The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence has several dedicated laboratories investigating different aspects in monitoring, control and security of critical infrastructures using cutting-edge equipment for experimental evaluation, testing and prototyping. A short description of each laboratory along with the main equipment facilities is provided below.
The Embedded and Application-Specific System on Chip Laboratory
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The laboratory focuses on the design, development, implementation and verification of low-power, high-performance and highly reliable systems on chip, suitable for embedded and mobile environments. Activities include hardware acceleration of domain-specific computing for real-time processing, with a broad range of applications such as computational intelligence and machine learning, computer vision, robotics and multimedia applications, bioinformatics and wearable biomedics and intelligent data processing. Key equipment includes:
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The Sensors and Robotics Laboratory
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Investigates the design and implementation of embedded, multi-sensor systems for monitoring different environments such as critical infrastructures, buildings etc. These sensors can be on fixed or mobile (robotic) platforms. Key equipment includes:
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The Power Systems Laboratory
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Aims towards modelling, simulation, emulation, and experimental validation of energy systems, with expertise in developing smart converters for the integration of renewable energy sources both at the building and grid level, as well as in generation and storage technologies. The laboratory also specializes on developing real-time control algorithms for power electronic converters for advancing the interconnection of renewable energy sources. Main infrastructure of the laboratory includes: The Power Systems Pilot Site with:
Power electronics equipment for renewable energy sources including:
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Fiber-optics Laboratory
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Conducts research in fiberoptic systems and networks, including research work on WDM-based PON access networks, as well as converged optical-wireless access networks.
The laboratory is equipped with several testing instruments and optical devices for experimentation and testing including:
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Mobile Communications & Networking Laboratory
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Examines the modelling, simulation, emulation and design of architectures, protocols, algorithms and technologies for next-generation communication systems (e.g. machine-to-machine, 5G systems, relaying, cognitive radio, optical/telecommunication networks), with a focus on communication theory, wireless communications and networking.
Key equipment includes:
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The Electronic Design, Test and Reliability Laboratory
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Focuses on computer aided design, testing and reliability of modern VLSI circuits and embedded systems, with expertise in CAD algorithms for automatic testing, diagnosis, verification, and resilient design, applicable to different hardware platforms (VLSI, SoCs, NoCs, on-chip multiprocessors).
Key equipment includes:
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The Biomedical Imaging and Applied Optics Laboratory
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The Laboratory is a well-equipped medical optics facility suited for optic and fibre-optic experiments with optical and electronics infrastructure and a variety of microscopy solutions. It includes optical tables, laser sources, fibre-optic interferometers, high precision opto-mechanical components and testing and acquisition electronics. It also includes OCT systems, Raman systems, as well as light and fluorescence microscopes. Aims to introduce new technologies in clinical applications for the improvement of the diagnostic and therapeutic options of modern health care systems to directly impact patient prognosis and outcome. The research concentrates on two optical technologies which provide complementary, microstructural and biochemical information:
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