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The "IT for Innovative Services" (ITIS) department of LIST is home to 100 IT scientists and engineers performing research and innovation activities to support the digital transition of private and public organisations to take advantage of emerging digital ecosystems based on the smooth interplay of data, physical devices, infrastructures and people. ITIS researches and develops novel ICT solutions to efficiently manage their operations, and help them taking better decisions, in a context of increasingly demanding regulation and the need for a certain level of acceptance to achieve a competitive advantage.

To fulfil this aim, ITIS develops methodologies, architectures, models, algorithms, software tools, and integrated IT-based systems to achieve a more efficient, optimised, robust, scalable, secure, trustworthy and user-friendly utilisation of data and information technologies both for fully automated systems and for systems with humans in the loop.The activities of the department are supported by an AI, data analytics and visualisation Technology Infrastructure.

ITIS expertise relates to:

Responsible Data Science and Analytics with a focus on Digitalisation of Cyber-Physical-social systems
“How to best combine the power of computers and the human capabilities to take better, faster, more robust, fair and trustworthy decisions in our increasingly complex and changing world?”
Reliable Distributed Systems with a focus on Robustness and Resilience of interconnected digital systems
"How to combine the latest strategic fields on computational, networking and operational research to develop trustworthy data and network enabled next generation of interconnected digital systems?”

RESEARCH units

Responsible Data Science & Analytics Systems / Reliable Distributed Systems

PRIORITY AREAS

The ITIS department is focusing on the 6 following “innovation lines”, ( a concept inspired by product and solution lines in the industry, which are about coordinating a number of core technology building blocks to build functional prototypes, and sometimes solutions, meeting the exacting requirements of a specific market ) :

6G,
Automated Process-Based Systems,
Digital Twin Technologies,
Digital Upskilling for Industry 5.0 and Services,
Explainable AI Regulatory Sandbox,
Interactive Technologies for Critical Incidents

Equipment and facilities

The department is managing and operating:

AIDA, its Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and visualisation technology infrastructure, featuring a mix of proprietary (IBM) and open-source (HDP) technologies as well as the Viswall, a large-scaled interactive visualisation wall.
CEL, its cognitive environment lab enables the simulation of different environments with augmented or virtual reality and is equipped with a controlled experiment room with observation, actuation and feedback tools, such as AR/VR and tangible tables.

We are active in and collaborate with international networks such as the Z-Inspection® for Trustworthy AI Initiative and Affiliated Labs, offering support to organizations in delivering responsible, trustworthy AI solutions. A detailed view on the process and method, as a framework for assessing AI solutions, building on EC’s Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI, cf. definition of the High-Level Expert Group on AI, can be found via IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. The Z-Inspection® process is listed under the OECD Catalogue of AI Tools & Metrics, and is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA).

Please contact us for any additional information on the process or if interested to conduct an Assessment for Trustworthy AI.

Current projects

4DCollab

Towards innovative collaborative construction practices, enabling multi-disciplinary decision-making through novel interaction techniques with 4D/BIM models.

5G-EMIT

A data-driven network planning solution to recommend optimal deployment strategies and facilitate the adoption, compliance and sustainability of 5G in Luxembourg.

5G-INSIGHT

Towards secured 5G vehicular networks in cross-border areas

5G-MOBIX

Using 5G to enable Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility in European cross-border and urban corridors

5G-PLANET

A decision support and awareness raising platform to plan and design 5G networks for cooperative, connected and automated mobility applications.

aCCoRdO

Optimizing human effort in complex crowdsourcing

AGAPE

A multilayer framework of Active and Healthy Aging services innovation adoption

AskREACH

Help consumers and businesses apply the “right to know” about extremely concerning substances present in consumer articles via innovative IT tools.

BE-GOOD

Exploiting the potential of open Public Sector Information to create new services and jobs.

BeeCreative4Kids

BeeCreative4Kids promotes a creative and scientific use of ICT-tools and the development of digital and scientific skills among children aged 6 to 12 years.

BESSER

BESSER will build the world’s first open source intelligent low-code platform to model, generate, personalize and deploy smart and complex software systems.

BIM4VET

Devise a European skills matrix for BIM actors, as well as a method for assessing the maturity of BIM skills

BIMEET

The broadening of the BIM training agenda to support the European union building energy efficiency agenda.

BRAIDS

The BRAIDS project aims at new efficient and privacy-preserving recommender systems

CERTI4TRAIN

Developing an ISO 17024 compliant European CVET trainer certification scheme based on a European CVET trainer competence matrix.

CertiTrain

Studying the training requirements and certification procedures for trainers working in the field of continuous vocational education and training (CVET).

CoMoSeF

Developing and deploying vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems to improve road condition information systems

CrossCult

Stimulating a change in the way European citizens grasp history thanks to the contribution of innovative ICT technologies

DAP FEDER

The FEDER project aims at developing and deploying a Data Analytics Platform or DAP (hardware, software, people) supporting advanced services answering to internal needs of the [...]

DigitalDeConstruction

Develop an innovative digital decision support system to reduce waste within the construction sector and the huge CO2 emissions of the industry.

DynaMO

Proposing methods and tools to understand changes that affect knowledge organization systems (KOS) and exploiting this information to automatize the maintenance of existing [...]

e-SENS

Developing interoperable Europe-wide public services

EAGLE

Public administration in the age of e-learning

ECO-TRANS-FAIRE

Supporting the cross-border eco-renovation and sustainable building industry

Ecologistics

Developing an ICT tool for supply chain tracking and tracing using the Electronic Product Code

ELISA

Methods and tools for supporting the semi-automatic evolution of semantic annotations based on the evolution of controlled terminologies

EPI-CT

Gaining a better understanding of radiation-related risks in the medical field

FIT

Developing an advanced approach to stepping up fair teaching practices especially in STEM disciplines

Focal SCAN

Self-assessment of skills in line with professional requirements

GECAMed eSanté

Integration of GECAMed medical office management software into the " eHealth platform"

Gender4STEM

A learning content recommendation system designed to support teachers in dealing with gender issues in secondary-level classes and increase girls' participation in STEM [...]

GETUI

Studying the use of gestures in collaborative complex problem solving scenarios on tangible user interfaces

GOLIATH

Towards a smart habitat for user comfort

HEEL

Modelling information security risks for the health sector

LaMiLo

The problem of urban freight delivery becomes a real challenge for local authorities and transporters. On the one hand, the last mile delivery represents 20% of the total cost of [...]

LIFANA

Improve health and well-being through personalized meal recommendations and reduce the effort of daily food-related tasks for end-users and their support persons by integrating [...]

Logistics Skills Transparency

The transport and storage services sector is a vital sector of the European economy. In 2009, with approximately 533 billion Euros of gross value added (GVA), equating to 5.1% of [...]

LPS

The industrialisation of the construction industry

MEDiATE

Improving the care of the elderly at home through a communication platform enabling collaboration between informal and professional caregivers

MODALES

Ensuring lower vehicular emissions through a user-centric approach.

MODEL

Moving towards industrialisation of interactive software

MUV

MUV raises citizen awareness on the quality of the urban environment to promote a shift towards more sustainable and healthy mobility choices.

NARA

NARA project aims at improving the professionalization of young farmers in Europe through the analysis of training needs in six key areas for their sector

Nordstad-eMovin

Bringing citizen-focused electromobility solutions to Luxembourg’s Nordstad region 

OCTogone

Designing a technological solution to optimize the management of waste sorting centres for construction sites.

Omniscientis

Odour Monitoring and Information System based on Citizen and Technology Innnovative Sensors

ORBIT

Learn to collaborate by jointly overcoming artificially introduced breakdowns on interactive tabletops

PAsCAL

An interdisciplinary approach to assessing and enhancing driver behaviour and public acceptance of connected and autonomous vehicles

PAX

Achieving operational excellence and product quality improvement through data-driven refinement of manufacturing process parameters

PLATINE

Implementation of an architecture and a platform enabling organizations to assess and improve their level of interoperability to identify partnership opportunities more easily.

PRECINCT

PRECINCT will develop a framework for better interaction of interdependent critical infrastructures in an urban environment.

Rational Architecture

Linking enterprise architecture principles with their architectural design decisions

RE-ENGAGE

Curbing school dropout thanks to innovative teaching methods giving struggling students a renewed interest in learning and encouraging them to re-enter the school system

RegTech4ILR

Establishment of a national regulatory framework to ensure that providers of public communication networks manage the security risks of their networks and services.

RePublic

Conceiving and delivering research-related outreach activities for a broad audience at the Luxembourg Science Center.

ReSurf

Exploring and studying how mutual awareness can be enhanced for collaborative decision-making in a distributed wall-display setup.

SARIM

Systemic Approach of Risk Management

SecTech

A collaborative European initiative to enhance the delivery cyber security teaching and the sharing of related materials.

SENSA2

Fostering ecotourism through the use of advanced satellite based applications

Share-PSI 2.0

Identifying the best practices to fully benefit from public sector information added-value

SMAshIng

Accelerating innovation through optimised use of social media

SPARTA

Re-imagining the way cybersecurity research, innovation, and training are performed in the European Union

SPONSOR

A generic platform to serve a variety of senior-supportive organisations (and help them improve their performance and increase their options in senior occupational support)

STAREBEI

A digital process for participative decision-making enabling efficient space planning for dynamic and smart office organisations.

SUCCESS

Studying and improving the efficiency of urban freight logistics for the construction sector

SWAM

Optimize the waste collection process via a connected business intelligence platform

TIPA

A turnkey solution for IT process assessment.

TOOP

Increasing the efficiency of the Digital Single European Market.

UBAC

Professionnalisation et reconnaissance du métier de conducteur - livreur en milieu urbain par la mise en place d’un cycle modulaire de formation.

V-Feather

Developing a modular electric vehicle for urban freight delivery.

Weastflows

Strengthening the development of sustainable connectivity solutions for freight transportation and logistics on an West-East green axis through telematics and ICT solutions

ZAC-eMovin

Installing and trialing an electric car sharing network in the industrial zones of Strassen, Cloche d’Or and Kirchberg

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