The International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (InterACT) is a network of leading Research Universities and Institutes of the main economies of the world. It has a dual mission:
- Advanced research on technologies that support and facilitate global communication, cooperation and exchange.
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Training/Education of scientists in an environment of scientific excellence, while at the same time providing immersion and experience working in a multicultural and multilingual setting.
InterACT was established in 2004 and operates in a light weight manner, the collaborative center follows local organizational principles with associate directors at each institution; interACT's director is Alex Waibel.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Carnegie Mellon University

Waseda University

University of Southern California

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

IIT - Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Stanford University

Bielefeld University

Queensland University of Technology