NIRICT

NIRICT is the Netherlands Institute for Research on ICT and comprises all ICT research of the three technical universities in the Netherlands:

Delft University of Technology

Eindhoven University of Technology

University of Twente

NIRICT brings together over 70 research groups from the disciplines Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and several ICT application domains. More than 1200 researchers collaborate, which makes NIRICT the most important academic research partner in the Netherlands. Its annual turnover amounts to 77 M-euro.

Research

NIRICT’s research programme consists of a Long-Term Research Agenda (LTRA), a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and an Innovation Agenda.

The SRA themes are:

Broadband Communication Systems

Computer Networks

Multimedia and VR systems

Ambient Intelligence

Security

Enterprise Information Systems

These themes are closely linked to the national and international research agenda’s. Important application areas are: care, safety/security, mobility and logistics.

CeDICT

The first defined subject of the Long-Term Research Agenda, dependable ICT systems, has led to the 3 TU.Centre for Dependable ICT Systems (CeDICT).

The goal of CeDICT is to develop and apply methods and techniques to make dependable ICT systems reality. Six chairs have been created to reinforce this research.

Research Labs

To carry out the Innovation Agenda, three NIRICT Research Labs have been founded. All labs have facilities at the three locations.

LaQuSo

Design Lab

Smart Environments Lab