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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