EXPO 2017: Regione Liguria and CNIT at the Universal Exhibition in Astana, Kazakhstan

Regione Liguria is the protagonist of Padiglione Italia at Expo Astana 2017, dedicated to the themes of sustainability, innovation and energy efficiency. During the week from July 12 to 17, the Regione Liguria and Liguria International presented the Ligurian strategies and energy excellence to thirty Kazakh operators in the sector. “We have decided – explained the Regional Assessor for

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Livorno: the Italian case study for the Port of the Future

Maritime transport represents 90% of global trade and ports are therefore a very important and strategic resource. Container traffic has experienced a steady growth with cumulative annual rates of 7-8%. According to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), global container handling in ports could rise up to four times the current levels by 2030 and five to

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Nano-satellite for emergency: D-SAT mission has been launched

SatAlert, designed in collaboration with CNIT (University of Florence Research Unit), is an in-orbit validation of the Multiple Alert Message Encapsulation (MAMES) protocol, defined by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). MAMES is an extensible multiple alert message encapsulation protocol for transporting differently formatted alert messages over satellite links. It guarantees the timely distribution of alert messages to the intended

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Prof. Giancarlo Prati has been awarded the honorary distinction of Commander of the Order of “Merit of the Italian Republic”

On the 2nd of June at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo, Prof. Giancarlo Prati has been awarded the honorary distinction of Commander of the Order of “Merit of the Italian Republic” The request for this prestigious recognition has been endorsed by the CNIT Board of Directors and the Consortium Members to acknowledge Prof. Prati’s excellence throughout his long and

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The passive radar demonstrator SMARP realized by RaSS Lab-CNIT is on the cover page of the IEEE AES Magazine

The passive radar demonstrator SMARP (Software-defined Multiband Array Passive Radar) appears on the cover page of the February 2017 issue of the high-ranking IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. The system has been realized during the homonymous research project funded by the Italian MoD under the National Plan for Military Research and carried out by the Radar and Surveillance

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CNIT going to lead the first international project standardizing Attribute Based Encryption techniques for Mobile, Cloud and Internet of things platforms.

Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE. CNIT will lead the first international project aimed at including Attribute Based Encryption techniques in standard architectures devised for Mobile, Cloud and Internet of things systems. Traditional encryption schemes protecting data are sided with a software infrastructure providing access control facilities. However, several threats may compromise the software infrastructure and the confidentiality of information. Attribute Based

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