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Enabling the next generation of computational physicists and engineers

Advanced, high-performance computing and adapted, smart approaches to data analysis are now critical strategic enablers for opening horizons for scientific discovery and innovative engineering applications, enhancing European competitiveness and supporting the digitalization of society. Whether discovering new Physics or engineering new materials, advanced computing technologies allow us to exploit unprecedented large-scale simulations and complex data to gain deep insights into new phenomena and structures and provide usable results having widespread impact.

The rapid development of high-performance computing (HPC), data science approaches, such as machine and deep learning, and the emerging field of quantum computing, have the power to transform the way research is carried out across disciplines. Properly exploited, they can offer immense, possibly revolutionary opportunities for scientific discovery in a wide range of research areas such as physics, engineering, and material and biological sciences and can potentially deliver enormous societal impact. However, to effectively take advantage of these technologies, a new generation of scientists and engineers is required that is able to understand computer technologies, modelling and algorithms and, importantly, how to apply them to solve challenges in science and engineering.

The third call for applications is now open and extended until the

21st of October 2022.

The doctoral research will be carried out at the 6 ENGAGE Degree Awarding Institutions:

• The Cyprus Institute – Cyprus
• Humboldt University of Berlin – Germany
• Georg-August-Universität Göttingen – Germany
• Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen – Germany
• University of Padova – Italy
• Technical University of Delft – Netherlands

and the 6 ENGAGE Research Facilities

• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility – France
• Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Zeuthen) – Germany
• Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Hamburg) – Germany
• Max Planck Institute for Polymer research – Germany
• Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas – Greece
• Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East – Jordan

The list of supervisors in each institution can be found here

Funding and partners

The project “Enabling the next generation of computational physicists and engineers” (ENGAGE) has been selected by the European Commission as an innovative international and interdisciplinary doctoral programme in high-performance computing and smart approaches to data analysis. It is funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) COFUND scheme for a five-year period with a total amount of 3.5 million euros. In addition to 1.68 million euros from the European Union, there is co-financing from the participating partner organisations.

The ENGAGE programme has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 101034267.