Principal Contractor: Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Instituto Superior Técnico – Torre Norte – Av. Rovisco Pais |1049-001, Lisboa
IT is a private, not-for-profit association of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Universidade de Coimbra (UC), Portugal Telecom Inovação S. A. (PTIn), Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), Universidade do Porto (UP) and Instituto de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISC TE). IT is organised around three main sites: Aveiro, Coimbra, Lisbon and has delegations in Leiria, Covilhã, Lisbon (ISCTE) and Oporto. IT has partnership agreements with other Polytechnic Institutes, in Setúbal, Tomar, Coimbra and Lisboa. Main sites have ample autonomy. Delegations report (administratively) to one main site. Most IT members (namely those that hold a PhD) are provided by associates (free of charge). IT members, according to their research interests, are organized in small research groups. To concentrate efforts, in order to maximize impact, and at the same time to preserve academic freedom, research groups are integrated into a small number of thematic areas (Wireless Communications, Optical Communications, Networks and Multimedia, Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies). Coordination in the thematic areas is intended to improve inter group co-operation and enable larger and higher impact projects to be undertaken. Scientific excellence, at all levels, is and will remain IT basic management criteria.
