2023

Seven exceptional undergraduate students have been selected to participate in the prestigious Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, for the summer of 2023. This is the 15th year that the UROP program has been running at the KIOS Center of Excellence. The […]

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus and the Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas (CERTH), on the 15th of June 2023. The agreement focuses on undertaking collaborative work in research, technological development, and innovation, for the benefit of society. The

A delegation from the Cyprus Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, led by the Minister Mr. Alexis Vafeades, visited the KIOS CoE at the University of Cyprus, on the 9th of May 2023. The purpose of the meeting was for the delegation to be informed about the research and innovation activities undertaken at the Center

On the 20th of April 2023, a large-scale emergency response simulation exercise took place in the city of Granada in Spain, involving more than 250 first responders and technical experts. During the exercise, innovative technologies for the management of waterborne pathogen contamination events were field-tested and evaluated. The exercise was held within the framework of

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus announces the extension of application deadline for Scholarships and other Employment Calls as follows: Five (5) PhD Student Scholarships, until Friday, 21 April 2023 One (1) MSCA European Doctorate Network Scholarship, until Friday, 28 April 2023 Ten (10) Student Scholarships for the

The 2nd application period for the MSc program in Intelligent Critical Infrastructure Systems for the academic year 2023-2024 has started and the application deadline is Wednesday, 31 May 2023. Ten (10) Scholarships will be awarded based on merit and can cover up to 100% of the tuition fees. In addition, there is the option for

Stelios Timotheou, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and faculty member of the KIOS Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for the research project “URANUS” (Real-Time Urban Mobility Management via Intelligent UAV-based Sensing). URANUS proposes real-time, dynamic, and intelligent sensing of vehicular and

The KIOS Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus has won the YERUN (Young European Research Universities Network) Open Science Award 2022, for its Open Knowledge Initiative. The KIOS Open Knowledge Initiative was launched in 2017 with the aim to support and encourage open access, open data, and reproducible research, for the purpose of

Marios Polycarpou, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the KIOS Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, wins the prestigious 2023 IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Technical Field Award, for his “pioneering contributions to the theory and application of neural networks and learning systems in monitoring and control systems”. Professor

A delegation from the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection of Greece visited the KIOS Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, on January 30th, 2023. The delegation comprised the Minister Mr. Christos Stylianides, the General Secretary of Civil Protection, Mr. Vasilios Papageorgiou, the Chief of Staff of the Corps, Lieutenant General Mr.

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (KIOS CoE) announces 10 Master-level Scholarships for the MSc program in Intelligent Critical Infrastructure Systems, starting in September 2023. The program is offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cyprus in collaboration with the KIOS CoE and Imperial College London, UK.