The modern facilities that host all POLAR activities at FORTH are state-of-the-art and include a well-controlled environment, access and security policies, all necessary general-purpose support, and ample office space. FORTH provides all required information technology infrastructure, including servers, storage, accounts, management, and administration. Most directly related to this project is the computational imaging-specific infrastructure. The facility includes high-performance equipment such as hyperspectral and time-of-flight cameras, virtual displays, video processors, an experimental cluster with hundreds of PCs, storage R&D platforms and dozens of HW & SW prototypes.

POLAR will closely interact with the PASIPHAE project for polarimetric data acquisition. Polarimetry with PASIPHAE will be achieved using 2 cutting-edge-technology polarimeters named WALOPs (Wide Area Linear Optical Polarimeters) developed exclusively for PASIPHAE. One will be installed at the Skinakas 1.3 m telescope and the other at SAAO's 1m telescope. Both will have a field of view of 30 × 30 arcminutes and will be able to measure polarization of stars brighter than R=16.5 magnitude with a sensitivity in p of ≤ 0.1%.

POLAR's Core Team consists of members from the Signal Processing Lab of FORTH-ICS, the Institute of Astrophysics (FORTH-IA) and the Physics Department, University of Crete. Being committed to the motto "teamwork makes the dream work", the Core Team highly promotes team spirit as an integral component to building a successful team. The foundation of every great team is a direction that energizes, orients, and engages its members. To this end, the POLAR team encourages open, honest communication and fosters interaction among its members. Team spirit comes from the top. As such, our team's effectiveness comes from the right attitude of its members, which is achieved by flattening the traditional organizational pyramid instilling the right team culture. Clear team and individual expectations are established, whilst making sure everyone understands that it’s the result of the team’s work that counts. Ideas and suggestions from team members on ways to better achieve the team’s goals are more than welcome and, in fact, strongly encouraged.