Cloud and Network Infrastructures and High-Performance Computing - ICT Innovation (EIT Digital Master School)

The Cloud and Network Infrastructures and High-Performance Computing (CNIHPC) programme within the EIT Digital Master School is a unique offering that provides a holistic view on fixed and mobile networking and cloud computing and high-performance computing combining it with a minor on innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will be equipped with profound knowledge on network management, operation, and design on the one hand, and cloud service, distributed and high-performance computing and deployment models, implementation strategies, and application design on the other. The programme also focuses on future directions of cloud computing, for example, in the fields of edge and fog computing in 5G as well as blockchains and distributed ledger applications. As digitalization increases, there is a growing concern on the footprint of ICT and we simply must build our systems in such a way that we minimize their environmental impact.The graduates of the programme  will have insights in technical and societal aspects of cloud computing, services and related applications as well as of 5G and fixed networks, including their architectures, infrastructures, and their operation, understand distributed and high-performance computing in particular related to AI and have the ability to design systems that make the best possible use of the available resources,can identify the short-term and long-term consequences of cloud and network deployment, and their environmental impacts, and can transform these insights into solutions for the society’s and environment’s benefits and sustainability, understand and develop the potential of future 5G and 6G cellular technologies and services, have business skills to understand and execute a business development process, including ideation and business model generation, are able to use knowledge and skills in the area of cloud computing and network infrastructures to identify business opportunities and to turn them into operation, can apply cutting-edge technology and research in cloud and network infrastructures and high-performance computing to generate new knowledge, solutions and insights in this field, are able to understand and analyse requirements of innovative applications and limitations of existing systems to derive research problems and challenges, are able to communicate technical issues to professionals and non-professionals, can work in multidisciplinary and multinational teams and take responsibilities.The ICT Innovation programme has separate application periods and admission procedures from the other master's programmes offered by Aalto University. Further information on the admission is available on the EIT Digital Master School website.