Diapositiva 1

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Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
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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

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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 researchers
• a. 140 ISMB
• a. 110 Politecnico / industrial partners

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Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
VNTech Valle dAosta
Electronic and Systems Chivasso (To)
Microsoft Innovation Centre - Torino
Headquarters and labs ISMB Ex tornerie V. Boggio
(To)
e-Health San Giovanni Antica Sede (To)
UCLA Los Angeles - USA
Gruppo Loccioni Ancona
University of Hokkaido Japan
Rome
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Istituto Superiore Mario Boella Main cooperation
with International Institutions

• 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

Around 30 projects with more than 45
international partners
15 international researchers
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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

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ISMB in a Network of Institutions

• Turin Research Centres
• Fondazione Torino Wireless
• I3P
• Piemontech / Innogest
• CEIP
• Camera di Commercio
• Unione Industriale / Confindustria
• API

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Research Areas
Wireless Technologies

• 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

Mobile Applications
Photonics
Around 70 scientific publications in 2007
About 20 projects financed by Regional / National
Institutions About 15 projects financed by
European Union About 35 projects with Companies
Cooperations with all the Instrumental Bodies of
the Compagnia di San Paolo
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Technological Research Projects wireless
technologies
Broadband Wireless Network
Prog.
lab
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects wireless
technologies
EMC and Antennas
Prog.
lab
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects wireless
technologies
Satellite Positioning
lab
Prog.
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects wireless
technologies
Wireless Sensor Networks
Prog.
lab
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects mobile
applications
e-Health applications
Prog.
lab
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects mobile
applications
Intelligent Transport Systems
lab
Prog.
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects mobile
applications
Multimedial and RFID Applications
Prog.
lab
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects mobile
applications
Banking, insurance and safety applications
lab
Prog.
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Technological Research Projects photonics
Prog.
lab
Project NR financed National / Regional EU
financed Europe IN contract with industry
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Competence Areas
Antenna and Electromagnetic Compatibility
Laboratory (AC)

• - innovative antennas prototypes
• modelling, characterization and verification of
  the
• electromagnetic channel
• - Electromagnetic Compatibility research and
  testing
• (3 anechoic chambers

• 26 MHz 18 GHz
• 700 MHz 40 GHz
• 1,2 GHz 40 GHz)

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Competence Areas
Electronic and Systems Laboratory - Chivasso (CH)
- Sensors - Microelectronics / MEMS -
Electronic systems - Smart packaging - Wireless
systems for e-Health - Rapid prototyping using
photopolymer ink-jet printers
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Competence Areas
e-Security and computing architectures Laboratory
(ES)

• Net and applications security
• (digital identity, smart cards)
• - Grid computing
• - Relational data base
• - Cloud computing and system virtualization

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Competence Areas
Galileo Satellite Navigation Laboratory (SN)

• 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

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Competence Areas
Networking Laboratory (NE)

• WPAN Bluetooth
• - Industrial communications
• WLAN WiFi
• - Indoor and outdoor
• - Industrial communications
• - Vehicular networks
• WMAN WiMax / HiperLAN (mesh)

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Competence Areas
Photonics Laboratory (PH)

• - 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

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Competence Areas
Services and Applications Laboratory (SA)

• 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

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Competence Areas
Radio Technologies for Multimedia Applications
Laboratory (RT)

- Wireless Sensor Networks - Distributed
Signal Processing - Synchronization -
Opportunistic Communications
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ISMB economic figures