CERTH-HIT - Centre for research and technology Hellas
Greece
The Hellenic Institute of Transport (CERTH-HIT) is the newly created National Institute within the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), for the promotion of Transport Research and Transport Policy support, the first of its kind in Greece. It focuses on applied research in all fields of Transport, with the aim to provide inputs for, among other fields, policy formulation, documentation of major trends and impacts in the field of Transport, formulation of operational rules and procedures, improvement of the operation and management in the various Transport modes, etc. The CERTH-HIT will also promote international relations and co-operation between Greek and foreign research bodies, in the field of Transport, and will act as advisor to Government bodies on issues of Transport policy formulation. The CERTH-HIT is organised in 5 sectors as follows:
- Specialised research and analyses
- Documentation and Databases
- Dissemination of research results, research evaluation, and training programmes
- Standards and standardisation activities
- Quality control and safety promotion
CERTH-HIT’s research infrastructure consists of a semi-dynamic driving simulator, a virtual reality installation equipped with virtual environment simulation of vehicle elements and of the traffic environment, a modular research vehicle for real-time tests and a hybrid vehicle, electric motorcycle and bicycle.
CERTH-HIT is the Co-ordinator of SENSATION (IST-1-507231) Integrated Project which studies the driver’s impairment due to hypovigilance. Furthermore, CERTH-HIT was the Co-ordinator of AWAKE (IST-2000-28062) which developed an integrated system for detecting driver hypovigilance in real time. CERTH-HIT is the quality manager of various big research projects (for example AIDE ITS-1-507674 IP), based on a methodology already applied with success in various occasions, for example COMUNICAR, EUCLIDE, AWAKE, SENSATION, AIDE projects.
Additional Information: www.hit.certh.gr