Centre for Technological Research of Crete

Sectors of CTR-Crete

• Rural Technology and Development in Heraklion
• Operational Research and Strategical Development in Heraklion
• Natural and Built Environment in Heraklion
• Social Care and Management of Natural and Intended Disasters in Heraklion
• Systems Design and Development and Constructions in Heraklion
• Natural Resources and Natural Disasters in Chania
• Applied Acoustics and Natural Prototyping of Music Instruments and Space in Rethymno
• Health Nutrition and Dietology in Lasithi

  CTR's main targets

• The development of technological research;
• The implementation of scientific and technological achievements for solving specific problems of the production process and of the social and economic growth of the district of Crete;
• The improvement of methodology and production processes serving needs of the districts of Crete and of the entire country in general;
• The development of novel applications and products;
• Rendering of unique services, as well as
• The support of handicraft and industrial units.
• Maintaining an interactive relationship with the productive units and the organised unions of the local economy.
• Collaborating with the Technological Educational Institute of Crete and promoting the development of the relations with other institutes, research centres, universities, and other organisations of the public and private sectors.
• Elaborating studies and carrying out specific technological projects either funded by EU or ordered by third parties or in collaboration with third parties.
• Supervising the organisation and the financing of the research of technological programmes in Greece and abroad, publications, seminars and conventions.
• Producing technological products and providing novel services in accordance with its research-technological interests.
• Promoting the advanced technology transfer and disseminating of know-how.

  CTR-Crete's laboratories and areas of research

• The Research and Development of Telecommunication Systems Laboratory "PASIPHAE"

• Computer networks
• Broadband communications
• Network management
• Multimedia communications
• Network security issues
• Cellular and wireless networks
• Heterogeneous radio technologies and reconfigurable networks
• Wireless multimedia communications
• Traffic modeling and performance evaluation
• Ad hoc, mesh networking
• Mobile and ubiquitous computing
• Mobile and wireless networks security