CNR-IEIIT

What CNR-IEIIT does

CNR-IEIIT (Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni) is a public research institute within the Italian National Research Council's DIITET Department, headquartered in Turin with additional offices in Bologna, Milan, Pisa, and Genoa. The institute operates with approximately 37 researchers organized around six core technical areas: hardware and software systems for ICT, electromagnetic field sensing and simulation, radar and 5G/6G communications, multimedia signals and image processing, systems and control engineering, and power systems and electric mobility. Its research outputs span multimodal sensor fusion, radio imaging, tele-rehabilitation, indoor monitoring, industrial data analytics, and electromagnetic compatibility, often in collaboration with universities, hospitals, and industrial partners such as Istituto Auxologico Italiano, AOU Città della Salute, IIT, and Engineering Ingegneria Informatica.

The institute generates no commercial revenue; its business model is grant-funded public research. Funding flows from CNR core appropriation, Italian ministry sources (PNRR, PNC, PRIN), European Commission programs (Horizon Europe), and the European Defence Agency (EDA, including the GREAM 3 electromagnetic radiation program). It participates as a partner in multi-institution EU consortia, exemplified by CyberSec4Europe (total consortium value €15,999,981.25 across 43 partners), and operates dedicated infrastructure such as the WiLab IEIIT Bologna wireless laboratory inaugurated in 2021. Outputs include peer-reviewed publications, conference organization (including PRO-VE 2026), and technology transfer to public and private counterparties, with no commercial product line.

Notable recent strategic signals include the elevation of senior researcher Fabrizio Dabbene to IEEE Fellow (Class of 2026), sustained publication output, and active outreach via CNR Opens Doors and the Turin International Book Fair. The institute's competitive position rests on its CNR institutional status, its researchers' scientific credentials, and its embedded role in Italian and European research consortia rather than on any commercial product or proprietary data asset.

Name

CNR-IEIIT

Legal name

CNR-IEIIT (Cnr-Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni)

Website

https://ieiit.cnr.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CNR-IEIIT is a Turin-headquartered public research institute under the Italian National Research Council, employing 37 researchers across six ICT and engineering domains and funded primarily through Italian and European public grants. It conducts non-commercial research in 5G/6G, radar, signal processing, control systems, and electric mobility for institutional partners.

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Product category

Public Research Institute — Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Space Research and Technology (92711), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Engineering & Technology Institutes (Comprehensive) (EDAHAEAA)

Keywords

• Applied electromagnetics research
• Wireless communications research
• Telecommunications engineering institute
• Bioengineering research
• Industrial ICT research

Headquarters

HQ city

Torino (Turin)

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Institutional Public Funding: As an institute of CNR-DIITET Department, CNR-IEIIT receives operational funding from the Italian National Research Council (CNR), a public institution.
2. National Research Project Funding: Funded through national projects including PNRR (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza), PNC (Piano Nazionale Complementare), PRIN (Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) 2022 PNRR, and regional funding (POR-FESR, Regione Lombardia).
3. European Research Funding: Funding from European sources including Horizon Europe, H2020 FET programs, European Defence Agency (EDA), and CHIST-ERA. Examples include CyberSec4Europe (€15.999.981,25 total funding) and the B2B project.
4. Defense/Military Research Contracts: Funding from the Italian Ministry of Defense (Ministero della Difesa) for projects like GREAM 3 investigating electromagnetic exposure risks for military personnel.
5. Regional Economic Development Funding: Funded by Regione Piemonte POR-FESR 2014/2020 for projects like ReHome developing rehabilitation technologies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CNR-IEIIT is a public research institute that conducts fundamental and applied research in electronics, information engineering, and telecommunications. It delivers research outputs across six core expertise areas (Applied Electromagnetics & Electronic Devices, Wireless Communication Systems, Information & Systems Engineering, Bioengineering, Computer Engineering & Networks, and Network Security) and four strategic areas (Smart Mobility, 6G and Beyond, Industrial ICT, Aerospace), operating through time-limited research projects funded by public grants.

Product overview

CNR-IEIIT is a research institute of the CNR-DIITET Department, not a commercial product company. The institute operates as a portfolio of research areas and projects rather than a unified product platform. Its expertise areas include Applied Electromagnetics & Electronic Devices, Wireless Communication Systems, Information & Systems Engineering, Bioengineering, Computer Engineering & Networks, and Network Security. These feed into four strategic areas: Smart Mobility (next-generation mobility technologies), 6G and Beyond (future wireless communications), Industrial ICT (Industry 4.0 and smart factories), and Aerospace. The operational offerings consist of time-limited research projects such as ReHome (tele-rehabilitation), OK-INSAID (Industrial Data Analytics), Enviradar (smart indoor monitoring), CyberSec4Europe (cybersecurity competence), GREAM 3 (electromagnetic radiation health effects), RadioSense (radio imaging), and Tango (Parkinson's tango-therapy). There is no commercial product platform or SaaS offering in the traditional sense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ReHome Tele-rehabilitation ICT Solutions Research project delivering ICT solutions for tele-rehabilitation of cognitive and motor disabilities from neurological diseases (stroke, Parkinson's), featuring automated assessment compliant with clinical assessment scales, virtual reality exergames, and sleep-wake rhythm analysis, for healthcare providers and clinical rehabilitation partners.
• OK-INSAID Industrial Data Analytics Research project on Industrial Data Analytics leveraging Big Data technologies for hybrid cloud-edge analytics in Industry 4.0, enabling redesign of production networks and processes, targeted at industrial partners and manufacturing operators.
• Enviradar Indoor Monitoring Research project developing devices and HW/SW platforms for indoor monitoring in smart living scenarios, using thermal array sensors, mmWave radar, MEMS microphones, and Time-of-Flight cameras with machine-learning-based data fusion for human body tracking, counting, and localization, for smart home and building automation partners.
• CyberSec4Europe European cybersecurity competence network project designing and testing new management approaches for cybersecurity competence centers across Europe, including secure data sharing frameworks, for European institutions, municipalities, universities, and corporate cybersecurity partners.
• GREAM 3 Military EM Exposure Research Defense research project investigating genotoxicological health risks from non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation exposure in military personnel using computational electromagnetics and anatomical human models, for the Italian Ministry of Defense and military health research partners.
• RadioSense Radio Imaging Technology Research project developing real-time collection and processing of heterogeneous radio signal streams (including Channel State Information) for 2D/3D imaging of humans and the environment through EM wavefield perturbation analysis, for industrial and security imaging partners.
• Tango Parkinson Disease Monitoring Completed research project providing non-invasive home and ambulatory monitoring tools for daily symptom monitoring in Parkinson's disease and evaluation of tango-therapy based motor rehabilitation, for healthcare providers and patient associations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fabrizio Dabbene elevated to IEEE Fellow 2026, an honor reserved for no more than 0.1% of IEEE voting members annually

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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AI capability13 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

31 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SPAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2019Partner in the ReHome project developing ICT solutions for tele-rehabilitation of cognitive and motor disabilities from neurological pathologies (stroke, Parkinson's disease).
• IIT-Istituto Italiano di TecnologiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ReHome project contributing to the development of monitoring and rehabilitation systems.
• Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IRCCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner in ReHome project providing clinical expertise for rehabilitation research.
• Integrated Solutions SrlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ReHome project contributing to ICT solutions development.
• Synarea Consultants SrlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ReHome project.
• Astel SrlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ReHome project.
• 2+ Consulting SrlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ReHome project.
• AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di TorinocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ReHome project focusing on Geriatrics and metabolic bone diseases, Clinical and Oncological Psychology.
• Università degli Studi di Torino (Dipartimento di Psicologia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in ReHome project providing psychology and clinical expertise.
• Università del Piemonte Orientale – AO Maggiore di Novara (Fisiatria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in ReHome project focusing on Physiatry.
• Cognimade SrlcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinator of the Enviradar project developing devices and platforms for indoor monitoring in smart living scenarios.
• CNR ICARcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNR partner in CyberSec4Europe project for designing and testing new management approaches for a European network of cyber-security competencies.
• CNR ISTIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNR partner in CyberSec4Europe project.
• Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Università Roma TrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinator of GREAM 3 project investigating health risks from electromagnetic radiation in military applications.
• Dipartimento scientifico del Policlinico Militare di RomacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in GREAM 3 project contributing scientific expertise on military health.
• Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata - Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina TraslazionalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in GREAM 3 project contributing clinical and translational medicine expertise.
• CNR IASIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNR partner with IEIIT as coordinator in Radiosense project on radio signal technology for human environment imaging.
• Università di Roma Roma Tre - Dipartimento di ScienzecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Radiosense project contributing scientific expertise.
• Università di Roma Tor Vergata - Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina TraslazionalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Radiosense project contributing clinical expertise.
• Associazione La ParkimacacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Tango project supporting subjects with Parkinson's disease through tango therapy.
• Università di PadovacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinator of MARS-PRE project identifying chemical and functional biomarkers for characterizing organism adaptation to gravity variations.
• Università di BariminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in MARS-PRE project with 21 operational units across Italian universities and research institutions.
• Università La SapienzaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in MARS-PRE project.
• IRCCS Santa LuciaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in MARS-PRE project.
• Istituto Superiore di SanitàminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in MARS-PRE project.
• Politecnico di MilanominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in MARS-PRE project.
• Università di BolognacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partner of WiLab IEIIT Bologna national laboratory along with University of Ferrara and CNR-IEIIT.
• Università di FerraracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partner of WiLab IEIIT Bologna national laboratory.
• CNR-DIITET DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent department of CNR-IEIIT within the Italian National Research Council.
• Fermilab / SQMS CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Anna Grassellino from Fermilab SQMS Center presented seminar on superconducting quantum materials and systems at IEIIT.
• PNRR PNC Fit for Medical Robotics (Fit4MedRob)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject consortium dedicated to technological rehabilitation and medical robotics, with CNR-IEIIT participating in related events and networking.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI): Fraunhofer specialist institute for telecommunications and wireless systems including 6G research. Directly comparable as a publicly funded European applied research lab focused on wireless communications, signal processing, and network security — all core IEIIT domains.
• imec: Belgium-based leading research center in semiconductor and digital technology, with strong wireless and 6G programs. Comparable as an EU public-private applied research institute; substantially larger and more industry-anchored, but overlapping in wireless/ICT research themes.
• Fraunhofer Institute: Germany's flagship applied research organization operating institutes across ICT, wireless communications, production technology, and bioengineering. Directly comparable as a publicly funded applied-research peer competing for European and industrial R&D contracts in overlapping technical domains.
• TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research): Dutch public applied-research organization with groups in wireless/5G/6G, cybersecurity, and industrial ICT. Closely comparable in terms of public funding model, applied-research positioning, and multi-domain engineering portfolio.
• CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas): Spain's largest public research institution with institutes covering electronics, telecommunications, and bioengineering. Comparable as a national-scale public research organization with similar funding sources and applied research mission across EU framework programs.
• INRIA (Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique): French national research institute dedicated to digital science and technology, covering network security, AI/ML, and information systems. Comparable as a public European research body competing for similar EU digital and cybersecurity funding.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives): French public research organization with applied research divisions covering digital technologies, wireless communications, and biomedical engineering. Comparable as a national-scale government research entity pursuing similar industry 4.0, wireless, and defense-related projects.
• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland: Finland's national applied research institute covering wireless communications, bioengineering, cybersecurity, and Industry 4.0. Comparable in scale, funding model (mix of public grants and industry contracts), and thematic portfolio.

Others

• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR): Parent organization of CNR-IEIIT and Italy's largest public research body. Included as ecosystem context rather than competitor; IEIIT's strategic positioning is directly defined by CNR's departmental structure (DIITET) and national funding allocations.

Regional players

• Politecnico di Torino: Leading Italian technical university headquartered in Turin, overlapping geographically with CNR-IEIIT and collaborating on multiple projects. Comparable as a regional academic research performer in electronics, telecommunications, and industrial ICT; a partner as much as a peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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