Industrial Systems InstituteShort Presentation

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History

• A private public-equivalent legal entity supervised by the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Development

• Foundation : February 1998

• Inclusion to the Research Center Athena : May 2003

• Director : professor Dimitrios Serpanos

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General Aims

• Development of high technology products and provision of advanced services

• Support of the competitiveness of the Greek industry through innovation

• Standardization and certification of products and services

• Collaboration with technological and manufacturing partners

• International presence through competitive programs

• Studies and funded research and technological projects

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Available Resources

• Building Resources

– 2000-2004 : 150 m2 rented area in the University of Patras + 100 m2 for administrative facilities

– 12/2004 – today : 300 m2 rented area in the Building of the Patras Science Park

– A new building will be constructed for ISI in Platani Patras, adjacent to the Patras Science Park

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Patras Science Park

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Available Resources

• Human Resources

Category NumberResearchers

Level C 3Administrative and Technical Staff

Administrative 6Technical 3

Collaborating ResearchersUniversity Staff 10Postgraduate and Post-

Ph.D. researchers30

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Research Areas

Information and Communication Systems for the Industry

Enterprise Integration

Advanced Production Systems

Modeling and Automation

Electronic Systems

Embedded Systems

Sustainable Development

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Informatics Systems

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Industrial Systems

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Prototype Machines

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Business Integration

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Intelligent-Combined Transport

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Bundle of Services Platform

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Natural Risk Management

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Strategy

Scientific Excellence

Openning to the University

Attraction ofNew Resources

Enhancement Of its role as

RegionalPlayer

Networking –Strategic

Collaborations

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Research and Development Projects

Finished Current Total

Funded by the EC

8 3 11

National Projects

13 5 18

Regional Projects

13 1 14

Total 34 9 43

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Significant Results

• Development of a system for the protection from physical disasters (earthquakes)

• Development of a system for the protection from oil spills in case of ship-wrecks

• Development of a new wireless industrial communication network

• Development of advanced system for intra-enterprise and inter-enterprise integration applicable in manufacturing, tourism and the transport sector

• Integrated systems for energy management in big consumers

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Collaborations

• Strategic cooperations with significant academic / research foundations and industries / enterprises in Greece and Europe

• Significant regional partner participating in a series of initiatives and new entities (KETA-WG, Innovation Pole)

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Experience in INTERREG projects

• Interreg IIIB Archimed / WDCNET - Development of three wireless broadband networks comprising 90 hot spots in three regions (Western Greece, Puglia, Malta)

• Interreg IIIC / Innoref - STRASSE – Elaboration of a strategic spatial planning modeling methodology based on sets of indicators to address the limits of acceptable changes in an area

• Interreg IIIC / Innoref - STS – Elaboration of a inter-enterprise integration semantically-enriched web-enabled platform to support clustering of the tourist sector

• Interreg IIIC / ENMR – Network of Mining Regions

• Interreg IIIC / SOUSTENERGY – Elaboration of a methodology guide for energy efficiency based on international best practices

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Financial Aspects

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