NTUA is the oldest and most prestigious educational institute in Greece in engineering and has contributed unceasingly to the country’s scientific, technical and economic development since its foundation in 1836. NTUA has obtained a leading role in EU research and innovation activities having undertaken more than 650 EU projects since the year 2000, acting as the coordinator for about 80 of these, having collaborated with more than 7000 organisations across Europe and globally, and having obtained EU funding higher than 200 MEuros.
This DIH is also affiliated with the
Institute of Communication and Computer Engineering (ICCS), a research institute that was founded by the Ministry of Education in 1989, in order to carry out research and development activity regarding all diverse aspects of telecommunications systems and techniques, computer systems, and their applications. More specifically, since the year 2000, ICCS has contributed to more than 400 European research and innovation projects, of which it has coordinated about 70, having collaborated with more than 6000 organisations in the framework of EU R&D projects.
This DIH is a multidisciplinary scientific unit which carries out R&D activities along with consulting and mentoring services on software engineering for the following areas:
- Internet of Things
- Smart Systems and Environments
- Cloud, Fog, Edge computing
- Future Internet
- Advanced networking and communication solutions
- Smart Agriculture and Precision Farming
- Future Internet Research Experimentation (FIRE+)
- Sensor networks
- Context management & inference
- Data engineering
- Semantic data modelling and Interoperability
- Data analytics and knowledge extraction
- Security, Privacy and Trust
- Service engineering / mobile applications
- Collaborative decision making, recommender systems, social intelligence, community-enhanced functionality
- Intelligent transportation
- Health, well-being and AAL
- Social media analytics
- Multimedia
- User-centric computing
It comprises faculty members, senior experts, PhD and Master holders, PhD candidates and researchers offering scientific, technical, testing/validation, training/mentoring, dissemination and consulting services. It has participated in numerous national and international activities; it is growing constantly, expanding its spectrum of expertise, the geographical areas it targets and its partners’ base.
ICCS Digital Innovation Hub is clustered with ALAMEDA Innovation Hub, a community hub for AI solutions addressing the improvement of the quality of life of patients with brain diseases, especially PMSS (Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke)
