National School of Engineers of SFAX
Research Master
New Technologies of Dedicated Computer Systems
NTSID
Academic Year 2009-2010
Responsible: Professor Mohamed ABID
Department of Electrical Engineering
National School of Engineers of SFAX, TUNISIA
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Master of new Technologies dedicated to computer Systems
Objectives
In 2001, after the creation of new training of NTSID Master, the national school of
Engineering of Sfax has actually begun the formation of the new generation of core
competencies in the field of STIC. This training is expected to play an active role in the rapid
technological change that we are witnessing nowadays.
By creating new opportunities for post graduates in electrical and computer engineering; this
training was to ensure mastery and transfer of technology in design and development of
modern systems and this is by training specialists in the design and development of software
systems and hardware dedicated to the STIC.
Concerning the projects under this master, the researchers are welcomed in laboratories and
research teams of Tunisian universities including l’ENIS, l’ENIM , l’ENIT, FSM,FSS,
etc,(see list below) who have already participated in the training and support under this
master. They are also welcomed in foreign research laboratories such as LAAA of CNPS in
Toulouse, I3S of CNRS in Sofia Antipolis, the university of Toulon and Var, laboratory of
Lester of Lorient, etc.
Furthermore, jointly supervised theses are in preparation. This training focuses on original
research topics not only theoretical but also applied in domains related to STIC. Indeed, these
applications, especially those in multimedia, seek, in their design and implementation, a
multitude of skills in computer engineering, electrical engineering and information
processing, hence the obligation to have a multidisciplinary profile for their achievement(see
figure).
Computer Networks
And
Communication System
Design Approches
Software Engineering
Sciences of information
And
Communication technologies
Information
Processing And
Multimédia
Chip- based System
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This training comes as part of the firm commitment of Tunisia in the STIC together with the
increasing will of l’ENIS to take the role of ‘pole of excellence” for the initiation of training
support to national projects. This strengthens the strategic partnerships between the university
and its industrial environment, something which has encouraged the creation of joint synergy
with colleagues in other national and international institutions to meet such needs in terms of
applied research. It should be noted that this master has just reinforced training in the third
round in this domain nationwide by introducing other complementary aspects.
The outlets are in public or private research organizations, in higher education and also, for an
increasing share, in industrial jobs of concerned sectors of activity. In fact, beside the
institutions of higher education, several industrials who settled in Tunisia, especially in the
technopoles, have really expressed their interest to recruit engineers/researchers trained
through this training course and they even contemplate to undertake doctoral work in
collaboration with research laboratories attached to this training.
Admission
This master continues to address the students holders of a diploma of engineer, or a
university-degree, or an equivalent diploma and validating capacities pronounced to undertake
high-level studies in the specialities indicated below. Candidates should have a basic training
obtained in the best conditions and also complete in computer sciences engineering and
electrical engineering. Priority is given to graduates in: computer sciences engineering,
electrical engineering, and university-degree in computer sciences or equivalent diplomas.
The admission is made by a committee which can possibly require an interview to pronounce.
This committee may on the one hand allow on file, the students in the final year in certain
trainings of engineers to join this master and on the other hand the students having a diploma
of engineer to get out of the written exam in the first semester and to join in the second
semester to make the training.
Professions Perspectives and foot bridges
After creating new opportunities to engineering students and graduates in computer sciences
engineering and electrical engineering, this action aims at ensuring the mastery and transfer of
technology in terms of design and development of modern systems and this is by training
specialists in design and development of software systems and equipments dedicated to the
STIC. Therefore, this master can offer a training course of a high level speciality in the fields
of computer sciences engineering, micro-electronics, intelligent systems and their applications
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for the STIC. The outlets are in public or private research organizations, in higher education
and also, for an increasing share, in industrial jobs of concerned sectors of activity.
The teaching program
The NTSID training course allows to obtain a master according to four options presenting a
common-core syllabus insuring the additional theoretical training. The second year is reserved
to the preparation of a report of research treating an original subject of current events and
giving place to public defence in front of a jury. The different parts of the training course
program are (see figure):

A common-core syllabus introduces the key aspects related to systems-design
methodologies dedicated in the field of STIC ( 7 modules x 20h)

A group of modules “ Design Techniques and Software Engineering” focuses on the
computing models and tools(computer Aided Design) for the design of distributed and
embedded Systems in the field of multimedia and NTIC ( 5 modules x 20h)

A group of modules “Information processing and multimedia Systems” deals with the
aspects related to techniques and new approaches of information processing and
multimedia systems, etc (5 modules x 20h).

A group of modules “chip- based” with the chip-based conception aspect of modern
systems. It is a question of studying the conception and integration of multimedia
systems technologies and techniques : communication, signal processing, real-time
systems, embedded systems, etc ( 5 modules x 20h)

A group of modules ‘ Computer Networks and Communication Systems” deals with,
in a more specialized way, the key points related to modern networks and the
communication systems ( 5 modules x 20h).
Conclusion
It should be noted that the options deal with related and complementary aspects. The training
course is constituted of a common- core syllabus and an option among the following group of
modules or modules for choice. Pedagogical seminars and living languages are equally
integrated in this training course.
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