SwissEx:Funding Organizations

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Center for Competence in Environmental Sustainability (CCES)

• http://www.cces.ethz.ch/
• http://www.cces.ethz.ch/integrative_elements/research_platforms/swiss_experiment

The overall strategic goals of the Competence Center Environment and Sustainability of the ETH Domain (CCES) are to foster major advancements in research; to establish the CCES partners as international and national focal points for environment and sustainability; to achieve a long-term structuring effect lasting beyond the completion of CCES; to establish a strong wide-ranging education and outreach program; to achieve a visible societal impact with a focus on socio-economic implementation.

National Center of Competence in Research - Mobile Information and Communication Systems (NCCR-MICS)

• http://mics.epfl.ch/

MICS was started in 2001 as a National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in the area of wireless sensor networks (WSN). It is a nation-wide center encompassing more than 40 faculty members across different Swiss universities and about 80 PhD students. The NCCR MICS is tackling all the technological challenges that have to be addressed in order for WSN to realize their full potential, from the study of fundamental principles to the development of platforms, and to their deployment in applications.