The document summarizes the research areas, people, training programs, and companies associated with the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at an unnamed university. The department conducts research in areas such as cognitive and intelligent systems, audiovisual technologies, communications and networks, and computational biology. It has over 800 undergraduate students, 175 graduate students, and 31 tenured faculty members. The department obtains significant research funding and offers various degree and training programs in information and communication technologies.