CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS

Greece: Central Macedonia

Overview

The Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) is the only research center in Northern Greece and one of the largest in the country. It is listed among the TOP-20 E.U. research institutions with the highest participation in competitive research grants. CERTH’s successful history is characterized by strong and long term collaborations with more than 1.200 acknowledged partners from the private and the public sector in Greece and abroad. Partners include multinational industries, large companies and SMEs, local authorities, academic institutions, research centers, etc.

Today CERTH is organized under the following five institutes:

Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Sustainable & Clean Energy, Environmental Technologies, Chemical & Biochemical Processes, Advanced Functional Materials
Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Informatics, Telematics and Telecommunication Technologies
Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT), Land, Sea and Air Transportation as well as Sustainable Mobility services
Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB), Agri-biotechnology, Health Translational Research, Informatics for big bio-data
Institute of Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology (iBO), Agrotechnology, Mechatronics, Biomedicine and Kinesiology

CERTH operates as Digital Innovation Hub. Combining its unique research facilities and high qualified technical and scientific personnel, CERTH transforms scientific knowledge into innovative technological applications. Among others, CERTH develops advanced material technologies; automation and control systems for industrial processes; technologies for clean production processes; biotech applications; big data analytics tools; intelligent transportation and mobility services; technologies dedicated to the bio-production systems domain. In addition, CERTH disposes state of the art research infrastructure and testbeds such as nZEB smart house for exploring smart IoT-based technologies in the fields of energy, health, security, big data, robotics and AI; unique pilot plans for exploring new chemical processes and energy carriers potential enhancement; VR units and simulators for rapid prototyping of intelligent and secure transportation services; analytical equipment and computation power for big data analysis across all domains in Life Sciences. Collaboration with CERTH accelerates thus the adaptation of the business sector and especially SMEs, to the new digital industrial era and the markets of the future.

CERTH’s interest in providing end-to-end technological solutions and services is further proven by the founding of numerus spin-offs (15 up to date) that deliver innovative production technologies materializing the 4th Industrial revolution. Digital technologies.

Sectors
Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities - Silviculture and other forestry activities - Fishing and aquaculture - Education - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - Water supply; sewerage; waste managment and remediation activities - Water collection, treatment and supply - Sewerage - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery - Remediation activities and other waste management services - Financial and insurance activities - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities - Human health and social work activities - Human health activities - Residential care activities - Social work activities without accommodation - Accommodation and food service activities - Accommodation - Food and beverage service activities - Manufacture of basic metals - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - Manufacture of electrical equipment - Manufacture of food products - Manufacture of beverages - Manufacture of tobacco products - Manufacture of leather and related products - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. - Manufacture of paper and paper products - Printing and reproduction of recorded media - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products - Manufacture of textiles - Manufacture of other transport equipment - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials - Mining and quarrying - Mining of coal and lignite - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - Mining of metal ores - Other mining and quarrying - Mining support service activities - Other services activities - Activities of membership organisations - Repair of computers and personal and household goods - Other personal service activities - Other manufacturing - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security - Real estate activities - Professional, scientific and technical activities - Legal and accounting activities - Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis - Scientific research and development - Advertising and market research - Other professional, scientific and technical activities - Veterinary activities - Administrative and support service activities - Rental and leasing activities - Employment activities - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities - Security and investigation activities - Services to buildings and landscape activities - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
Technology
Photonics and imaging technologies - Communication networks - Cyber physical systems - Robotics - Internet of things - Artificial intelligence - Mobility & Location based technologies - Interaction technologies - Cyber security - Advanced, or high performance computing - Big data, data analytics, data handling - Virtual, augmented and extended reality - Simulation, modelling and digital twins - Gamification - Cloud computing - Additive manufacturing - Logistics - Internet services