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In April 2024, the conclusion of the Innovation project Smart5Grid (Demonstration of 5G solutions for SMART energy GRIDs of the future), funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program, marked the beginning of exciting new possibilities for the digitalization of the electrical and power grid sector. By leveraging the advancements in wireless communication networks, such as

According to European Commission, buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, which mainly result from construction, usage (through lighting, heating, and cooling systems, domestic appliances), renovation and demolition. Improving energy efficiency in buildings through deploying digital technologies is critically important for achieving the EU’s ambitious goal of

A collaboration agreement was signed between the Department of Electrical and Mechanical Services (EMS) of the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Works and the KIOS Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, on the 2nd of April 2024. The two parties will work together on the design and implementation of a digital system (AFIIS

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus is participating in a flagship research project, entitled “TwinEU”, funded by the EU under the Horizon Europe research and innovation program. The TwinEU project aims to create a concept of a Pan-European power system Digital Twin (DT), based on the integration of

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus is coordinating for the first time the EU Horizon Innovation Action (IA) research project entitled COCOON: COoperative Cyber PrOtection for MOderN Power Grids. COCOON aims to deliver a cyber-physical systems solution to address cybersecurity and resilience challenges in interconnected Electrical Power and

The KIOS Center of Excellence is recognized for its expertise in Open Science activities and therefore was selected by the University of Cyprus (UCY) to participate in the OPUS project as one of the three Research Performing Organizations to pilot the implementation of the Research Assessment Framework. OPUS (Open and Universal Science) is an EU-funded

The KIOS research team has won the First Prize in the competition “Cooperative Aerial Robots Inspection Challenge”, that took place during the flagship 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2023), on 13-15 December 2023, in Singapore. The “Cooperative Aerial Robots Inspection Challenge” (CARIC), utilizing open-source tools, aimed to accelerate the development of efficient

The year 2023 marks a significant milestone for the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, as it celebrates 15 years of research and innovation excellence. For over a decade, KIOS has been at the forefront of groundbreaking research and innovation, technological advancements, and transformative solutions, in Information and Communication

On the 2nd of December 2023, a large-scale earthquake simulation exercise took place in the city of Larnaca, in Cyprus. During the exercise cutting-edge technologies aiming at optimizing search and rescue operations in emergency situations were tested and evaluated. The exercise was carried out within the context of the European Horizon2020 research project “Secure and

A successful workshop on GIS technologies and digital maps was organized by the KIOS Center of Excellence, on the 22nd of November 2023, at the University of Cyprus campus, on the occasion of the International Day of Geographic Information Systems (GIS Day 2023). The workshop attracted more than 90 people from several organizations of the