Ivan Sotiriadis 
The European Commission has launched calls for proposals under Horizon Europe’s 2023-2024 digital, industrial and space work programme for research and innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies. The Commission will invest over €65 million in AI. Of this amount, €50 million will be dedicated to projects to develop new ways of combining data and the expansion of …
Most Europeans live in urban areas and cities play a key role in protecting citizens and improving the resilience of European societies against the increasing impacts of climate change. The European Environment Agency’s report, takes stock of urban adaptation in Europe, showcasing what actions cities are taking in response to increasing climate risks, and what is …
Key lessons and examples for the green and digital transition How can traditional higher education programmes best develop competencies important for green and digital innovation? The bulletin presents key lessons and examples of policy and practice which aim to inspire national, regional, and local educational authorities in their green and digital transition. This publication is …
The Commission sent a letter of formal notice to the six Member States. The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to Cyprus (INFR(2024)2016), Czechia (INFR(2024)2039), (INFR(2024)2040), Poland (INFR(2024)2041), Portugal (INFR(2024)2038) and Slovakia (INFR(2024)2042) as these Member States have not yet designated their Digital Services Coordinators under the Digital Services Act, or …
The European Green Digital Coalition has published new methodologies to measure the net impact of digital solutions on the climate. The European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC) has released science-based methodologies and guidance to measure the impact of digital solutions in reducing and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions across different sectors. This represents a milestone for Europe’s …
In an important academic achievement, CyI Associate Professor Sorin Hermon, alongside fellow authors Franco Niccolucci, Director of VAST-LAB research laboratory at PIN in Prato, Italy and Achille Felicetti, Senior Researcher at the University of Florence has been awarded the prestigious Data 2022 Best Paper Award for their paper titled “Populating the Data Space for Cultural …
Teachers 4.0 Digital, a €1.4 million flagship project, aims to tackle misinformation and promote digital literacy through education and training in European classrooms. The project will run for 3 years, from December 2023. The kick-off meeting took place in Athens on 1-2 February 2024. European University Cyprus is the proud coordinator of this dynamic consortium …
The article “Navigating the Unpredictable: Deep Learning’s Role in Mastering Turbulent Flows” was promoted as “Featured” by the prestigious journal of the American Institute of Physics The article “Deep learning architecture for sparse and noisy turbulent flow data” by Professor Drikakis, UNIC Vice President for Global Partnerships and Executive Director of Research & Innovation Office, …
The kick-off meeting for the new research project Infotester4Education was held on 17-18 April 2024 in Poland with the participation of a research team from the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and the Research Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT) based at OUC. The OUC is represented by Associate Professor Jahna Otterbacher, head of CyCAT, and …
A distinction for the Cypriot academic community around the world and evidence of its dynamic development is the participation of eight academics in the Academia Europaea – European Academy of Sciences, four of whom are from the University of Cyprus. The Academia Europaea Founded in 1988, Academia Europaea is an international non-governmental organisation, with distinguished …