Research areas
We carry out the programme “Future internet technologies,” studying security from both technical and socio-economic points of view.
Information security
Cryptographic building blocks, trust management, context-based security, access control, authentication and authorisation, cybersecurity evaluation and critical-infrastructure protection.
Next-generation networks & standardisation
Concepts, architectures and services for the future internet: telecommunication architectures and integrated systems, smart grids, first-responder infrastructures, energy-consumption forecasting and collaboration platforms.
Information-society services & e-learning
Services and applications of the information society, e-learning platforms and serious games — and the socio-economic study of their adoption.
Human-computer interaction
Usability evaluation methods, eye-tracking studies and user-experience research in a dedicated usability lab.