ICT DEPARTMENT
Information and Communication Technology
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7
00185 Roma
Director
Prof. Francesco Beltrame
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Latest NEWS
8 agosto 2009 - i2012 - STRATEGIE PER L'INNOVAZIONE
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29 gennaio 2010 - Seminario, aperto a tutti, dal titolo "Brain-inspired Intelligent Systems: from Artificial Brain to Artificial Cognitive Systems" tenuto dal Prof.Ing. Soo-Young Lee del KAIST (Corea del Sud)
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24.06.2009 - Progetti di Ricerca, Sviluppo e Innovazione delle PMI - POR Lazio Asse 1 - Azione 1.1
03.12.2009 - Avviso di disponibilita' di posto di funzione dirigenziale non generale
http://www.pubbli......
2009-05-10-13 - Future of the Internet
The Future of the Internet Conference aims to review the strategic orientations and trends govern......
2009-03-18-20 - Congresso annuale della Societa' Italiana di Bioinformatica
Si terra' a Genova, dal 18 al 20 Marzo 2009 il congresso annuale della Societa' Ita......
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Latest EVENTS
Brain-inspired Intelligent Systems: from Artificial Brain to Artificial Cognitive Systems
2010-01-29 - Rome CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7 (Aula Marconi)
Future Internet Assembly
2009-11-23-24 - Stockholm, Kista
Workshop Progetto Multimodal and Multidimensional Content and Media
2008-12-16 - Genova - area delle Ricerca - via dei Marini, 16,
Conferenza di Dipartimento ICT
2008-06-5-6 - Presso la Fondazione Cariplo, Via Romagnosi,6 - Milano
Convegno Galileo: sicurezza nella navigazione-identificazione e localizzazione
2007-01-17 - Rome
First ICT Department Conference
2006-12-12 - Rome
Details available in the events section
About Information Technology
Information Technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is: "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware."
In short, IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit and retrieve information.
In this definition, the term "information" can usually be replaced by "data" without loss of meaning.
Nowadays it has become popular to broaden the term to explictly include the field of electronic communication so that people tend to use the abbreviation ICT (Information and Communication Technology). Strictly speaking, this name contains some redundancy.
History of Information Technology
The term "Information Technology" came about in the 1970s. Its basic concept, however, can be traced back even further. Throughout the 20th century, an alliance between the military and various industries has existed in the development of electronics, computers, and information theory. The military has historically driven such research by providing motivation and funding for innovation in the field of mechanization and computing.
The first commercial computer was the UNIVAC I. It was designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly for the U.S. Census Bureau. Since then, four generations of computers have evolved. Each generation represented a step that was characterized by hardware of decreased size and increased capabilities. The first generation used vacuum tubes, the second used transistors, the third integrated circuits, and the fourth used integrated circuits on a single chip. The late 70s saw the rise of microcomputers, followed closely by IBM&s personal computer in 1981.
Thanks to wikipedia.org for the information on this page.
