Students of the MHPC programme have access to advanced computational infrastructures and experimental HPC facilities located at the SISSA–ICTP campus in Trieste. These facilities support both research and teaching and allow participants to work directly with large-scale systems, modern computing architectures and advanced computational tools used in scientific and industrial contexts. For students, this means learning not only through theory, but also through direct experience with the kinds of infrastructures used in real HPC environments.
From 2014, when the first edition of the MHPC programme started, SISSA and ICTP have hosted a large high performance computing infrastructure that supports both research activities and training in computational science. This facility has been further expanded thanks to funding from the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Government, reinforcing the role of Trieste as an important hub for scientific computing. The HPC infrastructures currently adopted in the Master’s program are made available through a collaboration with CINECA, leveraging the computational capabilities of the Leonardo Supercomputer.
Through these infrastructures, students gain direct experience working with advanced computing technologies used in scientific research and industrial applications.
The in-house computing facilities are complemented by access to additional high performance computing infrastructures used by international computational research groups collaborating with the MHPC programme. Students therefore have the opportunity to interact with state-of-the-art computing environments and advanced computational platforms used in cutting-edge scientific research. These infrastructures support large-scale simulations, complex data processing and the application of advanced computational methodologies.
Experimental HPC facilities are also available through European research programmes involving local scientific institutions and industrial partners. Through these collaborations, MHPC students benefit from exposure to advanced hardware and software technologies developed by leading HPC vendors. This wider ecosystem provides valuable insight into how high performance computing is applied across research, engineering and industry, while giving students practical experience with modern HPC technologies.