tenured) of networking technology at Aalto University, Department of Communications and Networking (Comnet) since 2008. His research and teaching focuses on networking, software and distributed systems, with a strong focus on wireless and mobile networks, transport protocols, energy efficient ICT and cyber security. He has contributed to standardization of Internet technologies in the IETF since 1999.

Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB)

Academic Coordinator: Adrian Sergiu Darabant, sergiu.darabant@ubbcluj.ro

SPECIALISATION: High-Performance Computing

THIRD & FOURTH SEMESTER

Compulsory Courses (24 ECTS)ECTS
Multimedia Communications in IP Networks8
Operating Systems for Parallel and Distributed Architectures8
Security of Cloud Infrastructure

8

Elective Courses (6 ECTS) 
To be agreed with the local coordinator 
I&E (6ECTS) 
Thesis/Internship (30 ECTS) 
Internship in specialization20
Project in Cloud and Network Infrastructure6
Elaboration of the dissertation thesis4

Draft curriculum. Program and university participation pending approval.

Adrian Sergiu Darabant obtained his Computer Science PhD in 2004 and always kept strong contact with both industry and research, especially in computer vision and deep learning. Teaching, research and developing new approaches for solving practical industry problems are the main parts of his activity. In the recent years, his R&D activity shifted mostly towards Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Convolutional and Recurrent Networks. He is very passionate about new trends and approaches in Machine Learning and Computer Vision, but also a devoted partisan of distributed systems, networking and Cloud technologies as parts of his teaching curricula at the university. As part of the lectures around Cloud Computing and Networking he introduces students to the AWS and Azure platforms and technologies, teaches DevOps and application design, management and migration to cloud infrastructures. One of his main personal challenges is to bring as most/many as possible of his research results to the industry and making them available as usable solutions.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Academic Coordinator: Viktoria Fodor, vjfodor@kth.se

SPECIALISATION: Networked Intelligence

KTH offers courses in the area of data intensive distributed computing, covering both the design of network infrastructures that can support these emerging applications, and the design of the distributed computing applications itself, focusing on scalable machine learning and on distributed artificial intelligence.

THIRD & FOURTH SEMESTER

Compulsory courses (7.5 ECTS)ECTS
Research Methodology and Scientific Writing7.5
Elective courses (16.5 ECTS) 
Modern Methods in Software Engineering7.5
Distributed AI and Intelligent Agents7.5
Stream Processing and Data Mining7.5
Scalable Machine Learning and Deep Learning7.5
Network Analytics7.5
Network Programming with Java7.5
Networked Systems Security7.5
Programming Web Services7.5
Seminars in Information and Network Engineering3
I&E (6 ECTS) 
ICT Innovation Study Project

6

Thesis/Internship (30 ECTS) 

 

Viktoria Fodor received her MSc and PhD degrees in computer engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. In 1999 she joined KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, where she now acts as assistant professor in the Laboratory for Communication Networks and coordinator of the local EIT Digital Master School programme ITA. Over the years she supervised several master thesis projects and 2 PhD theses. She participated in several European and Swedish research projects. Her current research interests include multimedia and peer-to-peer communication, sensor network and cognitive radio network protocol design and performance analysis.

Middle East Technical University (METU)

Academic Coordinator: Banu Günel Kilic, bgunel@metu.edu.tr

SPECIALISATION: HPC for Data Science

THIRD & FOURTH SEMESTER

Electives (30 ECTS)ECTS
Foundations of Deep Learning

6

Spatio-Temporal Data Mining

6

Transformers and Attention-based Deep Networks

6

Reinforcement Learning 

6

Machine Learning Systems Design and Deployment

6

Deep Learning: Methods and Applications

6

Generative Models for Multimedia

6

Introduction to Data Informatics

6

Knowledge, Discovery, and Mining

6

Social Media Analytics

6

Social Network Analysis

6

Big Data

6

Deep Learning for Text Analytics

6

Artificial Intelligence for Cognitive Science

6

Machine Learning Design and Application for Cyber Security

6

Statistical Learning for Bioinformatics

6

I&E (6 ECTS) 
Business Process Management 
Thesis/Internship (30 ECTS) 

Draft curriculum. Program and university participation pending approval.

Prof. Banu Günel Kılıç is the Dean of the Graduate School of Informatics at METU, and a professor of Information Systems, specializing in signal processing, cyber security, machine learning, and social network analysis. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Queen’s University Belfast, UK (2004), an M.Sc. (with commendation) in Communication Systems and Signal Processing from the University of Bristol, UK (2001), and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University (2000). She is also affiliated with both the Department of Cyber Security and the Department of Data Informatics.  Prof. Kılıç has extensive international experience, including a Senior Research Associate position at the University of Surrey in the UK, where she contributed to projects at the Centre for Vision, Speech, and Signal Processing between 2004 and 2010. Prof. Kılıç has led and participated in several research projects funded by prestigious organizations such as the European Union and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK.

University of Rennes

Programme Website

Programme Lead: Cédric Tedeschi, cedric.tedeschi@irisa.fr

SPECIALISATION: Smart City Services

Cloud/Fog computing and 5G networking technology convergence enables the design of innovative services and applications which aim to improve operational efficiency and urban citizen’s quality of life. This specialisation focuses on enabling technologies to build, operate and manage massively distributed heterogeneous resources in the broad domain of smart city services and applications. Students will also learn about the fundamental properties of autonomic systems and how to adapt applications according to dynamic changes in data and system load.

This specialisation is given in close connection with the INRIA/IRISA research lab (the largest IT research lab in France) which hosts several internationally reputed research teams (ACES, ASAP, KERDATA, MYRIADS, STACK) representing about 60 researchers focusing their work on various aspects of cloud computing, fog computing, networking infrastructures and smart city services.

THIRD & FOURTH SEMESTER

Compulsory Courses (16 ECTS)ECTS
Smart City Services: From infrastructure to applications4
Advanced Cloud Infrastructures4
Scalable Network Infrastructures for Optimized Service Delivery4
Personal Project on Cloud and Network Infrastructure4
Elective Courses (8 ECTS) 
Multimedia Networks4
Advanced Wireless Networks: 5G and Beyond4
Data Mining and Visualization4
I&E (6 ECTS) 
Innovation and entrepreneurship study

6

Thesis/Internship (30 ECTS) 

 

Cédric Tedeschi is the local coordinator of the CNI Master programme at the University of Rennes 1. He holds a PhD from the University of Lyon, and has spent one year as a post-doctoral fellow at Inria (Sophia-Antipolis Mediterranee), before joining the University of Rennes. He is a member of the IRISA computing lab. His research interests revolves around distributed computing. Recently, he has contributed to decentralizing Cloud infrastructures and Stream processing.

University of Trento (UNITN)

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Academic Coordinator: Fabrizio Granelli, fabrizio.granelli@unitn.it

Students enrolled at the University of Trento as entry point will have access to a limited number of grants for the year spent in Trento.

SPECIALISATION: Beyond 5G/6G and High Performance Computing

UNITN will offer a specialisation in 5G and beyond 5G. Indeed, 5G is expected to bring unprecedented improvements and advances to the cellular networks that we use today. Moreover, they will offer the infrastructure for the deployment of several novel emerging applications and services, including Internet of Things, Vehicular Communications, Tactile Internet, machine-to-machine communications, smart grid. The student attending this specialisation will be exposed to the most recent advances in communication protocols and devices, network virtualisation and control, softwarisation and service provisioning.

THIRD & FOURTH SEMESTER

Compulsory Courses (12 ECTS)ECTS
Research Project12
Project course on Beyond 5G6
Elective Courses (6 ECTS) 
Next Generation Networks6
High Performance Computing for Data Science6
Simulation and Performance Evaluation6
Network Security6
Other electives to be agreed with the course local coordinator 
I&E (6 ECTS) 
Innovation and entrepreneurship studies in ICT

6

Thesis/Internship (30 ECTS) 

 

Fabrizio Granelli is a full professor at the Dept. of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI) of the University of Trento (Italy) and Director of Online Content at IEEE Communications Society. He was IEEE ComSoc distinguished lecturer in 2012-15 and Delegate for Education of DISI in 2015-17. His main research activities are in the field of networking, with particular reference to wireless networks (performance optimization, ad-hoc networks modeling), cognitive networks/radios, cross-layer design and green networking. He is the author of more than 200 papers, guest-editor in relevant international journals (ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications Journal, ACM TOMACS, JSAC, IEEE Communications Magazine) and visiting professor at the State University of Campinas and at The University of Tokyo. He is the former Chair of the IEEE Communication Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee and he was chair or co-chair of several top-level international events, like IEEE Globecom Symposium TPC Co-Chair on "Performance Modeling, QoS and Reliability" from 2007 to 2009 and in 2012.

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