CSP - Innovazione nelle ICT - is the Information Society Technologies innovation and research centre for Piedmont’s public administrations. Its shareholders are: CSI-Piemonte, Politecnico di Torino, Università degli Studi di Torino, Comune di Torino, Unione Industriale di Torino, Confindustria Piemonte and Iride Energia S.p.A.

Since 1998, CSP has been developing the new mission entrusted to it by shareholders after it concluded its experience as Centro Supercalcolo del Piemonte. CSP has changed considerably in eight years.

Founded as a small group inside CSI Piemonte’s original offices, it has grown significantly and now employs 40 people permanently in two different premises.
Every year CSP also awards between 25 and 30 scholarships in collaboration with local universities, over 20 work placements and thesis opportunities, plus over 40 contracts with professionals from different sectors.

Turnover has grown constantly over the last few years, stabilising at over 4.5 million Euros in 2006. This is a result of around 100 different activities for over 35 clients and over 50 active collaboration agreements with Universities, Research Centres and public corporations.

CSP is a MIUR Research Laboratory, certified UNI EN ISO 9001:2000, and is part of numerous associations and consortia including the World Wide Web