SICS Center for Networked Systems

SICS Center for Networked Systems (CNS) is a joint industry - academia research center. The center is funded by VINNOVA, SSF, and KK-Stiftelsen through the program Institute Excellence Centres. Researchers at the center perform leading edge research on networked systems in close collaboration with industry and the public sector. Results are commercially exploited by the partners and also communicated to the public.

Research vision

We envision The Reliable Internet, a secure and reliable infrastructure which provides predictable service, enable robust applications on heterogeneous networks, is secure and at the same time is easier to manage.

The current Internet technology has fundamental deficiences making reliable operation of critical applications hard. To address these deficiences, the whole networked system, comprising the systems view from user expectations to the underlying network technology, needs to be considered. Examples of networked systems are mobile telecommunication systems, factory automation systems and banking systems.

Partners

Our industry partners are ABB, Ericsson, Saab Systems, TeliaSonera and T2 Data. Our academic partners are KTH, Mälardalen University and Uppsala University.

Annual report 2008

For 2008 the center has conducted a report of the achievements and results. For full report; download.