CENATAV is a Center guided to the theoretical and applied investigations in the area of Pattern Recognition and Data Mining. The investigations include the digital images and signals processing , the teledetection , the logical combinatory recognition of patterns, the structural syntactic recognition, the testors theory, conceptual algorithms, analysis of textures, the conceptual interpretation of space data, the text mining, the mining of blended data, among others. The applications are directed to such areas as the biometric, the recovery of information, the geologic prospecting, information text processing, among others.

CENATAV was created in 2004 and it is in consolidation process. Besides its activity of theoretical and applied investigation, it offers services of scientific – technical information, consultancy, graduate courses on Pattern Recognition and Data Mining.