Starting in 2004 I have lead the development of a new offering of the ICS Masters degree in
Embedded Systems. The goal of this effort was two-fold: to make access to our program easier for
European and international students and to create a Masters degree program for American students
that will expose them to foreign cultures and languages.

After only 2 years of effort the program has been approved by the University of California in 2006. The
program is now being offered part time in Naples, Italy and part time in the US at UC Irvine. It is
offered in collaboration with the Institute of Cybernetics of the Italian National Research Council at
their location in Nalpes.

The program can be completed in 5 quarters, two summer quarters at UCI and 3 quarters in Naples. The courses
and the teaching faculty are exactly the same as in the standard UC Irvine offering of the program and offer
an excellent general Computer Science degree with a particular emphasis on parallel and embedded systems.
Upon completion of the program the students can choose to undergo practical training at the many high technology
companies in California or can choose to pursue a PhD program at UCI or other California or US universities.

Additional details about the program can be founbd at the program webiste