Athens Information Technology (AIT, http://www.ait.edu.gr), an internationally-renowned education and research center in the fields of information technology, telecommunications, and innovation management, was founded in 2002 by the INTRACOM group of companies. To that extend AIT has been collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Information Networking Institute (INI) of CMU to offer a joint Master in Information Networking (MSIN). A second collaboration with Aalborg University and the Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF) resulted into a joint PhD program. AIT has strong relationships with the global IT and networking industry, as well as with the major IT and telecom industries in Greece. Since 2003, AIT has a track record of running a large number of EU and national funded research projects.

AIT participates in My-e-Director 2012 through its Autonomic and Grid Computing Group (AGC, http://www.ait.edu.gr/ait_web_site/research_AGC.jsp#). AGC has a track record of successful European, national and industrial projects. AGC brings into the consortium their computer vision research with systems for detecting, tracking and recognizing people. They also bring on board their experience on knowledgebase-based reasoning and situation understanding, as well as on system integration.

Contact person:

Prof. Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis
apne@ait.edu.gr
http://www.ait.edu.gr/ait_web_site/faculty/apne/pnevmatikakis.html