Doctoral Degree in Advanced Computing for Science and Engineering

Outline

This programme is intended to supply laboratories and research centres with trained research support personnel in fields where computer-based simulation and modelling is essential, such as the aerospace sector or scientific fields like biotechnology (genomics, proteomics, neuroscience) or materials science (nanotechnology, etc.) where Spain has a prominent position. Graduates of the doctorate programme should:

• Be able to address and solve scientific and technological problems in the field of advanced computing through an independent and original research project that moves forwards the boundaries of knowledge.

• Disseminate the research results through peer-reviewed scientific publications in the field with recognized impact factor.

• Be able to prepare, evaluate and/or criticize new scientific research and/or technological development proposals in the field of advanced computing and its application to science and engineering.

• Be qualified to opt for a job requiring doctorate qualifications, such as postdoctoral researcher, university lecturer, researcher at institutes or in industry, and other jobs requiring creativity, leadership and management in the technological field.

• Appreciate scientific activity as a profession and its ethical implications for society.

• Be able to innovate and contribute novel solutions to the technical field of advanced computing, simulation, and both theoretical and applied data analysis or visualization.

Prospective Students

The Advanced Computing for Science and Engineering Doctorate Programme targets engineering, experimental sciences and mathematics graduate students and professionals. The programme also targets students from multidisciplinary studies, like bioinformatics, computational neuroscience or similar.

Students should have:

• An interest in research and in learning advanced computing methods and tools

• A positive attitude towards the integration of non-homogeneous machines

• An ability to adapt to and communicate in diverse scientific/technological environments

• Knowledge of the Spanish and English languages.

Structure

• Taught period
  Associated with the UPM's Master in Advanced Computing for Science and Engineering.
• Research Period
  Consolidated research groups and associated research lines:
  
  • Quantum Information and Computing Group: 
    • High-performance computing
  • Data Mining Engineering – DaME Group:
    • Data mining
    • Bio-mining
    • Heuristic optimization
  • Intelligent Systems Group:
    • Soft computing
    • Human-computer interaction
    • Description logics - learning
  • Singular Systems and Generalized Inverses Group:
    • Approximation and numerical processing theory
    • Operator theory
  • Orthogonal Polynomials and Fractal Geometry Group:
    • Infinite matrices and operator theory
    • Moments and approximation theory
    • Orthogonal polynomials and fractal measures
    • Digital and computational topology
  • Fractals and Applications in Soil and Environmental Sciences Group
    • Fractal theory and applications
  • Signal and Image Processing Applied to Informatics Group
    • Multi-spectral image processing and analysis
    • Self-organizing maps for multi-dimensional data analysis and visualization
    • Remote sensing
  • Mathematical Foundations for Software Computing Group
    • Fuzzy logic
    • Neural networks
  • Cajal Blue Brain Project
    • Advanced visualization
    • Image analysis
    • Neuromorphological modelling
    • Data analysis and categorization
    • Optimization
  • Research lines of professors not attached to research groups:
    • Parallelism and cluster systems exploitation
    • Interactive and multi-scale visualization
    • Modelling and simulation
    • Computational geometry

Contact person

Administrative Officer: Carmen Parro 91 3367387

Coordinator:Ángel Rodríguez 91 336 73 71

doctorado.caci@fi.upm.es

How much does this master's degree cost?

You can check public prices for 2012-2013 academic year here.

Grants

There is a wide range of grants available to students to fund their studies.

Registration

To gain admission to the Doctoral Degree in Advanced Computing for Science and Engineering, students must register online.

¹ Licenciado, Ingeniero and Ingeniero Técnico Superior are two-cycle, five-year degree courses.
² Ingeniero Técnico and Diplomado are one-cycle, three-year degree courses.