Institut mikroelektronickych aplikaci s.r.o.
IMA (www.ima.cz) is a limited private company (SME) located in Praha and Pardubice (CZ). Current headcount of 65 employees - mostly university graduated. Being on the market since 1992, IMA is well established in the smart card business and follow up micro technologies bridging towards nano.
IMA deals with electronic identification and utilizes smart cards, RFID/NFC, sensing, biometrics and ICT like ZigBee technology. Within health/social sector IMA runs on contractual base NETC@RDS server for the Czech Republic. Beside NETC@RDS, IMA is since years collaborating with key players in health care card domain: Sesam-Vitale, Gematik, ZZZS (Slovenia) and other smart cards issuers (At, Fi, It, Es..).
For two years IMA was chairing WG cards of EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics). Currently IMA represents CZ in ISO and CEN groups for standards in health care domain.
In terms of applications running on the HPC infrastructure IMA is piloting various advanced technologies, like
- Wristlet - Panic Button (ZigBee): dedicated for FNKV and Central military hospitals in Praha
- Wireless sensors for controlling of domestic infrastructure (temperature, humidity, CO2)
- IMA specific RFID identification and ZigBee channel for localization, identification and identity management of swarm of replicable robots.
IMA is ready to contribute to applied research, prototyping and development of troubleshooting tools on HW and FW level.
Regarding integration IMA provides specific services like:
- merging new eID systems into the existing infrastructure
- meeting legal regulatory base for eServices applied cross-boarder within EU
- ensuring privacy and personal data protection (systematic collaboration with the Data protection officer of the Council of Europe)
- data mining: profiles creation and correlations detection for / among identified objects. This ensures safety and security for supervised persons and locations
Selected references:
- BioHealth / FP6 – Security and identity management standards in eHealth including biometrics
- R-Bay / eTen Market validation in eRadiology – legal and security aspects
- NETC@RDS / eTen Initial deployment of eEHIC
- REPLICATOR / FP7 Robotic evolutionary self-programming and self-assembling organisms
- Eniac E3Car, Artemis Pollux, Eniac MAS
Contribution to and Role in the Project:
IMA will contribute to this project by using its expertise in co-design of system hardware and software on Printed Circuit Board for sensors, actuators and CCD vision system. Furthermore, IMA will conduct prototyping and of testing hardware/software for wireless sensor networks.