The Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, and Photonics Institute (TeCIP) of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa was created in 2001 as a Centre of Excellence funded by the Italian University, Scientific and Technological Research Ministry.
The core research domains in the TeCIP Institute are:
- Telecommunication networks, systems and components implemented with partial or full use of photonic technologies and relevant software control techniques;
- Cyber-physical systems, real-time computing, artificial intelligence and cyber-security;
- Photonic Integrated Circuits for datacom, sensors and networks and biophotonics.
Research Units
Telecommunications
This research unit is composed by three research areas:
Cyber-Physical Systems
This research unit is composed by four research areas:
Photonics
This research unit is composed by two research areas:
Education
PhD in Emerging Digital Technologies
The PhD Programme in Emerging Digital Technologies is a three-year programme which provides an exhaustive training path with structured teaching and supervised research activities
Master on Photonic Integrated Circuits, Sensors and NETworks
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News
International recognition: the RETIS Laboratory of the TeCIP Institute ranks first in Europe in the CSRanking, in the “Embedded & Real Time Systems” category
International recognition: an article on temporal analysis of software for cyber-physical systems won the Best Paper Award at the RTSS 2025 international conference
The European Cyber4CA project to strengthen cybersecurity training in Central Asia. The role of the TeCIP Institute of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies