LICT Highlights

 

The LEUVEN Center on Information and Communication Technology (LICT)

 

Visit of Vint Cerf to LICT on May 16


Click here for a recording of the lecture and some pictures



The LICT Center combines the complimentary expertise and experiences of electronics engineers, computer scientists and sociologists in the ICT field at the K.U.Leuven, resulting in a multi-disciplinary research center that aims to play a leading role in the worldwide ICT research scene.

Mission statement

The mission of the LICT Center is to coordinate and promote top-level research on the design and application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) systems, both hardware and software, to address societal and industrial needs, to make human life more comfortable and more secure, to improve our health and to conserve energy and the environment.

This mission includes : 

  • Coordinating and conducting fundamental basic and applied research in the hardware and software aspects of ICT and its applications, both embedded and autonomous
  • Providing technical excellence and leadership in the design and use of ICT, and to serve as center of excellence in ICT for the industry and the society
  • Providing state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for ICT research
  • Contributing to education programs in ICT, both for students and professionals
  • Stimulating information exchange in ICT among professionals as well as to the general public

Considering the large span of research subjects covered by the ICT field, the LICT Center is organized in 7 thematic research lines. These correspond to the core focus areas of the Center and each consist of researchers from different groups that combine their experience and expertise. In addition, the Center will stimulate cross-disciplinary cooperative research between the different research lines, where appropriate. This will allow resolving outstanding problems with fresh out-of-the-box multi-disciplinary thinking.

 

The 7 strategic research lines in the LICT Center are :

  1. Wireless Communication Systems (PI: Dominique Schreurs)
  2. Mixed-Signal Interface Systems (PI: Georges Gielen)
  3. Embedded Systems and Software (PI : Yolande Berbers/Wim Dehaene)
  4. Distributed Software (PI: Wouter Joossen/Rudy Lauwereins)
  5. ICT Security (PI: Bart Preneel/Wouter Joossen)
  6. Human-Machine Interaction (PI : Philip Dutre)
  7. Knowledge Technologies (PI: Luc De Raedt)