Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione
The "Alessandro Faedo" Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione (Institute of Information Science and Technologies) is an institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR).[1] The institute is located in the CNR research area in the Ghezzano Province of Pisa about 5 km from San Giuliano Terme.
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| Founder(s) | CNR |
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| Established | 2002 |
| Mission | Research on computer science |
| Director | Roberto Scopigno |
| Address | Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, 56127 |
| Location | , |
| Website | www |
The institute was founded in 2002 as a merge of two previous CNR institutes: Istituto CNUCE and Istituto di Elaborazione dell’Informazione (IEI). The institute is named in honor of Alessandro Faedo, former President of CNR and former rector of the University of Pisa, for his important contributions to the development of Computer Science in Italy. The mission of the institute is producing scientific excellence and playing an active role in technology transfer[2] in the field of Computer Science.
In 2022 the research staff of the institute counts more than 120 researchers and a total staff (including PhD students and fellows) of around 230.[3][4]
Since 1 April 2019 the ISTI director is Roberto Scopigno.[5]
ISTI is affiliated to the CNR Dept. of Engineering, Information, Communication, Energy and Transportation Technologies (DIITET).
The main aim of ISTI-CNR is to advance science in the domain of computing and related technologies. ISTI collaborates with many universities and research institutions at both national and international levels. Collaborations are often related to specific research projects and consortiums. The Institute also has a very solid expertise and reputation in the design and deployment of CS infrastructures and in technology transfer activities oriented towards industry or the public administration. In addition, ISTI is strongly involved in didactics, at bachelor, masters and PhD levels. Many ISTI researchers hold courses or seminars in national universities or abroad.
The institute is organized in six major research themes and the subsequent 13 research laboratories:
- Networking
- Software
- Knowledge
- High Performance Computing
- Visual
- Flight and Structural Mechanic
ISTI is intensively contributing to Open Source and Open Science policies, with the design and implementation of more than thirty software packages and tools, like, for example, the open source molecular visualization software QuteMol, the 3D mesh processing system MeshLab, the gCube system for developing Data infrastructures.
It is leading the development and operation of Data infrastructures including D4Science and OpenAIRE.
It supports and promotes the principles of Open Access and is making available its scientific production by its own Institutional Repository.[6]
References
edit- ^ "List of the CNR institutes".
- ^ "Mission of the ISTI - CNR". Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo" - ISTI (CNR).
- ^ "Description of the institute". Italian National Research Council (CNR).
- ^ "Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo" - ISTI".
- ^ "The director of Institute ISTI is published on the CNR official web site". Italian National Research Council (CNR). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "ISTI Institutional Repository".