From Telecom to the Digital Nervous System of the AI Era

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Research

CTTC is designing the digital nervous system for the AI era. Leveraging in its Telecom and Geomatics expertise, its research addresses new challenges for delivering end-to-end digital infrastructures, integrating sensing, communication, computing & AI.

Experimental Facilities

CTTC hosts over 600 m² of experimental facilities, with cutting-edge assets from competitive projects such as the NextGenerationEU-funded UNICO program. A key European 6G research hub, it also offers specialized researchers to accelerate experimentation, prototyping and proof-of-concept work.development.

Services

Research Units drive research and innovation services with the support of a professional knowledge and technology transfer and management teams. CTTC offers a wide range of scientific, technological and consultation services aligned with our scientific and technological expertise, spanning from direct contracts to joint ventures.

Projects’ Highlights

From space communications to Earth Observation monitoring and citizen safety, R&D projects exhibit a vast portfolio. This web provides access to individual projects’ information. Nevertheless, the Highlights section includes an overview of a selection of success projects reinforcing its impact and application.

Sustainability

Our research drives sustainability impact in two ways: by developing environmentally responsible ICT technologies —with sustainability embedded as a core design principle— and by applying them to domains such as Earth Observation and environmental monitoring. The internal cross-disciplinary Sustainability Working Group reinforces this holistic approach and is already delivering tangible results.

Technology Sovereignty

Technology Transfer and Sovereignty are key mechanisms through which CTTC delivers societal impact, equipping socio-economic stakeholders with the technological capabilities needed to address emerging challenges.

Standardization

Standardization and Open-Source initiatives are key drivers of impact in telecommunications, translating research into globally adopted protocols and frameworks. Beyond academic output, contributions to standards bodies (e.g., 3GPP, ETSI, IEEE) and open ecosystems (e.g., O-RAN, SDN) enable interoperability, faster innovation cycles, and reduced time-to-market.

Open Science

Open access to research data and derived tools are available through specific projects and other initiatives such as the Catalan Open Research Area or OpenAIRE(zenodo).

News

Events

08/10/2026 –

CTTC SEMINAR

We will explore THz photonics for non-destructive imaging and high-speed communications, addressing key challenges to industrial adoption through applications including subwavelength microscopy and fiber-assisted THz communications.
07/10/2026 –

CTTC SEMINAR

This seminar explores active inference as a biomimetic approach to AI, addressing challenges in learning, training and explainability, and examining its potential applications in AI centers, physical AI and digital biology.
06/10/2026 –

CTTC SEMINAR

This seminar explores event-based sensing for space applications, focusing on its advantages in capturing fast-moving changes, high dynamic range and sparse visual data, with applications in star tracking and remote sensing.

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