CTC, Cybernetics Science and Technique research group, belongs to the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Ferrol (Universidade da Coruña). It is currently recognised and funded as a Group with Growth Potential by the Xunta de Galicia.

Its field of research is mainly related to automation, control engineering and artificial intelligence. These disciplines are being applied in many sectors, so the group usually works in collaboration with research staff from other universities and other fields of knowledge. Specifically, CTC addresses the use of intelligent techniques in many disciplines, such as medical field (anaesthesia control), industry, university teaching (prediction of student performance), environmental radioactivity and energy efficiency, among others. Its main lines of activity focus on data analysis and processing, intelligent and advanced control, system optimisation and modelling, anomaly detection in industrial processes, as well as virtual and intelligent instrumentation.

In terms of organisational structure, the group is vertebrated around four laboratories coordinated by different CTC members. Each laboratory focuses on a specific discipline which, in turn, is closely related to the others through the common thread of Artificial Intelligence, IoT and Industry 4.0:

• Applied Intelligent Systems Lab

• Smart Building and Sustainability Laboratory

• Electronic and Automatic Systems Laboratory

• Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory.

At another organisational level are grouped the transversal activities of continuous improvement, which seek to increase the impact, increase the capacities of the members, as well as manage projects, and establish and strengthen national and international collaborations:

• Coordination of pre- and post-doctoral training activities.

• Project management.

• Coordination of collaborations, internationalisation and dissemination.

Finally, part of the structure is dedicated to technical support for the laboratories and another part to support research management.