The Internet of THings & AppliCAtions Lab (ITHACA) was established in 2020 (ΦΕΚ τ.Β’1795_11-5-2020) as a research and teaching lab of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece.

The research interests of the Laboratory focus on the exploitation of the Internet of Things (IoT) in areas such as precision agriculture, smart energy networks, smart cities, modern computer and telecommunications networks, digital health applications, and cybersecurity in horizontal applications, integrating cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity and privacy, blockchain technology, 5th and 6th generation portable networks, and cloud computing.

ITHACA composes of several research units and topics:

• Development of IoT applications and services;
• Cybersecurity and privacy tools and services for IoT ecosystem;
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / drone applications and services;
• Advanced tools and services for precious agriculture and smart farming;
• Algorithms, tools, and services for smart grid and electrical and power systems;
• IoT routing protocols;
• Monitoring and Decision-making Applications for smart environments (home, city, vehicle, and transportation);
• IoT-oriented (optical and wireless) telecomunnication networks;
• IoT interoperability solutions;
• IoT authentication and identification;