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CTIT (Centre for Telematics and Information Technology) of the University of Twente in the Netherlands is one of the largest academic ICT research institutes in Europe. Over 475 researchers actively participate in the research programme. Integration of technology-based research and its application in specific domains is a clear focus of CTIT.

Its unique multi-disciplinary approach makes the institute an attractive partner. The institute maintains an extensive international network of contacts and working relations with academia and industry. This network includes ICT and manufacturing companies, universities and research institutes, health care organisations, financial institutes, governmental organisations, and logistics service providers.

CTIT is one of the founding fathers of the Netherlands Institute for Research on ICT (3TU.NIRICT); this institute bundles the ICT research and innovation activities of the three Universities of Technology in the Netherlands. 3TU.NIRICT is core-member of EIT.ICT Labs. Aim of EIT.ICT Labs is to become a pan-European flagship uniting Education, Research and Innovation for the Future Information and Communication Society.

Latest news

	PhD Student of the Day: Meet Yimeng Yang.... Closed-loop control in wireless ad-hoc networks Research and development in wireless ad-hoc networks has reached a point where initial deployment of this type of network can be done. Applications in the a.o. emergency and rescue operations are being experimented with. However, to enable widespread use in a variety of application domains, a lot of research still has to be performed. ... read more
	18 June 2012: Annual CTIT Workshop: GREEN ICT This year, the Annual CTIT Workshop will be held on June 18th, 2012. Location: Waaier 4. ... read more
	Strong distraction for motorists less dangerous than light distraction PhD student Nina Schaap (CTIT - Centre for Transport Studies) discovered during her PhD research that motorists who are lightly distracted drive less safe than motorists who are strongly distracted. In the latter case, a driver seems to realize that driving becomes dangerous (source: UT website / information in Dutch) ... read more
	Kien's Treinplanner CTIT researcher Kien Tjin-Kam-Jet has developed a new journey planner for NS Dutch Railways that has just one search field. It has been dubbed Treinplanner. All you have to do is fill in 'day after tomorrow at 11 o'clock from Enschede to Utrecht', for example, and the journey planner will display all departures and connections. The system can be easily adapted to search through other databases such as booking sites or online stores. ... read more