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New technology: Electricity Generation System with Zero CO2 Emissions

A research team at the KIOS Research Center at the University of Cyprus, led by the Assistant Professor Kyriakides, has successfully developed an innovative method for generating electricity with zero CO2 emissions. The technology is cutting edge with a distinguishing feature: the power output can be regulated, unlike the power output of conventional renewable energy […]

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Best Demo Award at the International Conference on Mobile Data Management 2012

A collaborative research effort between the KIOS Research Center and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus, won the Best Demo at the 13th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM’12), IEEE Computer Society, which took place in Bangalore India on July 23-26 2012.The 1st prize was awarded for the demonstration of

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KIOS research team meets with the Chief Officer of the European Defence Agency (EDA) to discuss research priorities for defence

The Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA), Madame Caulde-France Arnould met with academics at the University of Cyprus during her first official visit to Cyprus. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus 21st May 2012. The meeting was attended by Rector of the University of Cyprus

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Second KIOS Workshop

On the 9th April 2012 the second KIOS workshop was organised following the success of the first one which took place last year, in April 2011. The KIOS workshops are organised annually by the KIOS Research Center to provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and foster further collaborations between KIOS researchers as well as the

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New Research Project – ASCLEPIUS: Accelerating Bioinformatics and Biomedical Applications via Massively Parallel Reconfigurable Systems

High-performance, real-time computation systems  are becoming  necessary to compute extremely complicated biomedical and bioinformatics algorithms used by bioengineers and doctors worldwide and come in the form of supercomputers,  i.e. large clusters, which are the only capable solution keeping up with the application demands. However, the excessive cost of implementing and maintaining such systems, limits their

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WideView: The use of telecommunications and GPS technology for the real-time wide-area monitoring and control of power systems

The operating conditions as well as the network topology of a power system may change frequently due to complex interconnections and deregulated energy markets. The real-time information regarding the operating states is therefore very important for reliable and secure operation. The supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system based on conventional measurements such as the

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ERC Advanced Grant Awarded to Director of KIOS, Professor Marios Polycarpou

Professor Marios Polycarpou, Director of the KIOS Research Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks at the University of Cyprus, has been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant, the most prestigious research funding award given by the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC Advanced Grant provides attractive long-term research funding to a small number of exceptional researchers to undertake highly

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First prize for KIOS Post Doctoral Researcher, Dr. Demetrios Eliades

Dr. Demetrios Eliades, Post-Doctoral Researcher at the KIOS Researcher Center of the University of Cyprus and the company Zedem Media produced an award-winning video entitled “An Egg Boiling Fuzzy Logic Robot”, that successfully uses animation to explain Fuzzy Logic and the applications of this methodology to everyday life. This video was awarded the First Prize

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KIOS Director is the New Elected President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

The KIOS Research Center Director, Professor Marios Polycarpou, is the new elected President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS). This is a very prestigious position of international recognition. It is only the second time in the history of IEEE CIS that the president of the society is from outside North America. The Computational Intelligence

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KIOS signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Water Development Department, Cyprus

KIOS and the Water Development Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment (Republic of Cyprus) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research in the area of water resource management. The agreement was signed by the highest authorities of the two organizations during an official ceremony– the Minister of Agriculture, Natural

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EVAGORAS ( ΕΥΑΓΟΡΑΣ ) – High-performance computing using reconfigurable hardware for biological, ecological and medical applications

The quest for advancement in healthcare and ecology, all key aspects of improving the quality of life, becomes heavily dependent on high-performance, real-time computation systems. Such systems are necessary to compute extremely complicated algorithms used by biologists and doctors worldwide. The application of computer technology in the fields of molecular biology and bioinformatics, and modelling

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New Research Project: Multimodal epileptic seizure prediction from long-duration EEG and ECG measurements

Epilepsy is a condition that affects 0.6-0.8% of the world population, rendering it the most common neurological disorder after stroke. It is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures, due to abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain and by a vast range of causes, triggering events, symptoms and brain locations where the seizures originate.

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KIOS to Coordinate New Research Project – Development of computational tools and services for the diagnosis and personalized optimal therapy of oncological diseases

Cancer is arguably one of the most serious global health problems, particularly in developed countries such as Cyprus and Greece, where it exhibits increasing trends. One of the most active research areas related to oncological diseases is the utilization of advanced computational methods and tools for better understanding the underlying mechanisms, early diagnosis of the

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