2025

The workshop “Challenges in Water Resource Management: Addressing Water Scarcity and Fair Pricing” was successfully held on September 16, 2025, at the University of Cyprus. The event was organized in the context of the research project “Water-Futures”, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), in collaboration with the KIOS Center of Excellence for Research and Innovation […]

The KIOS Center of Excellence participates as a key partner in the European research project CABLEGNOSIS, which aims to develop innovative energy cable systems to support the transition to clean energy and achieve the 2050 energy targets at the European level. The CABLEGNOSIS project is funded by the “Horizon Europe” programme of the European Union

Nine talented undergraduate students successfully completed the prestigious Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) internship at the KIOS Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus, during the Summer 2025 session. For these students, UROP offered far more than just a summer internship. They gained hands-on research experience, developed technical skills in areas such as machine learning, computer

The KIOS Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus is collaborating with two enterprises, Aeolian Dynamics and H. Wise Wire Energy Solutions, towards the development of a decision-support platform to optimize operation and market participation of renewable energy generation plants equipped with battery energy storage systems (BESS). This collaboration is within the context of

The Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment and the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus have launched the “Stagono-metro” (Drop-count) online application, at www.stagona.cy. The app is designed to help households in Cyprus understand and calculate how much water they consume daily. The increasing demand for water,

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently signed between the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus and Okta Inc., a global leader in cybersecurity solutions headquartered in San Francisco, USA. This strategic partnership, initiated by KIOS Prof. Angelos Marnerides, builds upon Okta’s ongoing engagement and support of cybersecurity research

The KIOS CoE Research team in collaboration with the Cyprus Civil Defence developed the SafeCY mobile app, a useful tool for preparedness and safety in emergency situations. The app allows users to locate the nearest shelters based on their current location or by entering an address or postal code. Using GPS and an interactive map,

Nine exceptional undergraduate students are participating 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 2025. This is the 16th year that the UROP program has been running at the KIOS Center of Excellence. The program is extremely

The KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence had the pleasure of hosting the 3rd Project Board Meeting of the IDEATION Project on 5–6 June 2025, at its premises. The meeting brought together project partners from across Europe for two highly productive days of collaboration, evaluation, and strategic planning. During the two-day meeting, partners reviewed

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus is participating in a pioneering research project titled 6G-VERSUS (6G Vertical Trials for Sustainability), funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program under the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU). This project aims to demonstrate the profound sustainable,

The INVERGE research project (An intelligent INVERter at the grid edGE for future power systems), concluded successfully in April 2025, by developing novel methodologies and solutions to support the transition to sustainable, resilient, intelligent power systems. The decarbonization of the energy sector is pivotal to achieving long-term sustainability. As distributed renewable energy resources increase, particularly

On the 15th-16th of January 2025, the 4-year European Excellence Hub project EUSOME officially kicked off its activities, bringing together 16 partners in Cyprus for a 2-day kick-off meeting. The meeting was hosted at the KIOS Center of Excellence (KIOS CoE) at the University of Cyprus campus. EUSOME stands for Enabling Autonomous Aerial Systems through

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus coordinates a new research project titled “GridGnosis: Real Time Monitoring of Power Systems for Enhanced Stability”, funded by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) of Cyprus through the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the European Union. The GridGnosis project aims to develop

A successful conference on “KIOS Teaming Project: Celebrating Achievements and Paving the Way Forward”, was organized by the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, on March 27, 2025, at the University of Cyprus campus. The conference marked the completion of the European “KIOS Teaming Project” (2017 – Feb. 2025)

The University of Cyprus Research and Innovation Support Service in collaboration with the KIOS CoE successfully hosted the EU-13 Roadshow: Empowering Innovation – The Strategic Value of Intellectual Assets on April 3, 2025, in partnership with the European IP Helpdesk of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). This information day was part

The KIOS research team, consisting of PhD Student Charalampos Shimillas, Senior Research Associate Dr. Kleanthis Malialis, PhD, and Professor Marios Polycarpou, together with Professor Konstantinos Fokianos from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Cyprus, has received the Outstanding Paper Award for their research work on “Transformer-based Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Localization”.