Competence Centre in Electronics-, Info- and Communication Technologies ELIKO was established in 2004 by Tallinn University of Technology and private companies as an independent state supported research organization.

Mission:

ELIKO's mission is to improve competitiveness of Estonian and European ICT industry through the deep integration of research and production institutions. ELIKO will enable reducing risks of development and validation of emerging ICT solutions for tomorrow.

ELIKO team and its partners have 10+ years practical experiences in development of complex embedded hardware and software systems to be supported by academic advisors from Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden. The centre has an access to the top edge electronic measurement equipment and modern rapid prototyping tools. Eliko has an important role to play in enabling partners to maximize proficiency and shorten development time by applying best practices and new technological approaches. The usual outcome of ELIKO's activities is “proof of concept” simplifying further steps of participating companies for product development.

Present activity domains:

The main activities of ELIKO are focused to:

• Smart Space Technologies and Services (SSTS)

• Advanced Signal Processing (AST)

The goal of SSTS direction is to offer better services to humans and machines (robots) through the user personalization and contextual awareness of smart objects. The technologies in use are distributed sensing, RFID technologies and wireless communication, ontology based data mining, model based software design and testing. The points for further interest are: user acceptance and control over automation and adaptivity, management of context information, infrastructure support for context (sensors and intelligence in terminals and environment, presence and location information) and common standards for context information. Several results of the activities achieved created an outcome for ROBOSWARM and SMARTMUSEUM European Framework projects initiated and participated by ELIKO.

AST focuses on testing and demonstration of application efficiency of novel signal processing tools and hardware design methods. The main objectives of AST direction is to develop innovative and more effective than known algorithms for simultaneous multi-signal impedance measurements in biology and medicine, more exactly, in microfluidic devices and cardiovascular monitors. Additionally, solutions for embedded (hardware) systems test, verification and debug, in particular, new assertion-based verification and debug tools, development of application specific and reconfigurable signal processors are in scope of ELIKO.

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