Since 1989, DMIF (formerly DIMI) has hosted a Unit of the Italian Inter-university Consortium for Computer Science (CINI) at the University of Udine.

CINI comprises 49 public universities and involves over 1,300 members of teaching staff from the INFO-01/A and IINF-05/A academic disciplines. Its objective is to promote and coordinate scientific, research and transfer activities, both core and applied, in the field of computer science, in concert with the national scientific communities of reference.

Head of Unit: prof. Gian Luca Foresti

The following National Laboratories Units are activated in Udine:

• Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Systems – coordinator prof. Luca di Gaspero
• Data Science – coordinator prof. Stefano Mizzaro
• CyberSecurity – coordinator prof. Marino Miculan
• InfoLife – coordinator prof. Alberto Policriti
• Informatica & Società – coordinator prof. Paolo Coppola
• Smart cities & communities – coordinator prof. Giuseppe Serra