# Centre for Technological Research of Crete

The Centre for Technological Research of Crete (CTR-Crete) (Greek: Κέντρο Τεχνολογικής Έρευνας (ΚΤΕ) Κρήτης) in Heraklion was founded according to the presidential decree No. 143/Φ.Ε.Κ. 123/20-6-2001 and is under the supervision and financing of the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs (Greece). It is a Private Legal Body, self-governed within the framework of articles 11 and 12 par. 1 of 1771/1998 Greek law and its internal regulation. There are 55 staff member, including 25 research scientists, 15 assistant researchers, and 15 associate researchers. CTR-Crete is affiliated with the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete and includes eight Sectors of Technology Transfer and Research operating in all four regional units of Crete.

## Sectors of CTR-Crete

* Rural Technology and Development in Heraklion
* Operational Research and Strategical Development in Heraklion
* Natural and Built Environment in Heraklion
* Social Care and Management of Natural and Intended Disasters in Heraklion
* Systems Design and Development and Constructions in Heraklion
* Natural Resources and Natural Disasters in Chania
* Applied Acoustics and Natural Prototyping of Music Instruments and Space in Rethymno
* Health Nutrition and Dietology in Lasithi

## CTR's main targets

CTR is active in:
* The development of technological research;
* The implementation of scientific and technological achievements for solving specific problems of the production process and of the social and economic growth of the district of Crete;
* The improvement of methodology and production processes serving needs of the districts of Crete and of the entire country in general;
* The development of novel applications and products;
* Rendering of unique services, as well as
* The support of handicraft and industrial units.
* Maintaining an interactive relationship with the productive units and the organised unions of the local economy.
* Collaborating with the Technological Educational Institute of Crete and promoting the development of the relations with other institutes, research centres, universities, and other organisations of the public and private sectors.
* Elaborating studies and carrying out specific technological projects either funded by EU or ordered by third parties or in collaboration with third parties.
* Supervising the organisation and the financing of the research of technological programmes in Greece and abroad, publications, seminars and conventions.
* Producing technological products and providing novel services in accordance with its research-technological interests.
* Promoting the advanced technology transfer and disseminating of know-how.

## CTR-Crete's laboratories and areas of research

* The Research and Development of Telecommunication Systems Laboratory "PASIPHAE"
The Pasiphae Lab is part of the Centre for Technological Research of Crete PASIPHAE Lab research areas include:
* Computer networks
* Broadband communications (DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-H)
* Network management (QoS, DiffServ, IntServ, MPLS)
* Multimedia communications
* Network security issues
* Cellular and wireless networks (WPANs, WLANs, WMANs, WIMAX)
* Heterogeneous radio technologies and reconfigurable networks
* Wireless multimedia communications
* Traffic modeling and performance evaluation
* Ad hoc, mesh networking
* Mobile and ubiquitous computing
* Mobile and wireless networks security
Pasiphae Lab official website