The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) was founded in 1992. ICCS was founded following a roadmap to support the performance of top-quality research, development activities and the provision of scientific service to private and public bodies. ICCS is very active in programs financed by the European Commission with substantial participation in competitive research programs. For example, up to date it has participated in more than 230 projects (FP6, FP7), 76 projects of Horizon 2020 and in more than 500 national projects (ESPA, etc). Since its foundation, ICCS/NTUA has followed closely the progress of the disciplines of electrical and computer engineering, leading to successfully achieve its set goals and grow to a competent research institute in Greece and Europe.

The Computer Networks Laboratory (CNL) is a highly active R&D department of ICCS specialized in the design, development, testing and application of innovative ICT technologies in various fields of science and of everyday life. CNL has participated in numerous relevant research projects, including FP7 EcoGem - Cooperative Advanced Driver Assistance System for Green Cars και FP7 EMERALD - Energy Management and Recharging for Efficient Electric Car Driving (where ICCS-NTUA developed driver support applications based on data collected from vehicles and machine learning algorithms), the National project CARMA - Intelligent Car Management Application for Advanced Green Road Transport Services and the H2020 project InLife - Incubate a New Learning and Inspiration Framework for Education (where ICCS-NTUA developed appropriate frameworks for Big Data analysis in IoT environments). It is noteworthy that ICCS-NTUA was a successful project or technical coordinator in these projects, ensuring quality of work and results.

Hellenic Open University is the sole Greek State University (Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs) that provides distance education in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels via the use and development of appropriate learning material and methods of teaching. Promoting scientific research as well as developing technology and methodology in distance learning fall within the scope of HOU’s objectives.

 The Digital Systems and Media Computing Laboratory (DSMC, http://dsmc2.eap.gr/) was established in the end of 2002 and is located in Patras, Greece. DSMC operates under the School of Sciences and Technology of the Hellenic Open University (HOU).

 DSMC’s main objectives are to conduct internationally competitive research and deliver high quality teaching. The faculty staff, together with their research associates and students are working at an internationally competitive level. The outcomes of the research can be seen in various publications. We are fortunate to enjoy the support of a variety of funding agencies and to have established strong collaboration bids with research units nationally and internationally.

 The DSMC is currently designing network systems, applications for the Smart Cities, M2M and industrial applications, Agriculture, Network terminals, Sensors and Controllers. The laboratory also R&D architecture and programming of embedded microcontrollers for collecting data from sensors and remote control devices, develops on platforms such as Raspberry Pi, Openmote, Intel Galileo, Arduino, etc., and designs flow and application development tools and methodologies for collecting and processing data from sensor networks using cloud infrastructures.

 Recently, DSMC participated in the H2020-EMYNOS (NEXT GENERATION eMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS) project and also in the development of SIP emergency calls for the ESPA project DIOGENIS.

“ATTIKES DIADROMES SA” is the Operation and Maintenance Company of the Attica Tollway, a 70 km Toll Road Concession Project, in Attica, Greece. The Concessionaire Company named “Attiki Odos SA” has assigned to ATTD, through an Operation and Maintenance Agreement, its responsibilities for the operation and routine maintenance activities,  according to the obligations described at the project’s Concession Agreement. 

Attikes Diadromes SA was founded in 1999, in advance of finalization of any road section construction, and is the Operator of Attica Tollway. The obligations of Attikes Diadromes can be summarized as follows:

- Traffic management & safety of users

- Detection / intervention / management of incidents

- Routine maintenance of infrastructure and fixed equipment

- Maintenance of vehicles

- Planning / monitoring of major maintenance

- Planning / scheduling of improvements and expansion

- Toll Collection

- Design of Commercial Policy & management of commercial packages

- Monitoring of User complaints

- Public Relations and Communication.

These obligations of the Operation and Maintenance Company are ensured 24-hours per day, on a 365-day per year basis. The company’s main concern is to ensure the safety and comfort of all users and employees at all times. So, in addition to the obligations mentioned above, Attikes Diadromes conducts extensive training for both users and employees regarding road safety, while also participating in various research programs to identify new technology and new processes that will contribute to the improvement of the services provided to the users of Attica Tollway.