M2 Advanced Wireless Communications Systems

Overview

Courses in this M2 Advanced Wireless Communications Systems program at Paris-Saclay University focus on the theoretical and fundamental methodologies and techniques, which are necessary for understanding key advances in the areas of wireless communications and networking and their interaction with machine learning. The curriculum spans a large spectrum of material, ranging from information theory and coding to communication theory, networking theory and machine learning.

The organization of the year is as follows:

• The first semester (September to January) starts with few “refresher” courses that provide the students with solid background in mathematical tools (probability theory, estimation theory, optimization). It is followed by specialized courses on wireless communication, machine learning and networking, in which baseline tools and key concepts that are necessary for understanding advanced research topics are studied in detail.
• In the second semester (February to March), students attend a series of research seminars on advanced topics and trends in wireless communications and in parallel they prepare a research project.
• From April, students pursue a research-oriented internship for a minimum period of four months. The internship can be done in industrial R&D labs or universities in France or abroad.

Career prospects

• The career of M2R SAR graduates could be oriented towards all industrial and economic sectors in the field of telecommunications.
• They could work in higher education institutions and universities as faculty members (professors), in public (CNRS, INRIA, CEA, etc.) and private research sector (industrial research and development departments) and in any telecom sector requiring deep understanding and rigorous scientific reasoning (project managers, research directors, etc.).