Industrial Systems Institute Short Presentation

Patras, 19 December of 21 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

Patras, 19 December of 21 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

Patras, 19 December of 21 Available Resources Building Resources – : 150 m 2 rented area in the University of Patras m 2 for administrative facilities –12/2004 – today : 300 m 2 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

Patras, 19 December of 21 Patras Science Park

Patras, 19 December of 21 Available Resources Human Resources CategoryNumber Researchers Level C3 Administrative and Technical Staff Administrative6 Technical3 Collaborating Researchers University Staff10 Postgraduate and Post-Ph.D. researchers 30

Patras, 19 December of 21 Research Areas Information and Communication Systems for the Industry Enterprise Integration Advanced Production Systems Modeling and Automation Electronic Systems Embedded Systems Sustainable Development

Patras, 19 December of 21 Informatics Systems

Patras, 19 December of 21 Industrial Systems

Patras, 19 December of 21 Prototype Machines

Patras, 19 December of 21 Business Integration

Patras, 19 December of 21 Intelligent-Combined Transport

Patras, 19 December of 21 Bundle of Services Platform

Patras, 19 December of 21 Natural Risk Management

Patras, 19 December of 21 Strategy Scientific Excellence Openning to the University Attraction of New Resources Enhancement Of its role as Regional Player Networking – Strategic Collaborations

Patras, 19 December of 21 Research and Development Projects FinishedCurrentTotal Funded by the EC 8311 National Projects Regional Projects Total34943

Patras, 19 December of 21 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

Patras, 19 December of 21 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)

Patras, 19 December of 21 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

Patras, 19 December of 21 Financial Aspects Ratio of Public versus Own funding

Patras, 19 December of 21 View from ISI Thank You