Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, CERTH (Greece)

 

The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) is a National Research Center operating under the supervision of the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology. It was founded in March 2000 and its mission is to carry out basic and  applied  research  with  emphasis  to  new  products  and  services  with  industrial, economic and social impact. The Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI) was founded in 1998 and since March 2000, has been a founding member of the CERTH. The Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK) at ITI-CERTH has a long history on European  and  worldwide  research  and  development  activities  in  the  area  of  Technology Enhanced Learning  (TEL). 

The  main  achievements  of  ASK  during  the  past  twelve  years  in  TEL can be summarized as follows: 40 R&D projects (17 EC funded Projects, 11 National Projects, 12 Industrial Contracts); more than 220  scientific publications; active participation in European and International Centers of Excellence, such as  IEEE Computer Society Learning Technologies Technical Committee and the IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. ASK has considerable experience in science education digital content repositories design and development (COSMOS,  OpenScienceResources,  PATHWAY,  Open Discovery Space), mobile learning tools design and development (SMILE, MW-TELL), as well as adaptive and personalized learning research (KOD, iCLASS, TenCompetence).

In  Go-Lab,  CERTH/ASK  is  involved  in  the  development  of  the  Go-Lab  federation of online labs  (WP2),  in the development of the Go-Lab Infrastructure (WP4) and of the Go-Lab Portal (WP5).

 

Address: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 150, Androutsou Street, GR-18532 Piraeus, Greece
Web: http://www.certh.gr; http://www.ask4research.info
Contact: Prof. Demetrios G. Sampson
Tel.: 30 (0) 210 414 2746
Fax: 30 (0) 210 414 2767
eMail: sampsonATiti.gr