Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa is a public university institute working in the field of applied sciences: Economic Sciences, Legal Sciences and Political Sciences for the Class of Social Sciences, and Agricultural Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Industrial and Information Engineering for the Class of Experimental Sciences.

The aim of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna is to experiment innovative paths in education and research, so as to meet the modernization and innovation expectations of society. This mission is pursued by enhancing the autonomy and flexibility needs, which characterize Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and which derive from its having been acknowledged as an independent university institute with special autonomy working in the field of applied sciences.

The Joint Program on Computer Science and Engineering in partnership with the University of Trento, is organized by the Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies (TeCIP) of the Scuola Sant'Anna.

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Institute of Communication, Information and Perpetion Technologies (TeCIP)

The TeCIP Institute (Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies) was established in 2001 as a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of University and Research, thanks to the joint effort that Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna decided to undertake in the Telecommunications sector in collaboration with Marconi Communications S.p.A. (now Ericsson). These two parties, in partnership with CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications), signed a long-term agreement for the creation of a research centre for photonic networks and technologies, thus realising in Italy a unique example of synergy.

The structure developed firstly as an example of Integrated Research Centre, both public and private, in the field of Photonic Networks and Technologies. During the years, the Centre attained a prominent position in the national and international scenario, thanks to several agreements with foreign universities, experiences of joint laboratories and European and extra-European partnerships. With the aim of strengthening the unitary action and representing for the School an even more important centre for Information and Telecommunications Engineering, since 1st January 2007, TeCIP has been merged with the ReTiS (Real-Time Embedded Systems) Laboratory, which works in the field of Information Technology with a specific focus on Real-Time Embedded Systems design and analysis, including telecommunication systems, automotive, multimedia, industrial control. The activities of the Engineering Labs at the Polo San Cataldo in Pisa - where TeCIP is located - have gradually been increased. In 2009 they were merged with the PERCRO Laboratory (Perceptual Robotics Laboratory), thus including among its subjects the "Perception Engineering" (Perceptual Robotics). The mission of the PERCRO Laboratory is to conceive and develop Advanced Interaction Concepts and Technologies for improving the communication between the humans and the reactive environment, with special attention to Virtual Environments and Tele-Robotic Systems.

The confluence in a single operational structure of sectors which are more and more connected and intertwined (such as Information, Communication and Perception Engineering) is a well-timed choice of sensitivity with regard to the current trend, with a significant added value and with a capacity to respond to the interdisciplinary challenges increasingly coming from sectors other than Engineering.