The Industrial Systems Institute (I.S.I) is a public research institute, functioning under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (G.S.R.T) of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. I.S.I was founded in Patras, Western Greece on June 1998 and was included in the Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication, and Knowledge Technologies “Athena” on May 2003. I.S.I. is currently hosted in Patras Science Park premises. The scope of I.S.I. includes the active participation and substantial contribution to high-technology sectors, which relate to integrated industrial systems, with the objective of increasing the competitiveness of the Greek industry, through application of state-of-the-art technologies.