Industrial Systems Institute Research, Exploratory Development & Innovation

1. Industrial Systems InstituteResearch, Exploratory Development & Innovation www.athena-innovation.gr Dr. Nikos Zervos, Deputy Director Patras IQ, Apr 26, 2015

2. History • Established in 1998 • Joined “Athena” Research Center in 2003 • Currently “Awaiting for … RC Western Greece” • Directed by • Prof. Ioannidis (acting, 2013-…) • Dr. N. Zervos (Deputy Director) • Prof. Serpanos (2008-2013) • Prof. Makios (acting, 2003-2008) • Prof. Papadopoulos (1998-2003) • Offices in Patras, PSP, Greece

3. Vision Redefining standard operational Processes in all industrial sectors through integration of Industrial ICT Mission Active participation and significant contribution in high technology sectors related to integrated industrial systems Increase of competitiveness of Greek industry through application of state-of-the-art technologies Factory of the Future, Agile Manufacturing, Digital Enterprises, Sensing Enterprises, eHealth, …

4. Departments & Research Areas • Intelligent Systems and Robotics • Modelling and control, nonlinear filtering and multi-sensor fusion, fault detection/isolation, optimization • Networked Embedded Systems and Real Time Systems • Wired/wireless networking technologies, middleware & tools, maintenance, health & well-being, smart environments • Manufacturing Systems, Processes and Enterprise Interoperability • Agile manufacturing systems, enterprise modeling for interoperability, intra-enterprise & inter-enterprise integration, sensing enterprise, collaborative business / manufacturing • Enterprise Information Systems • Decision support systems, electric power market, smart communities • Security and Protection of Systems, Networks and Infrastructures • Computing systems security, network security, cryptography, hardware Trojans, critical infrastructure protection

5. Results: Publications

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7. Personnel

8. Financials: Income

9. Financials: Public ROI

10. Research Projects: Overview • 18 active RTD projects • 63 total projects in the period (2005-2012) • 107 total projects • Strategic collaborations

11. Outreach - Networking • Established partner at a European level • Collaborations with more than 80 partners from across Europe, the U.S., Israel and China • Strong collaborations in the area of South East Europe • Important national stakeholder with the institutional role to increase the competitiveness of the Greek industry • Important local stakeholder participating in all major regional initiatives • Research and Innovation Instrument of the Region of Western Greece • Regional Innovation Pole of Western Greece / Regional Technology Platform of Western Greece • Co-organization of 8 international conferences

12. Impact - Industry Competitiveness • Transport sector • Enterprise clustering and inter-enterprise support services: • Inter-enterprise collaboration model & platform operated by agent company • Clustering of transport SMEs active in combined transport area (sea-road) • Aquaculture sector • Aquaculture water quality monitoring system (since 2008) • Data acquisition from water parameter sensing equipment • Model for the association of the water quality with the quality of fish • Healthcare sector • Patient physiological monitoring • Patients with heart problems and/or having had an operation Food sector Production process automation Platform for continuous replenishment between manufacturing (food industry) and retail sector

13. Impact - Industry Competitiveness • Manufacturing sector • Participation in Centre of Entrepreneurial & Technological Excellence of the Region of Western Greece • Production process advisory and support services • Technology audits of the production process • Target 600 manufacturing SMEs in the Region of Western Greece • Proposals for the enhancement of their efficiency • ICT Clusters • National cluster participation • Nano/Microelectronics-based Systems and Applications Cluster (mi-Cluster) • Hellenic Space Technologies and Applications Cluster (si-Cluster) • Innovative Gaming Technologies and Creative Content cluster (gi-Cluster) • Tourist sector • Sustainable Tourist Services • Semantically enriched platform for promotion of sites of tourist interest in the Region of Western Greece • “Cluster of clusters” concept

14. Impact - Industry Competitiveness(energy sector) • Solar Thermal market development advisory services • House owner market enhancement guidelines • Subvention and financial aid policy guidelines • Market operator qualification guidelines • Domestic Hot Water Calculator - Online application for assessment of environmental and financial benefits of solar thermal system installation • Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources

15. Impact – Strategy & PolicyDevelopment • Strategy development • Member of the ARTEMIS-IA, European Technology Platform on Embedded Systems Industry Association (ARTEMIS SRA) • Leader of Regional Technology Platform on ICT in Region of Western Greece • Elaboration of Strategic Research Agenda for the Region of W. Greece • Elaboration of a Strategic Research Agenda on Embedded Systems and Industrial Informatics in the area of South East Europe • Pan European Laboratory Infrastructure Implementation • Participation in Development of National Strategy on High Perf. Computing • Technology Foresight • Participation in a technology foresight exercise • Scope: ICT and more specifically Digital Content • Focus: South East Europe area Policy reform Participation in the process for the definition of the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization of the Region of Western Greece

16. Impact – Innovation Support • Policy Reform • Participation in the Regional Instrument for Research and Innovation of the Region of Western Greece • Participation and founding organization of the Regional Innovation Pole of Western Greece • Innovation Methodological Guidance and Financing • Elaboration of Methodology Guide on Innovation out of assessment of successful experiences related to transformation of research to innovation • Participation in the set-up of a Business Angels network in the Region of Western Greece • Technology transfer • Capacity building for SMEs in the Region of Western Greece on the enhancement of their innovation potential • Technology transfer activities in the framework of the Regional Technology Platform of Western Greece • Quality Advisory Services • Establishment of a Quality and Entrepreneurial Excellence Observatory in the framework of the Regional Innovation Pole of the Region of Western Greece • Greek National Quality Awards

17. Impact – Societal Reach • Openness to Society • Regular school visits aiming at the promotion of the research achievements of the institute • Organization of and participation in different events and fairs aiming at increasing the societal reach of the institute (Researchers Night, International Fair of Thessaloniki, Open Doors, Patras Money Show, Networking Days) • Presence in social media • ElaborationofWiFiInfrastructure • Mountainous isolated areas • Digital divide • Educational Seismograph • Online access to real-time seismic data for educational purposes • Pilot application in a number of schools in the Region of Western Greece • Awareness rise for earthquakes and social behavior adjustment initially at a school community level

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19. Thank you!

20. Industrial Systems Institute www.isi.gr info@isi.gr t: +302610910301 f: +302610910303 m: PSP Building, StadiouStr, PlataniPatras, 26504 Greece This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0