Isti-CNR

the institute of information science and technologies (isti) is an institute of the italian national research council (cnr). the institute is located in the cnr research area of pisa. isti was constituted in september 2000 as a result of a merger between the istituto cnuce (cnuce-cnr) and the istituto di elaborazione dell’informazione (iei-cnr). isti is named in honor of alessandro faedo, former rector of the university of pisa and president of cnr, in recognition of his important contribution to the advancement of information science and technologies in the italian academic communities. the institute became fully operational in 2002. the institute is committed to producing scientific excellence and to playing an active role in technology transfer. the domain of competence covers information science, related technologies and a wide range of applications. the activity of the institute aims at increasing knowledge, developing and testing new ideas and widening the application areas. a di