Informatics and Telematics Institute Thessaloniki, Greece iti.gr

1. Informatics and Telematics InstituteThessaloniki, Greecewww.iti.gr

2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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