StudyQA — Master: Computer science — Normal School of Lyon

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This Master’s degree takes two years to complete (M1, M2): the first year aims at strengthening the Computer Science background, whereas the second year consists of research courses and a research internship. The natural follow-up is a doctoral degree lasting three years, and then a career in academia, with a teaching-and-research or research-only position (universities, CNRS, INRIA), or in the industry, with an R&D position.

The Computer Science study program provides students with a solid general computer science background
Over the past 20 years, the study program has been built on the expertise areas of the Computer Science research laboratory of the ENS de Lyon (LIP)
In addition, a wide range of internships in the best academic and industrial laboratories in France and abroad are included in the study program as an introduction to research
Each student is individually supervised by a tutor. Extensive course in scientific English and multiple scientifi c seminars are also provided.

The following courses are offered in the first semester of M1:
Mandatory courses (3 ECTS):
English
Integrated project 1

In addition to the mandatory courses, students should validate at least 4 courses (6 ECTS each):
Performance Evaluation and Networks   (PEN)
Compilers and Program Analysis   (CPA)
Information Theory   (IT)
Parallel and Distributed Algorithms and Programs   (PDAP)
Optimisation and Approximation   (OA)
The validation of two M1 Research Schools is mandatory, and brings 3 ECTS

The following courses are offered in the second semester of M1:
In addition to the mandatory courses (English and Integrated project 1), students should validate at least 4 courses (3 ECTS each):
Cryptography and Security   (CS)
Computer Algebra   (CA)
Semantics and Verification   (SV)
Distributed Systems   (DS)
Programs and Proofs   (PP)
Data Bases and Data Mining   (DBDM)
Computational Complexity   (CC)
Computational Geometry and Digital Images   (CGDI)

An internship of 11 weeks must be validated, and brings 9 ECTS. The internship should be a research internship, either abroad or in a french company.

Master 2
Advanced Cryptographic Primitives
Resilient and Energy-Aware Scheduling Algorithms
Network Algorithms for Molecular Biology
Quantum Information and Computation
Tilings: between Dynamical Systems and Computability
Algorithmic Number Theory
Computer Science and Privacy
Arithmetic Circuit Complexity
Distributed Computing: Models and Challenges
Program Analysis, Safety Program Verification
Rule-based Modeling of Biochemical Systems
Coinductive Methods in Computer Science
Implicit Computational Complexity
Finite Automata in Number Theory
Complex Networks
Signal Processing and Networks
Probabilistic Methods, with Applications to Graphs
Advanced Compilers: Loop Transformations and High-Level Synthesis
Fundamental Algorithms in Real Algebraic Geometry

Admission is based on the excellency of records, and an interview may be requested. The decision is taken by the admission jury. The only criteria are the relevency of the application, the quality of the academic curriculum, the academic records, and the personal project of the applicant.

Level of English required: B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages classification)

List of documents:

Academic transcript - in english or french
A certified copy of diploma
A copy of your ID card / passport
A letter of motivation
CV
A filled-in table showing your linguistic skills (can be found on the University website)
French language certificate (DALF, DELF, TCF - min level A1) and English language certificate (IELTS, TOEFL)

The CS department of ENS de Lyon encourages International students to apply. Stipends are proposed to International students, based on academic records.

For all students: