What is RTP

Information and communication technologies have invaded all sectors of human activity and have influenced them through innovative products and services. The European enterprise has changed substantially its way of operation both with reference to its production process through advanced automation and communication systems, as well as with reference to its collaboration with other enterprises following advanced enterprise integration models. The general public also witnesses significant alterations in all the sectors of his / her daily life attributed to information and communication technologies. All everyday life activities, ranging from work to leisure have undertaken substantial alterations. Information society and distribution of knowledge that it has led to make possible the strategic development of Europe and attribute to the enhancement of European competitiveness. The proposed technological platform aspires to embrace a wide range of technologies and applications, that may be classified into four main axes:
  • Industrial Systems and Communications
  • Industrial Control
  • Embedded Systems
  • Information System and Network Security
The first axis of Industrial Systems and Communications comprises a series of technologies applicable in the industrial and entrepreneurial sectors of the economy, but having also wider range of applicability. Technological directions of this axis consist for instance field devices, control equipment, wire and wireless industrial real time net-works, ad-hoc self-organizing sensor networks, industrial embedded systems, reliable industrial systems, autonomous industrial systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP), intra-enterprise integration, inter-enterprise integration for the promotion of collaborative business and advances enterprise collaboration models such as virtual and extended enterprise and enterprise clustering.

The second axis of Industrial Control comprises technologies applicable in the industry and a series of other applications that range in many different sectors such as traffic network control, enterprise processes and supply chains, and process re-engineering. Technologies of interest could be distributed, integrated and embedded control, autonomous systems, hybrid / discrete event systems / networks, collaborative control, and also robotics, human-system symbiosis systems or pro-active evolvable control leading to improved system in uncertain environments..

The third axis of Embedded Systems is relevant to products that cover a large number of sectors including industrial devices and systems, large scale communication devices, home devices and systems, personal entertainment devices, devices applicable in the automotive industry, in medical systems and in general smart systems with an advanced level of innovation and attractive characteristic. Technological challenges in the are are composability, standardization, temporal predictability, dependability, fault-tolerance, dynamic environments, diagnosis and maintenance of embedded systems.

The fourth axis of Information System and Network Security has wide applicability due to the ubiquity of communications in information systems and the wide increase of transactions through networks and devices, making se-cure operation a matter of increased importance to the society. The increasing number of network security violations has caused significant economic loss, has undermined user trust and caused damage to electronic commerce development. Security seams to have reached a critical point so that it is regarded a prerequisite for the further development of electronic commercial transactions and the overall economic operation in general.