About the institute
The Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, independent research institute, founded in 2009.
RIST currently performs research on complex systems, computational, theoretical and experimental neuroscience, biologically-inspired robotics, artificial intelligence and dynamical systems.
RIST aims to provide an appropriate institutional and administrative support for world class scientists that would like to work in Romania and are not satisfied by the conditions offered by existing Romanian research institutions, which are often much too bureaucratic and sometimes feudalistic. According to a survey performed in 2006 among scientists working in Romania, only 30% were considering that their institutions provide support for their work. We welcome Romanian scientists currently working abroad.
RIST is a grassroots initiative, resulting from the enlargement of the Center for Cognitive and Neural Studies (Coneural), another independent, not-for-profit research institution, founded in 2002 by several Romanian scientists.
For more information, please see the Romanian version of this page.