Ivan Sotiriadis 
The European Commission is looking for best practices and success stories to support the existing MSCA guidelines on the supervision of researchers during their project. The European Commission has published a survey to gather inspirational examples of supervision practice from across the MSCA community. The survey is targeted to researchers and research support personnel who …
The innovation performance of the European Union continues to improve at a steady pace, reaching a 10% increase since 2017 and a growth of 0.5% between 2023 and 2024. According to the 2024 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) published today, most EU Member States have boosted their innovation performance, but the increase varies strongly from one to another. Key …
The Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) has presented to the Critical Medicines Alliance (CMA) the main findings of a technical report assessing the supply chain vulnerabilities for critical medicines. This report will serve as a basis for further action to reinforce security of supply of a first tranche of 11 critical medicines from the Union list …
The ambitious EU climate neutrality targets aim to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To realize this vision, fast and extensive decarbonisation efforts are necessary across all sectors. The integration of digital technologies with energy and mobility systems is crucial for achieving these sustainability goals. A recent report by Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information …
A new expert group will look to support teachers with the development of guidelines on high-quality informatics. The expert group on high-quality informatics is made up of 25 members from 14 countries. Addressing common challenges Since 2014, European countries have been reforming curricula to include informatics, but challenges persist. Informatics often reaches only a limited …
The workshop took place in Stockholm, Sweden on 2-3 July 2024. It explored the pros and cons of digitalisation and the impact of technology on wellbeing in the education context. A diverse group of stakeholders from the education and training sector, policy makers, EdTech companies and the private sector gathered in Stockholm for the latest …
The European Commission welcomes the Cloud-Edge Industrial Working Group’s delivery of the Telco Cloud Thematic Roadmap, which examines cloud environments for the telecoms sector. European cloud and edge industries participate in the industrial Cloud-Edge Working Group to recommend areas of investment for the development and implementation of next generation European cloud and edge technologies to …
The amendment to the EuroHPC Regulation to set up AI factories entered into force enabling the creation of a new pillar of activities for the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). The AI Factories will consist of dedicated AI-supercomputers which will enable fast machine learning, in particular for the training of General Purpose AI (GPAI) …
The Dust Doctoral Network (Dust-DN), led by CARE-C of The Cyprus Institute, has been selected with full marks to contribute to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of Horizon Europe, and will officially start operations on November 1st, 2024. A recruitment campaign for seventeen doctoral candidates within our prestigious network has now started, with a deadline …
Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC) researchers have contributed to the recently inaugurated exhibition “Cyprus Insula: History-Memory-Reality”, which will run from 4 July 2024 – 30 June 2025 and will be open daily 10:00–19:00 at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. This exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of …