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Informatics: ICSA: Comp. Architecture, Compilation & System Software, Networks & Communication

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MPhil Informatics: ICSA: Comp. Architecture, Compilation & System Software, Networks & Communication - 4 Years (Part-time)

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PhD Informatics: ICSA: Comp. Architecture, Compilation & System Software, Networks & Communication - 3 Years (Full-time)

PhD Informatics: ICSA: Comp. Architecture, Compilation & System Software, Networks & Communication - 6 Years (Part-time)

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Informatics Forum
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9AB

The Institute for Computing System Architecture (ICSA) will provide you with academic resources and industry links that are among the best in the world.

We are home to the UK’s largest group of PhD researchers in the field, and host a Centre of Excellence in partnership with ARM, the world’s largest microprocessor intellectual property provider. We are also a member of the European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation.

Entry requirements

International students

All applicants must meet our general entry and language requirements. Detailed advice for international students is available here:

Research profile

Our students see their degrees as a launchpad for their careers, and many have established themselves as world-class researchers and developers. By joining their ranks, you will be able to make your mark on the next generation of technological innovations.

Our current research is focused on the areas of compilers and architectures, parallel computing, wireless networking and processor-automated synthesis by iterative analysis. Our wireless communication group is particularly strong, and presently working on expanding wireless reach within Scotland.

While the scope for research is wide, each area is underpinned by our fundamental aims: to extend understanding of existing systems; to improve current systems; and to develop new architecture and engineering methods.

Training and support

You will be supported in your research by high-quality academic staff – including four Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering. They and your fellow researchers have contributed to some of the most prestigious publications in the field. You will graduate with more than an intensive knowledge of your field: you will also have established academic and personal links that will last a lifetime.

Facilities

The award-winning Informatics Forum is an international research facility for computing and related areas. It hosts two robotics labs, an instrumented multimedia room, eyetracking and motion capture systems, and a recording studio. Its spectacular atrium plays host to industry showcases, student hackathons and major research conferences.

The School of Informatics is also home to Inspace, a laboratory that also serves as a gallery, studio, cinema, workshop and lecture space.

Among our entrepreneurial initiatives is Informatics Ventures, set up to support globally ambitious software companies in Scotland and nurture a technology cluster to rival Boston, Pittsburgh, Kyoto and Silicon Valley.

Funding

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Career opportunities

Academic and business employers actively recruit ICSA graduates, many of whom are now designing the next generation of products for major software developers, or taking the lead in other entrepreneurial ventures.

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This article was published on Apr 25, 2013