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The Cyprus University of Technology and the research center “Heraclitus” participated in the project “Bricks made of words”. In this project, which is co-funded by the Europe for Citizens program, four undergraduate students from the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management actively participated. They had the opportunity to travel to five countries that organized a …

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The National Technical University of Athens hosted the annual CESAER Board Events, including the Presidents Meeting and a Task Force Workshop, 19-20 June 2023. CESAER acts as the strong voice of Universities of Science and Technology in Europe, uniting 58 leading Engineering Universities from 28 countries in Europe and beyond. Its members educate over one …

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Happy to share that the “AI-empowered recommendation system for real estate” project was successfully accomplished this week, in a collaboration between Cyprus China Network (CCN, https://ccnnetwork.cn/en/) and CYENS. CCN aims to change the fact that recommender systems in the real estate market are currently not effective, having low performance, by developing a novel recommendation system based …

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The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and Hangzhou Dianzi University (HDU) of China signed today on June 20, 2023 an agreement for the establishment of the Confucius Institute. The agreement was signed by Rector Panagiotis Zafiris of CUT and Rector ZHU Zefei of HDU. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of His Excellency …

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The Cyprus Talks Green Conference returns for a 5th time, this time giving the opportunity between Cypriot, Dutch, Israeli and Egyptian policy makers and industry representatives to discuss the timely and vital issue of green transition in the context of transportation and energy storage from Renewable Energy Sources. The further development of modern technologies such …

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The adaptation options that need to be implemented locally for sustainable management and planning of agronomic practices, was tackled on Thursday, 22th of June 2023, in a lecture by renowned Italian research scientist, Prof. Donatella Spano. The lecture was jointly organised by The Cyprus Institute and the Italian Embassy in Nicosia for the 7th consecutive …

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On Monday, 19th of June 2023, the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Mr. Philippos Hadjizacharias, along with the Permanent Secretary of its Ministry, Dr Stelios Himonas, as well as with some representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Defence, the Auditor General’s Office, and the Department of Forests, attended CyI’s presentation on CyI’s …

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Written by Nearchos Paspallis* Research is crucial for the development and improvement of human life across the world. For instance, research enables the development of new medicines that save lives, the design of safer and more environmentally friendly cars, the improvement of services, for instance for elderly care, and the development of products as biodegradable …

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Through this project, over 1950 students and staff have received training and support, as well as 18 start-ups in 8 different countries. I will start a little unorthodoxly. My wife and I try to read our children a book every night.  One of them recounts the journey of millions of seeds carried by strong winds …

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On Friday 2 June 2023, the final meeting of the PEPSYN (Green Techniques in Peptide Synthesis) research project was held at the University of Nicosia. The meeting was attended by the academic and research staff involved in the project from both Biogena A.P.I. Ltd and the University of Nicosia. In the PEPSYN (Green Techniques in …

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