• M1 Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

    Objectives

    computer science/programming (see the detailed description of Majors below).
    The flexibility in the training provided through M1 Minors as well as the applied course and personal project allow students to specialize and design their own curriculum to meet their individual professional and research goals. Three tracks are available in the M1 course offerings:
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Computer Science
    • High Performance Computing
    Each student is supervised by a tutor. Tutors help students select courses based on their professional and M2 specialization goals.

    Pedagogy

    No common core has been established, but the M1 is still organized on a semester basis. M1 courses are based on the second year of the student-engineer curriculum at Ecole Centrale Paris, which was, itself, recently reorganized on a semester basis.
    Flexibility in the program allows for two kinds of training:
    • one emphasizing applied mathematics, which prepares students for the MS and MVA specializations in M2.
    • the other emphasizing computer science, which prepares students for the CoMaSIC, BSS and HPC specializations in M2.
    • The teaching staff is drawn from the departments of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Applied Physics at Ecole Centrale Paris.
    The M1 program is comprised of Major and Minor courses, one applied course, and English courses (French for foreign students):
    • The Majors all include courses representing the main disciplines in the field: applied mathematics and computer science.
    • The Minors all include courses designed to expand students' scientific knowledge.
    • The applied course is organized around a study and research project suggested by researchers at the M1 partner-laboratories.
    • The study of one foreign language (English for francophone students and French for nonfrancophone students).
    Based on their selection of Majors and Minors, students can orient their training toward either applied mathematics or computer science.

    Courses

    First Semester
    Students must complete 30 ECTS for the semester, including 4 Major courses (required) of 5 ECTS each, and 1 Minor of 5 ECTS, as well as an English course (French for foreign students) of 3 ECTS.
    • Majors (required, 20 ECTS):
      • Advanced Programming(5 ECTS)
      • Random Modeling (5 ECTS)
      • Signal Processing (5 ECTS)
      • Design & Simulation (5 ECTS)
    • Minors (1 out of 3) (5 ECTS):
      • Digital Communication & Networks (5 ECTS)
      • Fluid Mechanics (5 ECTS)
      • Life Sciences (5 ECTS)
    • One mathematics-computing laboratory project (2 ECTS)
    • English (French for non-francophone students, 3 ECTS)

    Second Semester
    Students must complete 30 ECTS for the semester, including 2 Major courses (required) of 5 ECTS each, 2 Minors of 5 ECTS, to be selected from a choice of 3, and a study and research work (TER) of 8 ECTS, as well as an English class (French for non-francophone students) of 2 ECTS:
    • Majors (2 required Majors, 10 ECTS):
      • Digital Modeling of Transportation Issues
      • Foundations of Computer Science
    • Minors (2 out of 3) (10 ECTS):
      • Introduction to Computer & Artificial Vision 5 ECTS)
      • High-Performance Computing (5 ECTS)
      • Advanced Optimization in Operations Research (5 ECTS)
    • Study and research project (TER) within a research laboratory, supervised by a tutor, M1 thesis (8 ECTS)
    • English (French for non-francophone students, 2 ECTS)
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