Istituto Superiore Mario Boella

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

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 researchersa. 140 ISMB a. 110 Politecnico / industrial partners

e-HealthSan Giovanni Antica Sede (To)

UCLA Los Angeles - USA

VNTech

Valle d’Aosta

Gruppo Loccioni

Ancona

Rome

Microsoft Innovation Centre - Torino

University of Hokkaido Japan

Electronic and Systems Chivasso (To)

Headquarters and labsISMBEx tornerie V. Boggio (To)

Istituto Superiore Mario Boella

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

Ertico – Europa

ETSI – Europa

Office of Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) – Nazioni Unite

Around 30 projects with more than 45 international partners

15% international researchers

Istituto Superiore Mario BoellaMain cooperation with International Institutions

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

ISMB in a Network of Institutions

• Turin Research Centres

• Fondazione Torino Wireless

• I3P

• Piemontech / Innogest

• CEIP

• Camera di Commercio

• Unione Industriale / Confindustria

• API

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

Research Areas

Wireless TechnologiesWireless Technologies

MobileMobile Applications Applications

PhotonicsPhotonics

About 20 projects financed by Regional / National InstitutionsAbout 15 projects financed by European UnionAbout 35 projects with Companies

Around 70 scientific publications in 2007

Cooperations with all the Instrumental Bodies of the Compagnia di San Paolo

NR NE Robotica cooperativa: wireless link for cooperating service robot

IN NE Comau: wide band wireless systems for advanced robotics applications

IN NE RIBES: video compression

IN NE Motorola: WiMax for portable phones

IN NE Terna: multihop wireless networks for energy reduction

IN NE System Group: Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / ZigBee for tiled ceramics machinery

IN NE SEPA: monitoring system (Wi-Fi coverage and Mesh net)

Prog. lab

Broadband Wireless Network

Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

EU AC

RT

HIRF: Electromagnetic Compatibility for transport aircraft (Alenia Aeronautica)

IN AC STMicroelectronics: EMC Competence Centre

IN AC Sistra: 2.4 GHz antennas for road applications (ZigBee protocols)

Prog. lab

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

EMC and Antennas

Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies

NR SN IRGAL (Docup): time and receiver Galileo technologies

NR SN GAL-PMI (Docup): Galileo-based technologies and services for infomobility

NR SN N-GENE: fully software real-time Galileo/GPS receivers

NR SN Azimut: Galileo / Egnos for luxury boats

NR SN SMAT: localization technologies for UAV

NR SN SWAN: hardware – software platform for multisystem receivers (GPS / EGNOS / Beidou / Galileo)

NR AC ROSA: GPS- aided tropospheric features measurement (ASI)

NR SN World Air Games – Torino 2009: EGNOS terminals for hot-air balloons

NR SN ASI (SoL): Galileo receivers for Safety of Life applications

NR SN ASI (Alta Dinamica): high-dynamic Galileo receivers

EU SN ARTUS: professional Galileo receivers

EU SN SEAGAL: development of new approaches for Galileo education

EU SN HARRISON: Galileo value-added services based on timing information

EU SN SIGNATURE: EGNOS for automatic tolling (test site: London urban centre)

EU SN GSC: EGNOS for innovative automotive applications

IN SN TEMA / Magneti Marelli: T-BOX for emergency call / urban mobility technologies

IN SN PROGENY: hardware and software kit for GPS / Galileo training (SAT-SURF)

IN SN Thales Alenia Space: innovative algorithms for TUS and PRINCE multisystem GNSS receivers

IN SN Fondazione Montagna Sicura: advanced mapping for high-altitude routes

IN SN NEMERIX: technology audit of GPS receivers

IN SN NORTHROP-GRUMMAN: GPS – INS integration for high-dynamic applications

IN SN CSIRO (Australia): positioning and navigation technologies for coalmines

IN SN CSI-Sentieri: High precision GPS mapping using standard receivers

Satellite PositioninglabProg.

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies

NR CH NANOPACK (FIRB): wireless sensors for intelligent packaging

EU RT

NE

NEWCOM++: Network of Excellence (NoE) in wireless communication. Opportunistic network design

IN RT CRF: wireless sensor networks for automotive applications

IN RT SISTRA: wireless sensor networks for intelligent infrastructures

IN RT SiTI: sensor networks for security and public environment monitoring

IN RT Telecom Italia: development of ZigBee protocols for wireless sensor networks

IN RT NEOHM: WSN node for home applications

IN CH SKF: special bearing WSN applications

IN RT URMET: wireless sensor networks for monitoring applications

Prog. lab

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

Technological Research Projects : wireless technologies

Wireless Sensor Networks

NR SA DREAM (Docup): e-Health wearable device engineering (ADAMO)

EU CH TOXICHIP: sensor applications for e-Health

IN SA CSI: remote monitoring for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease

IN SA ASL1: telemedicine for oncologic patients

IN SA Telecom Italia: videophone ADAMO field trials (in Cantalupa)

IN RT Laser Informatica: localisation and traceability for hospitals (WSN and ZigBee protocols)

Prog. lab

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

Technological Research Projects : mobile applications

e-Health applications

NR NE

RT

DAMASCO (FIRB): car to car communication new protocols (RR-ALOHA) simulation – synchronising node testing

NR NE MAE: car to car communication (with UCLA)

EU CH RT

SAFESPOT: ITS localization technologies / wireless sensor networks for road safety

EU RT CVIS: wireless networks for car to car and car to infrastructure communication

EU SA I-traveller: advanced centralized services for travellers

IN SN Torino: avdertising posters mapping

IN SA CRF: (open gate) DVB-H interface for Blue & Me

labProg.

Intelligent Transport Systems

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

Technological Research Projects : mobile applications

NR SA POLIMEDIA: multimedia and digitalization of analogical contents (with VRMMP and Cinema Engineering)

NR all Sistemi Museali e Centri di Restauro: innovative museum services management

NR SA MAE: multiview panoramic video streaming for museums (with University of Hokkaido)

IN SA Mediaset: multi standard multimedial conversion software

IN SA Magneti Marelli: active RFId applications for Porto di Trieste logistic

IN SA Ages Trust: RFId in rubber carpets for blind people

Prog. lab

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

Technological Research Projects : mobile applications

Multimedial and RFID Applications

IN ES Intesa San Paolo: banking innovation process transformation, social computing, payment evolution

IN ES Reale Mutua Assicurazioni: insurance innovation

IN ES IRIDE: electric networks safety and telecontrol

IN ES SIAE: smart card test for ticketing systems

labProg.

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

Technological Research Projects : mobile applications

Banking, insurance and safety applications

NR PH Nanocluster: glass structured nanocluster sensors

EU PH POF-ALL / POF-PLUS: POF (plastic optical fibers) transmission span and band extension based on special electro-optical conversion techniques and innovative algorithms (for more than one Gbit/sec)

IN PH Siemens: optical fibers applications for automotive sector

IN PH Urmet: plastic optical fibers for domotic applications

IN PH TELEOPTIX: 40Gbit/sec tx/rx moduls (DPSK modulation)

Prog. lab

Project: NR financed: National / Regional – EU financed: Europe – IN contract with industry

Technological Research Projects : photonics

Competence Areas

- innovative antennas prototypes

- modelling, characterization and verification of the electromagnetic channel

- Electromagnetic Compatibility research and testing (3 anechoic chambers:

Antenna and Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory (AC)

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

- Sensors

- Microelectronics / MEMS

- Electronic systems

- Smart packaging

- Wireless systems for e-Health

- Rapid prototyping using photopolymer ink-jet printers

Electronic and Systems Laboratory - Chivasso (CH)

Competence Areas

- Net and applications security (digital identity, smart cards)

- Grid computing

- Relational data base

- Cloud computing and system virtualization

e-Security and computing architectures Laboratory (ES)

Competence Areas

- 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

Galileo Satellite Navigation Laboratory (SN)

Competence Areas

WPAN: Bluetooth- Industrial communications

WLAN: WiFi- Indoor and outdoor- Industrial communications- Vehicular networks

WMAN: WiMax / HiperLAN (mesh)

Networking Laboratory (NE)

Competence Areas

- 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

Photonics Laboratory (PH)

Competence Areas

• 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

Services and Applications Laboratory (SA)

Competence Areas

- Wireless Sensor Networks

- Distributed Signal Processing

- Synchronization

- Opportunistic Communications

Radio Technologies for Multimedia Applications Laboratory (RT)

Competence Areas

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