Information & Communication Technologies Research Track

Overview

Through the Research Clusters that are active in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Research Track, SEERC fosters collaboration mainly among researchers from the University’s Departments of Computer Science at the International Faculty and the Faculty of Engineering, and the Information School. In addition, research topics of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature are investigated in collaboration with researchers from the Management School, the Informatics Collaboratory of the Social Sciences (ICOSS), the Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS), the Department of Geography, and the Department of Business Administration & Economics at City College. In parallel, the ICT Research Track actively promotes collaboration with a great number of research institutions and organisations from the region of South East Europe and beyond.

Research Expertise

Members of the Information and Communication Technologies Research Track, have a research record in the areas of:

  • Formal Methods: Formal Specification Languages, Modelling and Model Checking for Safety Critical and Large Scale Systems, Formal Verification and Testing of Software Systems

  • Artificial Intelligence: Multi-Agent Systems, Biologically Inspired Computation, Parallel Logic Programming, Constraint Logic Programming, Neural Networks , Semantic Web Technologies

  • Software Engineering: Service Oriented Computing, Web Service Technologies, Cloud Computing, Software Engineering Processes, Agile Software Development, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

  • Educational Informatics: Virtual Learning Environments, Networked and Ambient Learning, Learning Management Systems, Multiple Teaching Strategies

  • Health Informatics: Electronic Health Records, Health Information Management, Affective and Physiological Computing

  • Information Systems: Analysis, Design, and Management of IS, Business Information Systems, Geographical Information Systems, Information Security, IT Policy and Socio-Economic Effects

A brief profile of the ICT research track's activities can be downloaded here (in PDF format).

Research Clusters

Research Projects

  • Broker@Cloud

    Enabling Continuous Quality Assurance and Optimization in Future Enterprise Cloud Service Brokers
    Duration: 01/11/2012 - 31/10/2015
    Budget: 557.000 €
    Funding: 7th Framework Programme - ICT, European Commission
  • ISCOM

    Intelligent System in Supply Chain Monitoring and Optimization
    Duration: 01/07/2012 - 31/12/2014
    Budget: 47.970 €
    Funding:
  • ICT-KOSEU

    Supporting Dialogue and Cooperation between Europe and Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244) in Collaborative ICT R&D
    Duration: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2013
    Budget: 79.179 €
    Funding: 7th Framework Programme - ICT, European Commission
  • RELATE-ITN

    Trans-European Research Training Network on Engineering and Provisioning of Service Based Cloud Applications
    Duration: 01/03/2011 - 28/02/2015
    Budget: 618.672 €
    Funding: FP7 People (Marie Curie), European Commission (Grant Agreement No. 264840)
  • MORMED

    Multilingual Organic Information Management in the Medical Domain
    Duration: 01/03/2010 - 31/08/2012
    Budget: 455.500 €
    Funding: CIP ICT Policy Support Programme (Grant Agreement No. 250534)
  • CAST

    Enabling Customisation of SaaS Applications by Third Parties
    Duration: 01/03/2009 - 30/11/2011
    Budget: 320.000 €
    Funding: Eurostars programme, EUREKA & European Commission
  • ICT-WEB-PROMS

    Promoting ICT cooperation opportunities and policy dialogue with the Western Balkan Countries
    Duration: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2010
    Budget: 40.150 €
    Funding: 7th Framework Programme - ICT, European Commission
  • ELEVATE

    Integrating Pedagogically-Documented, Value-Added E-Training Add-ons in Commercial Software Products of European Software SMEs
    Duration: 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2010
    Budget: 200.000 €
    Funding: 7th Framework Programme - Research for the Benefit of SMEs, European Commission
  • Embed4Auto

    Upskilling to Model-Based Software Development in the Automotive and Embedded Software Sector
    Duration: 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2010
    Budget: 76.671 €
    Funding: Leonardo da Vinci programme, DG Education and Culture, European Commission
  • OrganiK

    An Organic Knowledge Management System for Small European Knowledge-intensive Companies
    Duration: 01/09/2008 - 31/08/2010
    Budget: 228.000 €
    Funding: 7th Framework Programme - Research for the Benefit of SMEs, European Commission
  • S-Cube

    Software Services and Systems Network (Associate Partner)
    Duration: 01/03/2008 - 29/02/2012
    Budget: 0 €
    Funding: 7th Framework Programme - ICT, European Commission
  • WBC-INCO.NET

    Coordination of Research Policies with the Western Balkan Countries
    Duration: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2013
    Budget: 80.000 €
    Funding: 7th Framework Programme - International Cooperation, European Commission
  • e-SDI NET+

    Network for promotion of cross border dialogue and exchange of best practices on Spatial Data Infrastructures throughout Europe
    Duration: 01/09/2007 - 31/08/2010
    Budget: 10.500 €
    Funding: eContentplus Programme, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
  • J-WeB

    Collaboration Environment for Judicial European Networking in Western Balkans
    Duration: 01/02/2007 - 30/04/2009
    Budget: 93.500 €
    Funding: 6th Framework Programme - IST, European Commission
  • FUSION

    Business Process FUSION based on Semantically-enabled Service-Oriented Business Applications
    Duration: 01/02/2006 - 31/08/2008
    Budget: 325.594 €
    Funding: 6th Framework Programme - Information Society Technologies, European Commission (Contract no. 027385)
  • SWIM

    Development of an Intelligent System for the Management of Semantic Web Services
    Duration: 01/11/2005 - 31/10/2008
    Budget: 0 €
    Funding: PENED2003 programme, Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Technology
  • Embedding Standards

    Embedding ICT/Multimedia Standardisation Initiatives into European Vocational Training Development Strategies
    Duration: 01/10/2004 - 30/09/2006
    Budget: 23.570 €
    Funding: Leonardo Da Vinci Programme, DG Education and Culture, European Commission
  • Ambient Learning

    Ambient, Multimodal and Context-Sensitive Lifelong Learning
    Duration: 01/08/2004 - 31/01/2006
    Budget: 240.000 €
    Funding: eTen programme, DG Information Society & Media, European Commission
  • EPOS

    E-Procurement Optimised System for the Healthcare Marketplace
    Duration: 01/06/2004 - 31/12/2005
    Budget: 178.000 €
    Funding: eTen programme, DG Information Society & Media, European Commission)

Research Track Leaders

  • Dr George Eleftherakis, The University of Sheffield, International Faculty - CITY College, Computer Science Department
  • Dr Anthony J.H. Simons, The University of Sheffield, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Science

Research Track Members

Research Track Publications

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