The Information Management Systems Institute (IMSI) is a leading research institute in Greece and a Centre of Excellence for research, development, and innovation in the areas of large-scale information systems and Big Data management.
IMSI lies within the Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies Athena, a research and technology organization supervised by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) of the Ministry of Development. Established in Athens in 2003, Athena Research Center (Athena RC) is the first research center in Greece with a focus exclusively on Information Society. The “Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS)” was founded in 2007 with the mission to conduct research in the areas of data management and information systems. In 2017, the former name of the Institute changed to the current name “Information Management Systems Institute (IMSI)”, as decided by the Management Board of the Athena RC.
Over the past few years, IMSI researchers have been very successful in attracting and implementing numerous cutting-edge research and development projects, at both the national and international level. Furthermore, IMSI has created strong collaborative ties with top European research institutions and has successfully promoted the development and use of state-of-the art information systems platforms and tools in both local industry and various Greek government organizations.