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Multimedia, Knowledge and Web Technologies Research Area

Research infrastructure:

Research and development is conducted in and supported by a well-equipped laboratory infrastructure including (among others):

  • a number of Windows and Linux based PCs, some of which are equipped with high tech NVIDIA graphics cards to support advanced graphics and video rendering;
  • a Grid computing network composed of five SUN workstations, in which Globus Toolkit 4 is installed;
  • web cameras, microphones and headsets;
  • Ethernet connections for the lab’s access to the public internet;
  • connection to a WiFi antenna to establish a broadband wireless link with NCSR “Demokritos”, initially setup for the educational broadcasting needs of the BASE2 project.

A variety of software tools and IDEs are installed to the lab’s computing infrastructure such as (among others):

  • Java/Java EE/J2ME development environments such as Eclipse and respective SDKs;
  • Open source game engines and 3D libraries (OgreSDK, Direct3D);
  • Multimedia editing tools;
  • C/C++ and Web development IDEs such as Microsoft .NET;
  • XML development tools and parsers such as xerces;
  • Other Web and database development tools such as mySQL, Apache Tomcat;
  • Open source learning management systems such as OLAT, and AIT’s e-learning platform (OWL-i);
  • Audio processing tools such as audacity and HTK;
  • Multimedia annotation tools, such as Caliph and Emir or the MPEG-7 XM software;
  • Machine learning and data mining tools and libraries, such as WEKA and libSVM.
     
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Students' Views

"After the completion of MSITT I worked as a Logistics Software Architect for PLAISIO Computers and currently I am working for INTRALOT S.A. as a Software Engineer developing Lottery Systems Web Applications using . NET and AJAX framework. The MSITT hosted by AIT, is a high standard and very demanding course. The experienced and trained faculty urges you to exploit your potential to its full thus leading to a guaranteed success in your career."

Lysandros Kafkalas, MSITT 2005 (Greece)

news list News & Announcements

AIT's 1st Gaming Forum a Success!
2012-05-11

AIT's 1st Gaming Forum was a two day celebration of Gaming that brought together the Greek gaming industry with academics and gaming enthusiasts of all ages. The Gaming Forum was  co-organized with the British Council and Cowboy Tv and realized thanks to the support of Grand Sponsor hellas online, Gold Sponsor intralot, Sponsor the EU project KnowInG and Grand Communication Sponsor MTV.

17 High School students participated in the ATHENA Exchange program co organized by AIT & INTRACOM Albania
2012-05-07

17 students and 3 professors from Arsakeio, Harry Fultz, Ismail Qemali, Sami Frasheri and Petro Nini Luarasi schools, spent 4 days of cultural and educational experiences.

Open Invitation to AIT Research Seminar, April 10, 2012
2012-04-03

 

AIT is pleased to invite you to a Research Seminar on "Technology-enabled social learning.". The Seminar will be conducted by Mr. Hristijan Petreski, Project Manager, Intracom.

AIT Alumni Club has 44 new members!
2012-03-16

"It is not the solution all of us to go abroad" said Mr. Robby Bourlas, Managing Director of the Public, Multirama and getitnow.gr addressing to 44 students representing Greece, Cyprus, Jordan, Romania, Malawi, and Armenia, graduated with a MSc in Management of Business, Innovation & Technology (MBIT) from AIT. "You can still find business opportunities in Greece, as long as you believe it. In a difficult period like the one we live in, it is just harder to find these opportunities."

Albanian high school students to visit AIT
2012-03-14

Athens Information Technology (AIT) in Greece, in collaboration with INTRACOM Telecom Albania, invites Albanian high school 3rd year students, to join a 4- day excursion in Athens, Greece, between April 28 - May 1, 2012.
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