Institute for Information Science and Technologies

The Italian National Research Council (CNR) is the largest public research institution in Italy and is organized in departments and institutes. ISTI (Institute for Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo") is affiliated to the CNR Dept. for Engineering, Information, Communication, Energy and Transportation Technologies (DIITET). ISTI-CNR is the largest CNR institute for Computer Science (with a staff of around 230 plus a fluctuating number of students) and is located in Pisa (Tuscany). The Institute was founded in 2001 by merging the CNUCE and IEI institutes of CNR.