Research
The research and development activity of the Institute can be classified into 5 thematic areas:
- Networking Science and Technologies
- Software Science and Technologies
- Knowledge Science and Technologies
- Visual and High Performance Computing Science and Technologies
- Flight and Structural Mechanics
and dynamic interactions take place among different areas, giving raise to fruitful cross-fertilization.
The research staff is organized into 14 laboratories or technology centers, each having a wide scientific and administrative autonomy; and the members of the research staff are normally involved in one or more of these units.
"Curiosity driven" and independent research are also encouraged and supported.
Research Laboratories pursue a well-defined set of strongly related scientific objectives. In addition to research, objectives may also cover technology development and training. The teams include permanent staff, visitors, post-doctoral fellows and doctoral students, with an average number of 10 members per Lab.
Technology Centers are aimed at enhancing and exploiting the patrimony of competence existing at ISTI in specific areas. Typical activities are pre-competitive development, technology transfer and training.
The Technology Centers work in close collaboration with the Research Laboratories, in order to
foster the sharing of competence and the bi-directional flow of knowledge. As a general rule, the
staff of the Technology Centers is also involved in one or more Research Laboratory.