Within the framework of the Invisible Heritage – Analysis and Technology (IH-AT) project, led by the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC) of The Cyprus Institute, the 3D physical replicas of the UNESCO-listed “Painted Churches in the Troodos Region” were donated to the visually impaired community in Cyprus during a special …
The Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) of the Cyprus Institute’s Climate & Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) is the first in Cyprus and one of the first in Europe to be granted with Operational Authorizations for Fixed-Wing and Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) under the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The Operational Authorizations have been issued …
The Creative Technologies Learning Lab research group (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr) of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly (DECE) presented research project ICT-INOV: Modernizing ICT Education for Harvesting Innovation (http://ictinov– project. eu) to teachers and students of the Hellenic Open University. The research project aims to encourage innovative thinking in Computer Science …
16-18 December 2022 | Nicosia The Department of Computer Science of the University of Nicosia supports the hackathon “Stronger Together through the Power of Artificial Intelligence for the Common Good”. The hackathon is organised by the British Council, in collaboration with CYENS – Centre of Excellence, and with the financial support of Microsoft. AI is …
The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) participated and was awarded, for the 7th year, in the Green Public Procurement Competition (CY GPP AWARDS), where it managed to obtain a prize and an honorable mention as well as a certificate of the European Ecological Management and Ecological Audit System (EMAS) – Environmental Management and Audit Scheme). The …
At a REACT4MED Project meeting hosted by the University of Haifa, Israel (29 November – 1 December 2022), Dr. Christos Zoumides represented the research team of The Cyprus Institute and presented the Cyprus case study. REACT4MED stands for “Inclusive Outscaling of Agro-ecosystem Restoration ACTions of the Mediterranean”, and the aim of the Cyprus case study …
The Cyprus Institute received a total of three awards at the CY GPP AWARDS 2022 event, held on Tuesday 29th of November 2022 at the amphitheatre of the Central Bank of Cyprus (sponsors of the event) in Nicosia. The Cyprus Institute was awarded 1st place for the integration of a Green Public Procurement (GPP) Strategy and Action …
In the context of the CONNECT Project (Cyprus ON a mission to Engage, inspire and Connect with citizens through the European Researchers’ Night) of the Research and Innovation Foundation (IdEK) and on the occasion of World Cities Day, the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Architecture, Engineering, Land & Environmental Sciences of Neapolis University Pafos, …
The UNESCO Chair on “Visual Anticipation and Futures Literacy towards Visual Literacy” is being officially established at the Open University of Cyprus (OUC). Chairholder is the Associate Professor Vicky (Vayia) Karaiskou. OUC joins UNESCO’s prestigious universities network, and the award of this unique Chair through a competitive call builds on the work of Dr. Karaiskou on Visual Literacy. With an …
The Inaugural Meeting of the project “Further development of CYPrus models for Galaxies and their NUCLEAR Spectra” (CYGNUS+), led by the Aristarchos Research Center of the European University of Cyprus , was held online with great success on November 24, 2022. The CYGNUS+ project is a two-year project , funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), within the framework …