The Politecnico di Milano has announced the creation of two new
spin-offs from the University. Kee Square will develop
biometric recognition research into innovative techniques for video and audio
signals. MITO, using technology transfer and
university research, will work in the field of intellectual property management in
order to assist universities in the exploitation of intellectual property.
Kee Square, the last spin-off company made by
“Politecnico di Milano” was established in July 2007 counting among the shareholders
the Politecnico di Milano itself, Prof. Augusto Sarti and Stefano Tubaro, and two
industrial partners Celin Technology Innovation S.r.l. and Ghirlanda S.p.A.
Relying on the excellent skills and the strong depth of the innovative
expertise in the field of the biometric recognition available at the company, Kee Square invests
actively in the development of the innovative techniques to process video and
audio signals, oriented to the biometric recognition and the environmental
control.
The company develops, integrates, personalizes and proposes to the
biometry market, products and solutions with added value that respond to the
specific requirements of every client both for Law and Commercial Enforcement.
Kee Square offers a series of sophisticated
software libraries, optimized to process in real time images, sounds, planning
and training of modules for biometric security in appliance with the current
standards ISO/ICAO.
MITO
In May 2007, MITO,
the first Italian spin-off working in the field of the intellectual property
management, was established at the Politecnico di Milano. The company boasts of
the main experts, available in the Italian market, with excellent skills in the
field of technology transfer of the university research, from the research centres
to the companies more oriented to the innovation. The core business of the
company is the management of the intellectual property for actors of the public
and private market, especially for Universities and EPR that need to launch pro-active
strategies necessary to exploit the intellectual property. The activity lines,
in which the company aims at offering its services, are IP management, IP
consulting and IP spin off supporting.
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