1. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development1 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas Informatics and Telematics Institute Thessaloniki, Greece Informatics and Telematics Institute Thessaloniki, Greece www.iti.gr

2. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development2 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas facts founded in 1998 as a non-profit organisation under the auspices of the General Secretarial of Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Development since March 2000, it constitutes one of the four institutes of the National Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas set-up to constitute an advanced research centre with continuous interaction with the academic community, the National and European Informatics and Telematics Industry, the international scientific community and the public sector initially funded by the Greek Government with a seed capital of 1,5 Million Euro for the period 1998-2001 it has attracted total funds in the range of 2 Million Euro from National and European competitive R&D collaboration projects (2000-2001)

3. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development3 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas ITI R&D areas basic and industry-oriented research activity, technology transfer actions in: multimedia and internet technologies advanced e-services for the knowledge society tele-medicine applications new media representation and access digital and interactive television data communications and computer networks virtual reality

4. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development4 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas EC projects ASPIS - An Authentication and Protection Innovative Software System for DVDROM and Internet, IST HISCORE - High Speed 3D and Colour Interface to the Real World, IST INTERFACE - Multimodal Analysis / Synthesis System for Human Interaction to Virtual and Augmented Environments, IST KOD - Knowledge on Demand, IST NETLogo - The European Educational Interactive Site, EMTF Video Coding in Multimedia Communication, COST 211quat Intelligent Methods in Signal Processing and Communications, COST 254

5. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development5 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas national projects (1/3) GAIA - Design and Development of Educational Multimedia software for the Greek Curriculum, GME-EPEAEK Design and Development of Curriculum-Based Educational Multimedia Software, GME-EPEAEK An Integrated System for fast Searching, Browsing and Composition of Audiovisual Data, GSRT-PAVE Content-Based Image Search over the internet, GSRT-PAVE An Industrial Tele-presence System for Dangerous Procedures Support, GSRT- PAVE

6. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development6 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas national projects (2/3) Development of an Innovative tool for the Support and Automation for Translation Procedures, GSRT-PAVE Integrated System of Medical Diagnostic Teleconsultation, GSRT-PAVE MPEG4 ToolBook, GSRT-PENED An Intelligent System for Retrieval and Mining of Digital Audiovisual Data, GSRT- EKVAN Open-Ended Component-Based Educational Multimedia Software for Religious Studies in the Greek Secondary Education, GME-EPEAEK Processing, registration and transmission of 3D Medical Images, GSRT-YPER

7. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development7 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas national projects (3/3) Design and Development of a Multimedia Database for an Electronic Encyclopaedia with virtual Reality Entries, GSRT-PAVE Development of the first Greek multimedia Encyclopaedia in DVDROM for children, GSRT-PAVE Image Retrieval from the Internet, GSRT-PAVE LIP-TELEPHONE - A Bandwidth-Scalable Video Phone for the Lip-Reading Deaf, GSRT-PENED Value Added Internet-based e-Services for the Reconstruction Programmes of the Balkan Economies, GSRT-EPET II TELE-ISTOR - A web Based Distance Learning System for Greek Secondary Education, sub-contract

8. Informatics and Telematics Institute Ministry of Development8 Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas contact Professor Michael-Gerasimos Strintzis, Director  strintzi@eng.auth.gr Dr. Demetrios G. Sampson, Senior Researcher  sampson@iti.gr Mailing address:  1, Kyvernidou Street, Thessaloniki, GR-54639 Greece Secretariat  Tel: +30-31-868324, 868785, 868580, internal 214  Fax: +30-31-868324, 868785, 868580, internal 213  E-mail: info@iti.gr www.iti.gr