Technical University of Crete

The Technical University of Crete (TUC) is a state university under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of Education and was founded in 1977 in Chania, Crete. The Technical University of Crete is particularly active in conducting basic and applied research. The research and development projects, managed by the Research Committee, are funded by the European Union, the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, the Ministry of Education, the Region of Crete, local administration organizations and many private businesses. A large number of TUC undergraduate and postgraduate students are employed in these projects; in this way, they benefit from the best possible training and they familiarize with conducting research.

It is entirely funded by external research and development grants and contracts in telecommunications and allied areas: telecommunication systems/networks and network services, networking hardware, sensors, RF, and high-performance computing systems, machine learning, information systems, big data analytics, signal processing for telecommunications, speech, language and image processing, and biomedical applications. Funding mainly comes from the European Commission, international industry, National Funding Agencies, and DARPA. TUC has had significant experience in FP6, FP7 and H2020 projects, including FET, acting on many occasions as coordinator. It has also adopted a strategy of promoting the commercial exploitation of R&D results, by providing services (e.g. consulting) and contracting with industrial partners for specific products. 

Role in the ELASTIC project:

In ELASTIC, Technical University of Crete is the Project Coordinator. Additionally, TUC leads technical developments related to IDS and cryptography HW module and their integration into the final ELASTIC framework. Furthermore, TUC, will participate in both ELASTIC framework demonstrations for the two project pilots.