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Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) – History
April 1999 Strategic Agreement between Politecnico and Compagnia di San Paolo for ICT propulsion
July 2000 The Institute is founded by Compagnia di San Paolo and Politecnico di Torino
March 2001 Motorola, STMicroelectronics, Telecom Italia as industrial partners
Jan. 2003 ISMB “Istrumental Body” of Compagnia di San Paolo
Sept. 2003 ISMB in the new 4.000 m² via Boggio building March 2005 SKF new industrial partner of ISMB
Dec. 2007 ISMB partner of Microsoft Innovation Center
ISMB: an applied research excellence Centre where Politecnico and Industries work together
Cluster of ISMB/Politecnico/ industrial partners joint labs
Antennas and Electromagnetic Compatibility (AC)
Electronic and Systems (Chivasso) (CH)
e-Security (ES)
Networking (NE)
Photonics (PH)
Radio Technologies for Multimedia (RT)
Services & Applications (SA)
Satellite Navigation (SN)
Around 250 researchersa. 140 ISMB a. 110 Politecnico / industrial partners
e-HealthSan Giovanni Antica Sede (To)
UCLA Los Angeles - USA
VNTech
Valle d’Aosta
Gruppo Loccioni
Ancona
Rome
Microsoft Innovation Centre - Torino
University of Hokkaido Japan
Electronic and Systems Chivasso (To)
Headquarters and labsISMBEx tornerie V. Boggio (To)
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
Anderson School of Management (UCLA) – USA
Berkeley University – USA
Henry Samueli School of Engineering of UCLA – USA
Winmec – Los Angeles – USA
BUPT – Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications – Cina
SEU – South East University – Nanjing – Cina
University of Hokkaido – Giappone
Hanoi University of Technology – Vietnam
FAF Munich University – Europa
Ertico – Europa
ETSI – Europa
Office of Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) – Nazioni Unite
Around 30 projects with more than 45 international partners
15% international researchers
Istituto Superiore Mario BoellaMain cooperation with International Institutions
Academia Institutions and Industrial partners cooperation through joint ISMB labs
Research: time and cost reduction. Quick and efficient industrial results through concurrent engineering (industrialization concepts injected since the beginning in common research teams)
IPR acceleration (patent policies between partners)
Coordination of efforts between different Turin research centres, network of institutions and ISMB
ISMB in a Network of Institutions
• Turin Research Centres
• Fondazione Torino Wireless
• I3P
• Piemontech / Innogest
• CEIP
• Camera di Commercio
• Unione Industriale / Confindustria
• API
Broadband Wireless Network EMC and Antennas Satellite positioning Wireless Sensor Networks
e-Health applications Intelligent Transport Systems Multimedial and RFID Applications banking and insurance applications
Research Areas
Wireless TechnologiesWireless Technologies
MobileMobile Applications Applications
PhotonicsPhotonics
About 20 projects financed by Regional / National InstitutionsAbout 15 projects financed by European UnionAbout 35 projects with Companies
Around 70 scientific publications in 2007
Cooperations with all the Instrumental Bodies of the Compagnia di San Paolo
NR NE Robotica cooperativa: wireless link for cooperating service robot
IN NE Comau: wide band wireless systems for advanced robotics applications
IN NE RIBES: video compression
IN NE Motorola: WiMax for portable phones
IN NE Terna: multihop wireless networks for energy reduction
IN NE System Group: Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / ZigBee for tiled ceramics machinery
IN NE SEPA: monitoring system (Wi-Fi coverage and Mesh net)
Prog. lab
Broadband Wireless Network
Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
EU AC
RT
HIRF: Electromagnetic Compatibility for transport aircraft (Alenia Aeronautica)
IN AC STMicroelectronics: EMC Competence Centre
IN AC Sistra: 2.4 GHz antennas for road applications (ZigBee protocols)
Prog. lab
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
EMC and Antennas
Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies
NR SN IRGAL (Docup): time and receiver Galileo technologies
NR SN GAL-PMI (Docup): Galileo-based technologies and services for infomobility
NR SN N-GENE: fully software real-time Galileo/GPS receivers
NR SN Azimut: Galileo / Egnos for luxury boats
NR SN SMAT: localization technologies for UAV
NR SN SWAN: hardware – software platform for multisystem receivers (GPS / EGNOS / Beidou / Galileo)
NR AC ROSA: GPS- aided tropospheric features measurement (ASI)
NR SN World Air Games – Torino 2009: EGNOS terminals for hot-air balloons
NR SN ASI (SoL): Galileo receivers for Safety of Life applications
NR SN ASI (Alta Dinamica): high-dynamic Galileo receivers
EU SN ARTUS: professional Galileo receivers
EU SN SEAGAL: development of new approaches for Galileo education
EU SN HARRISON: Galileo value-added services based on timing information
EU SN SIGNATURE: EGNOS for automatic tolling (test site: London urban centre)
EU SN GSC: EGNOS for innovative automotive applications
IN SN TEMA / Magneti Marelli: T-BOX for emergency call / urban mobility technologies
IN SN PROGENY: hardware and software kit for GPS / Galileo training (SAT-SURF)
IN SN Thales Alenia Space: innovative algorithms for TUS and PRINCE multisystem GNSS receivers
IN SN Fondazione Montagna Sicura: advanced mapping for high-altitude routes
IN SN NEMERIX: technology audit of GPS receivers
IN SN NORTHROP-GRUMMAN: GPS – INS integration for high-dynamic applications
IN SN CSIRO (Australia): positioning and navigation technologies for coalmines
IN SN CSI-Sentieri: High precision GPS mapping using standard receivers
Satellite PositioninglabProg.
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies
NR CH NANOPACK (FIRB): wireless sensors for intelligent packaging
EU RT
NE
NEWCOM++: Network of Excellence (NoE) in wireless communication. Opportunistic network design
IN RT CRF: wireless sensor networks for automotive applications
IN RT SISTRA: wireless sensor networks for intelligent infrastructures
IN RT SiTI: sensor networks for security and public environment monitoring
IN RT Telecom Italia: development of ZigBee protocols for wireless sensor networks
IN RT NEOHM: WSN node for home applications
IN CH SKF: special bearing WSN applications
IN RT URMET: wireless sensor networks for monitoring applications
Prog. lab
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies
Wireless Sensor Networks
NR SA DREAM (Docup): e-Health wearable device engineering (ADAMO)
EU CH TOXICHIP: sensor applications for e-Health
IN SA CSI: remote monitoring for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease
IN SA ASL1: telemedicine for oncologic patients
IN SA Telecom Italia: videophone ADAMO field trials (in Cantalupa)
IN RT Laser Informatica: localisation and traceability for hospitals (WSN and ZigBee protocols)
Prog. lab
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
Technological Research Projects : mobile applications
e-Health applications
NR NE
RT
DAMASCO (FIRB): car to car communication new protocols (RR-ALOHA) simulation – synchronising node testing
NR NE MAE: car to car communication (with UCLA)
EU CH RT
SAFESPOT: ITS localization technologies / wireless sensor networks for road safety
EU RT CVIS: wireless networks for car to car and car to infrastructure communication
EU SA I-traveller: advanced centralized services for travellers
IN SN Torino: avdertising posters mapping
IN SA CRF: (open gate) DVB-H interface for Blue & Me
labProg.
Intelligent Transport Systems
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
Technological Research Projects : mobile applications
NR SA POLIMEDIA: multimedia and digitalization of analogical contents (with VRMMP and Cinema Engineering)
NR all Sistemi Museali e Centri di Restauro: innovative museum services management
NR SA MAE: multiview panoramic video streaming for museums (with University of Hokkaido)
IN SA Mediaset: multi standard multimedial conversion software
IN SA Magneti Marelli: active RFId applications for Porto di Trieste logistic
IN SA Ages Trust: RFId in rubber carpets for blind people
Prog. lab
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
Technological Research Projects : mobile applications
Multimedial and RFID Applications
IN ES Intesa San Paolo: banking innovation process transformation, social computing, payment evolution
IN ES Reale Mutua Assicurazioni: insurance innovation
IN ES IRIDE: electric networks safety and telecontrol
IN ES SIAE: smart card test for ticketing systems
labProg.
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
Technological Research Projects : mobile applications
Banking, insurance and safety applications
NR PH Nanocluster: glass structured nanocluster sensors
EU PH POF-ALL / POF-PLUS: POF (plastic optical fibers) transmission span and band extension based on special electro-optical conversion techniques and innovative algorithms (for more than one Gbit/sec)
IN PH Siemens: optical fibers applications for automotive sector
IN PH Urmet: plastic optical fibers for domotic applications
IN PH TELEOPTIX: 40Gbit/sec tx/rx moduls (DPSK modulation)
Prog. lab
Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry
Technological Research Projects : photonics
Competence Areas
- innovative antennas prototypes
- modelling, characterization and verification of the electromagnetic channel
- Electromagnetic Compatibility research and testing (3 anechoic chambers:
Antenna and Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory (AC)
• 26 MHz – 18 GHz• 700 MHz – 40 GHz• 1,2 GHz – 40 GHz)
- Sensors
- Microelectronics / MEMS
- Electronic systems
- Smart packaging
- Wireless systems for e-Health
- Rapid prototyping using photopolymer ink-jet printers
Electronic and Systems Laboratory - Chivasso (CH)
Competence Areas
- Net and applications security (digital identity, smart cards)
- Grid computing
- Relational data base
- Cloud computing and system virtualization
e-Security and computing architectures Laboratory (ES)
Competence Areas
- Galileo receiver core technologies and algorithms (mass-market, professional, Safety-Of-Life)
- Fully Software Galileo receivers
- Assisted-GPS and Assisted-Galileo
- Interference detection and mitigation algorithms
- Multipath mitigation
- EGNOS local element
- Mapping algorithms
Galileo Satellite Navigation Laboratory (SN)
Competence Areas
WPAN: Bluetooth- Industrial communications
WLAN: WiFi- Indoor and outdoor- Industrial communications- Vehicular networks
WMAN: WiMax / HiperLAN (mesh)
Networking Laboratory (NE)
Competence Areas
- Glass and polymer optical fibers
- Modulation and transmission formats for optical frequencies
- Characterization of optical fibers and components
- Optical fibers sensors
- Bragg reticles
- Glass and special fibers
Photonics Laboratory (PH)
Competence Areas
• Mobility Sector - application development on mobile terminals - RFId applications and dedicated middleware developments
• Multimedia Sector - Digital content management - Digital and interactive TV - Digital Right management
• e-Health Sector - Home care and telemonitoring applications - e-Health service models
• HMI
Services and Applications Laboratory (SA)
Competence Areas
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Distributed Signal Processing
- Synchronization
- Opportunistic Communications
Radio Technologies for Multimedia Applications Laboratory (RT)
Competence Areas
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