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Title: Microwaves and Fiber Optics Lab of the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (MFOL/ICCS) Athens


1
Microwaves and Fiber Optics Lab of the Institute
of Communications and Computer Systems
(MFOL/ICCS)Athens IST event 2/6/2003
2
MFOL ICCS
  • Institute of Communications and Computer Systems
    (ICCS) within National Technical University of
    Athens (NTUA) but different legal body
  • Microwaves and Fiber Optics Lab (MFOL)
  • Head Prof. N.K. Uzunoglu
  • established in 1985, member of Department of
    Electrical and Computer Engineering and the ICCS
  • MFOL/ICCS operates according to the Presidential
    Decree of 379/98 as an academic and research unit

3
Activity Areas (1)
  • long-standing experience in design, development,
    simulation, testing and measurement of wireless
    components, embedded systems and subsystems.
  • Large infrastructure (Lab instruments, anechoic
    chamber, Faraday room, CAD tools), worth approx.
    1,5 MEUROs
  • Established ISO 9001 (May 2000, TUV Hellas)
  • During the last 10 years significant
    contributions to European Union Projects such as
    IST, LIFE, GROWTH, Esprit, RACE, ACTS etc.
  • MFOL is specialised in the research and
    development of a wide spectrum of topics in the
    frequency region starting from low radio
    frequencies up to optical signals

4
Activity Areas (2)
  • Wireless and Microwave Telecommunications and
    Systems
  • Design, development, testing of wireless
    transceivers.
  • point-to-point wide bandwidth systems
  • mobile communication terminals Various Bands
    transceivers, wireless networks 802.11b, 802.11a,
    hyperlan I and II
  • Antennas design, simulation, development and
    measurements
  • design and development of several types of
    antennas
  • microstrip, slots, waveguides and dielectric
    technology antennas
  • use of modern software like HFSS for the antennas
    simulation with FEM techniques.
  • antenna measurements are carried out in the
    anechoic chamber (8.5m x 5.5m x3.5m) that is
    inside MFOL premises

5
Activity Areas (3) Lab of Tomorrow
  • Sensors and Embedded Systems in combination with
    Wireless Technologies
  • MFOL / ICCS is coordinator of the LAB OF TOMORROW
    project (IST-2000-25076)
  • www.laboftomorrow.org
  • Participants from Greece, Germany, Italy, UK,
    Austria
  • LAB OF TOMORROW Objectives
  • Development of a pedagogical framework that allow
    successful application of the emerging technology
    in everyday learning
  • Enhancement of a constructionist approach in
    science teaching.

6
Activity Areas (3) Lab of tomorrow
  • Lab of Tomorrow Objectives (cont.)
  • new educational tools and learning environments
  • technological innovation is designed with
    educational targets and criteria
  • Development of a concrete evaluation scheme of
    the educational and technological aspects

7
Activity Areas (3) Lab of Tomorrow
  • Wearable sensors, measuring specific physical
    quantities and wireless units
  • Data collected during students' activities since
    they are embedded in
  • every day objects (an accelerometer embedded
    inside a ball) or
  • in cloths (heart pulse meter embedded in a
    T-shirt)
  • data transmitted and presented with a graphical
    user-interface
  • students can easily investigate trends and
    patterns and correlate them with the theory
    taught at school

8
Participation on the IST 2nd call
  • Possible participation based on
  • An Integrated System for Novel Learning and
    Training Processes with Embedded Sensors and
    Virtual Reality
  • Submitted as expression of interest in response
    to Call EOI.FP6.2002, in Embedded Systems

9
IST 2nd call (2)
  • Goals
  • to create a new generation of wearables embedded
    systems in toys, clothes and sports instruments.
  • to overcome the traditional approach in
    pedagogical learning tools and training methods
    in sports.
  • integration with the use of a virtual reality
    platform for the presentation of all collected
    data.
  • To visualize quantities, parameters and unseen
    properties, which until now were estimated and
    understood only through their effects.
  • To adjust the above issues to people with special
    needs (i.e. use of VR haptics devices) for their
    education and athletic activities

10
IST 2nd call (3)
  • major axes implementing embedded technologies
  • Education and learning
  • Sports and training
  • People with special needs
  • Rehabilitation
  • where the virtual reality environment is the
    common platform for the presentation and
    visualization of data.
  • evaluation of the above major axes will be
    performed throughout the project
  • exploitation issues will be given great priority
    involving target market analysis and marketing
    plan.

11
IST 2nd call (4)
  • the ideal consortium would include
  • Large companies possessing expertise in
  • athletics
  • fabrication of sensors and wearable devices into
    clothes
  • production of clever objects with embedded
    sensors
  • Virtual Reality
  • Large companies or research organizations
    possessing expertise in
  • in embedded systems and wearable technologies
  • integrated products development (integration of
    ergonomics, interaction design, mechanics,
    electronics hardware and software)

12
IST 2nd call (5)
  • Academic Institutes, Universities and SMEs with
    expertise in
  • sensors, short range communication aspects,
    ergonomics, biomedical systems
  • software development
  • Academic Institutes and/or Organizations
  • for pedagogical evaluation and teaching
  • for Sports and Training
  • Organizations and training centers for People
    with Special needs
  • End Users such as Training centers, schools and
    educational organizations

13
Contacts
  • Head of MFOL/ICCS
  • Prof. Nikolaos K. Uzunoglu
  • nuzu_at_cc.ece.ntua.gr
  • Dr Rodoula Makri, Senior researcher ICCS
  • rodia_at_esd.ece.ntua.gr
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