Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies
Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies

Overview

As an applied research centre in the field of ICT, CETIC’s mission is to support economic development by transferring the results of the most innovative research in ICT to companies, particularly SMEs. CETIC helps companies integrate these technological breakthroughs into their products, processes and services, enabling them to innovate faster, save time and money and develop new markets. CETIC develops its expertise in key technologies, including Big Data, Cloud Computing, the Internet of Things, software quality, and trust and security of IT systems. These innovations are applied in domains of primary importance to society, such as health, smart mobility, energy, advanced manufacturing and industry. This expertise is continuously supplemented through CETIC’s active involvement in European and regional projects. CETIC is located on the Aeropole of Charleroi, in the Walloon region, Belgium.

CETIC is accredited by the Walloon Region as Research Centre. The research decree defines the conditions and… CETIC has the following equipment in support of research and development activities:

private cloud (description in French only): CETIC has an IT infrastructure that can execute virtual machines linked to research activities and test multiple cloud management or storage technologies.
wireless laboratory (more details in French only): The wireless laboratory of CETIC provides access to several noteworthy equipment and tools dedicated to advanced development support of embedded systems. It is open to the enterprises for evaluation or specific tests; the ECS department can bring its expertise to assist enterprises if required.
software engineering laboratory: In software development, the use of appropriate tools improves productivity and competitiveness. Often, free tools are limited and proprietary tools are expensive and difficult to master. The SSE department has set up a software engineering lab at the service of the enterprises. This laboratory includes a complete set of advanced tools that are…. CETIC provides two broad categories of services:

Business services: proposed services include state of the arts, audits, advice and support, proof of concepts, knowledge transfer and escrow.
Research: this mainly involves setting up collaborative research projects with industry, academia and other research centers. Depending on the source of funding the TRL research activity ranges from 3 to 6.

Services cover the following expertise:

Model-Based Engineering

Model-Based Distributed Systems 

Data Engineering 

Data Analysis

Algorithmic and combinatorial Optimisation

Internet of Things

Embedded Architectures 

Digital co-creation

In the following Innovation domains:

 Cyberphysical systems
 Cyber Security
Artificial Intelligences
Edge Computing

 
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