Athens Information Technology (AIT) Center for Research & Education
Athens Information Technology (AIT - www.ait.gr) is an internationally-renowned education and research center in the fields of information technology, telecommunications, and innovation management, that was founded in 2002 and is based in Athens, Greece.
AIT’s mission is to:
- Establish and maintain a center of excellence for research and education in the areas of software engineering, telecommunications/networking, embedded systems and electronics;
- Foster the development of top level competitive information and communication technology professionals capable of creating technological breakthroughs and skilled in technology and innovation management;
- Continue to provide the education to meet future ICT trends;
The aim of basic and directed research undertaken at AIT is to produce ground-breaking state-of-the-art scientific output and turn the center into an international research hub by fostering collaborations with other research centers."
"AIT’s commitment is to certain life values according to which science does not only relate to technological development but also to human progress and empowerment by providing new opportunities and better quality of life to all people. In that framework, AIT joins the GreenTouch Consortium with the goal to contribute to the improvement of energy efficiency of ICT infrastructure and realize future green telecom networks, which will have many-fold benefits to our world."
-Professor Ioannis Tomkos, Head of Research Area
