Educational plan

1 - Core courses.
Students must choose 54 credits from the courses listed in the following table:

2 - Other courses.
The student must choose 12 credits from the related courses listed in the following table:

3 - Guidelines for preparing an individual study plan. To guide students in their choices, the courses offered by the Master's Degree program are divided into the following macro-thematic areas, called pillars. Within each pillar, the courses are divided into sub-areas related to applied or theoretical domains. Acquiring at least 36 credits (6 courses) from a single pillar ensures thematic focus of the study program; at the same time, choosing at least 18 credits (3 courses) from pillars other than this one ensures that the study program is not excessively vertical.
The division of courses into pillars and areas is as follows:

4 - Pillar: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATA ANALYTICS AND BIG DATA

Area Artificial Intelligence:

-Artificial intelligence
-Sistemi intelligenti avanzati
-Natural language processing
-Machine learning on graphs
-Artificial intelligence for time series analysis
-Autonomous robots and agents
-Statistical methods for machine learning
-Reinforcement learning

Area Data Analytics:

-Algoritmica per il web
-Network science
-Algorithms for massive datasets
-Scientific visualization
-Decision methods and models
-Ottimizzazione su grafo
-Ottimizzazione discreta
-Advanced multivariate statistics

Area Data Management and Protection:

-New generation data models and DBMSs
-Geospatial data management
-Information management
-Privacy and data protection

5 - Pillar: COMPUTING SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRY, BUSINESS AND MEDICINE

Area Bio-medical computing:

-Biomedical signal processing
-Bioinformatics

Area Industry and Business:

-Analisi e gestione del rischio
-Logistica
-Business information systems
-Intelligent systems for industry, supply chain and environment
-Simulation

Area Distributed and Mobile Computing:

-Progetto di sistemi a sensore
-Cloud computing technologies
-Distributed and pervasive systems
-Progettazione di sistemi operativi sicuri (attivo a partire dall'a.a. 2028/29)
-Reti wireless e mobili
-Sviluppo di applicazioni per dispositivi mobili

Area Security:

-Tecniche e applicazioni biometriche
-Sicurezza delle architetture data intensive
-Gestione della Sicurezza nelle imprese
-Privatezza e protezione dei dati

6 - Pillar: INTERACTION AND MULTIMEDIA

Area Audio and Music:

-Audio pattern recognition
-Procedural and spatial sound
-Sonic interaction design
-Web programming for sound and music

Area Videogames:

-Artificial intelligence for video games
-3D video games
-Gamification and serious games
-Online game design
-Real-time graphics programming
-Videogame design and programming

Area Multimedia:

-Sistemi multimediali e Interaction design

Area Imaging and Video:

-Affective computing
-Natural interaction (attivo a partire dall'a.a. 2028/29)
-Realtà virtuale
-Methods for image processing
-Visione artificiale

7 - Pillar: ALGORITHMS, SOFTWARE AND THEORY

Area Algorithms:

-Algoritmi e complessità
-Heuristics algorithms
-Algoritmi paralleli e distribuiti

Area Software:

-Programmazione avanzata
-Tecniche speciali di programmazione
-GPU computing
-Sviluppo software in gruppi di lavoro complessi
-Verifica e convalida del software

Area Theory:

-Geometria computazionale
-Mathematical logic
-Metodi formali
-Calcolo numerico
-Informatica teorica
-Metodi probabilistici per l'informatica
-Specifica e verifica di sistemi critici
-Knowledge representation and reasoning
-Teoria dei linguaggi
-Teoria dei grafi

Area Computational Education and Ethics:

-Cittadinanza digitale e tecnocivismo
-Didattica dell'informatica

8 - Free-choice credits.

Students must earn the 12 credits by freely choosing from all courses offered by the University, including those listed in the previous tables, according to the criteria set out in the relevant section of this document, provided they are compatible with their academic program.

Students may also request credit recognition for training activities at external institutions by submitting the relevant certification. Each certification can yield a maximum of 3 credits, and up to 2 certifications can be recognized. Students wishing to request certification recognition must complete the "application" form available at https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/servizi-gli-studenti/segreterie-infostudenti/modulistica-generale and submit it to their program secretary's office along with a copy of the certifications obtained.

The evaluation will be conducted by the relevant commission based on the following parameters:
· Timeframe: the certification must have been obtained no more than 5 years ago.
· Specificity: The certification must cover skills related to those covered by the relevant degree program.
· Specialization: The certification must cover specialized and/or professionalizing skills.
· Level: The certification must demonstrate intermediate or advanced skills. Basic and entry-level certifications are excluded.

Additionally, the following elective courses are offered at the Milan Conservatory:
· First semester, Music Informatics and Digital Music, 3 credits (sector COME/05)
· Second semester, Music Informatics, 3 credits (sector COME/05)
· Second semester, Sampling, Synthesis, and Digital Sound Processing, 3 credits (sector COME/05)
· Second semester, Systems and Programming Languages ​​for Audio and Music Applications 1, 3 credits (sector COME/05)
· First semester, Systems and Programming Languages ​​for Audio and Music Applications 2, 3 credits (sector COME/05)

- Students must acquire at least 18 credits among the following characteristic courses.

1 - Students must achieve at least 30 and not more than 36 CFU choosing from the following Table 1.

2 - Students must achieve at least 12 and not more than 18 CFU choosing from the following Table 2. Those who have obtained 30 credits from the above table 1 must obtain 18 from table 2; those who have obtained 36 credits from the above table 1 will have to receive 12 from table 2.
Business Safety Management (6 cfu) will be held from the academic year. 2025/26

3 - Free choice courses.
Students will have to achieve 12 free cfu among the courses of the previous tables, among the following courses activated by the Department, by Conservatorio, or among all the courses activated by the university.
It is not possible to choose courses activated by old study degrees.

Students can request the recognition of credits for training activities at external institutions, presenting a certification. Each certification can give rise to a maximum of 3 credits, and up to 2 certifications can be recognized. The students who intend to request the recognition of the certifications must complete the "application" form available on the page https://www.unimi.it/en/study/student-services/welcome-desk-infostudenti/general-forms and send ver to the secretary of his / her degree together with a copy of the certifications achieved.
The evaluation will be carried out by a special commission based on the following parameters:
- Validity: the certification must have been obtained for a maximum of 5 years.
- Specificity: the object of the certification must be those referable to those required by the degree course in which the student is regularly enrolled.
- Specialization: the certification must concern specialized and / or professional skills.
- Level: the certification must attest to skills of a medium or advanced level. Basic and entry level certifications are excluded.

Free choice courses (Conservatorio):
- 2 semester, Campionamento, Sintesi ed Elaborazione Digitale dei Suoni, TME, 3 cfu (settore COME/05)
- 1 semester, Sistemi e linguaggi di programmazione per l'audio e le applicazioni musicali 2, TME, 3 cfu (settore COME/05)
- Sistemi, Tecnologie, applicazioni e programmazione audio e musicale per i sistemi internet e per sistemi di comunicazione mobile, TMA, 3 cfu (settore COME/05)
- Campionamento, Sintesi ed Elaborazione Digitale dei Suoni, BME, 3 cfu (settore COME/05)
- 1 semester, Tecnologie e tecniche del montaggio e della post-produzione audio per il video 1, BTS, 3 cfu (settore COME/05)
- Tecnologie e tecniche del montaggio e della post-produzione audio per il video 2, BTS, 3 cfu (settore COME/05)