Research Overview

Education and Research are the two fundamental and highly synergistic pillars of AIT’s activity. AIT academics perform leading edge research and thus, remain at the forefront of technological and scientific evolution. Research results and technological advancements are exploited by AIT to continuously enrich the offered curricula, and also used by the AIT faculty to update and enhance the educational content of their courses. This constant updating of the educational material with research results and technological innovation stemming from research performed across the world is a unique and most valuable feature of the AIT establishment.

AIT performs research in a number of carefully selected research areas that have significant scientific challenge, interest and potential. The main goal of the activity is to make substantial scientific contributions in the targeted areas and to establish AIT as a leading research center in Europe. Research results are being communicated to the scientific community through an extensive list of publications to international and high quality journals and through presentations to highly reputed conferences and other scientific events. They are also being communicated to industry for exploitation towards new products and services; and to the society in general through AIT’s educational efforts in the context of degree, professional or lifelong learning programs.

The dynamic research activity of AIT has resulted in the formation of significant and valuable synergies with academic institutions, corporate R&D labs, and industry, has promoted the scientific and technological image of the establishment and has contributed to making AIT known through innovation, excellence and professionalism.

Five “umbrella” technological areas of research activity have been selected as the focal points of AIT research. These areas are:

1. Autonomic and Grid Computing, performing research on Multimodal Technologies and Perceptual Interfaces, Autonomic Middleware for Perceptual Systems, Cognitive Systems and Grid Computing.
2. High Speed Networks and Optical Communications, having as main research dimensions All Optical Network Technologies, IP/Optical and Wireless/Optical Convergence, Storage Networks, Network Control and Management, QoS, Network Services and Applications (Content Distribution, VoIP, VoD…).
3. Broadband Wireless and Sensor Networks, focusing on 4G Communications, Sensor Networks, Broadband Radio Interfaces, Wireless Multimedia Communications, Smart Antennas.
4. Software Engineering and WEB Applications, having as main research dimensions Software Systems, Middleware and Distributed Computing, Programming Languages, Semantic WEB and WEB Service Technologies and Applications including eLearning, eGovernment, eCommerce, Policy-based Systems.
5. Algorithms and Security, pperforming research on Combinatorial Optimization and Heuristics, Algorithms for Sensor Networks, Cryptography and Computer and Network Security.

Groups of very competent academics, each with a very solid research and technological background, have been formed to perform research and address the innovation challenges of each of the above research areas. Their work is supported by state of the art laboratories.

Research activity is partly funded by EU and National research support frameworks. AIT participates in a number of very ambitious and successful collaborative research projects. AIT has been very active and successful in forming winning consortia and making significant scientific contributions in running projects. In this context, AIT has established strong collaborations with major players in the areas of its expertise; the trust placed on AIT by such partners is a significant measure of AIT’s recognition by the wider research community.

Research Director
Mrs. Didoe Prevedourou
tel:  +30 210 668 2720
fax: +30 210 668 2729
e-mail: dpre@ait.edu.gr