Research in the Walloon Region
CETIC research teams are actively collaborating with the following academic laboratories:
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The Communications and Remote Sensing Laboratory (TELE), the Microelectronics Laboratory (DICE) and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (INGI) at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL – www.uclouvain.be). -
The Faculty of Computer Science at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix de Namur (FUNDP – www.fundp.ac.be). -
The Computer Science and Management Group at the Université de Mons (UMONS – www.umons.ac.be). -
The Embedded Electronics research unit at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB – www.ulb.ac.be).
CETIC is a founding member of Accord Wallonie (www.accord-wallonie.be), the association of Walloon research centres, and actively participates in the work and events coordinated by this organisation.
Through this association, CETIC takes part in many bilateral exchanges and cooperative projects with other research centres and universities active in the Walloon Region.
With Cenaero (www.cenaero.be), the Centre for Aerospace Research, CETIC established a High Performance Computing centre that is unique, in that both organisations contribute equipment to it. Cenaero and CETIC together constitute an outstanding team at the European level, which serves research and businesses alike.
Enterprise Networks
CETIC is an active member of the INFOPOLE Cluster TIC association (www.infopole.be), and is represented on its Board of Administrators. This association is a network of partners in information systems in the Walloon Region, and has more than 150 members. In 2008, CETIC and INFOPOLE Cluster TIC signed a partnership agreement to structure collaboration
between the two organisations.
Since 2009, CETIC has been collaborating closely with the new Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC – www.mic-belgique.be), located in Mons, as a key R&D partner, particularly in the eHealth area. CETIC is also a member of the MIC’s Scientifi c Advisory Board.
CETIC has reinforced its involvement in the Marshall Plan (www.polesdecompetitivite.eu) through strong participation in R&D calls launched by the competitiveness clusters by the end of 2008.
International Collaborations
CETIC and CITI – the Innovation Centre for Information Technology, Department of Public Research, Centre Henri Tudor, based in Luxemburg (www.tudor.lu) – have developed a strategic collaboration to establish
a European centre of excellence in quality services and software products to serve companies in the Benelux region.
CETIC and the Ecole de Technologie Supérieure (www.etsmtl.ca – Montréal, Canada) have established a network of international experts in software engineering to help very small enterprises (0 to 25 employees)
which are active in software development. The two institutions – participants in the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on system and software engineering – are collaborating to help SMEs by providing training materials, including guides for improving software practices.
CETIC is a member of the European Technology Platform, NESSI (Networked European Software and Services Initiative, www.nessi-europe.com), and participates in four working groups: software
engineering, trust and security, service engineering and service-oriented infrastructure. CETIC also works with ARTEMIS (https://www.artemis-ju.eu), the technological platform on embedded systems.
In the field of software quality, CETIC has entered into a partnership with Océ Software Laboratories Namur, Kalistick, Respect-IT, REVER sa and Idéo Technologies.
Other Partners
CETIC is partnered with Innovatech (www.innovatech.be), which promotes innovation in the Walloon Region. With the support of universities and research centres, Innovatech offers technological and legal advice to companies, informing, educating and supporting them with a view to facilitating the process of technological innovation.
CETIC works in collaboration with IGRETEC (www.igretec.com), the economic development agency of Charleroi that is responsible for finding global solutions for large and small companies, and for new and established investors in the region. In addition, CETIC works with the Heracles (www.heracles.be) and NamurInvest (www.namurinvest.be) business centres.
