{"id":383,"date":"2018-12-19T13:04:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T13:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/?page_id=383"},"modified":"2025-06-24T06:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T06:03:57","slug":"spotlight-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/?page_id=383","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>The group&#8217;s open-source datasets, algorithms and developed tools can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/emergency-response-technologies\/\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\n\n<h3>Videos from various innovation activities.<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>SafeCY Mobile APP<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03cd\u03b3\u03b9\u03b1.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video>\n<\/td>\n<td>\nDeveloped and rolled out the SafeCY mobile app for the needs of the Cyprus Civil Defence that informs citizens of the Republic of Cyprus on near-by shelters in case of emergency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.cy\/esoterika-themata\/energopoiisi-efarmogis-safecy-gia-entopismo-tou-plisiesterou-katafygiou-politikis-amynas\/\">Press Release<\/a>.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Award<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gold Magazine Start Me Up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldnews.com.cy\/digitaledition\/#\/reader\/38214\/1414174\">Article<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td>Featured article in the GOLD magazine\u2019s Start Me Up column own our entrepreneurship activities for drone-based safety and security solutions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Invest in the Commercialization of Entrepreneurship<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusseeds.com\/blog\/\">Cyprus Seeds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investcyprus.org.cy\/blog\/commercialization-of-innovative-academic-research-in-cyprus\">Invest Cyprus<\/a> will fund the five-month accelerator program for start-ups, organised by the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitefgreece.org\/invest-in-the-commercialization-of-entrepreneurship\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=%22Invest+in+the+Commercialization+of+Entrepreneurship%E2%80%9D+Award+Newsletter\"> MIT Enterprise Forum Greece<\/a>MIT Enterprise Forum Greece (MITEF) in Athens.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Video<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MT_EUvideo.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>The European Parliament has created a video profile of our researcher Dr. Maria Terzi, featuring KIOS contribution towards establishing the Cyprus monitoring system for Covid-19 cases, the KIOS work on drones through the DG ECHO AIDERS project, and Maria\u2019s volunteering activities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cyprusseeds_Trim.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Cyprus Seed&#8217;s Innovation Showcase Event that can be accessed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusseeds.com\/2020\/10\/19\/cyprus-seeds-innovation-showcase-the-celebration-of-the-completion-of-the-1st-funding-cycle\/\">here<\/a> for the completion of the first funding cycle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/\u0392\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03af\u03bf-\u039a\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c4\u03bf\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03c2-\u039f\u0395\u0392-2019.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>IMH coverage on the Employers &amp; Industrialists Federation (EIF) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.innovationaward.oeb.org.cy\/\">Cyprus Innovation Award 2019<\/a> awarded for the creation of the innovative SwiftTag software.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Innovation-Award.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>The Employers &amp; Industrialists Federation (EIF) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.innovationaward.oeb.org.cy\/\">Cyprus Innovation Award 2019<\/a> awarded for the creation of the innovative SwiftTag software. SwiftTag aims to automate drones in search and rescue operations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EoE-SAR-Exercise.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Press coverage of a multi-drone SAR exercise conducted during the 2nd Exchange of Experts Training Programme on &#8220;Drones for Emergency Response&#8221; (10-13\/09\/2019) of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DroneSearchAndRescue.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Overview of drone search and rescue activities at KIOS CoE. Video produced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4e.org.cy\/\">Centre for Entrepreneurship<\/a> of the University of Cyprus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ReporterOnDrones.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Press coverage on drone activities at KIOS CoE. Video produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reporter.com.cy\/local-news\/article\/459413\/kentro-aristeias-koios-technologes-aichmis-ga-diacheirisi-ektakton-peristatikon\">Reporter<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<h3>Videos from various project activities<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Video<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Souli_ORION-Autonomous-unmanned-aircraft-counter-drone-system.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Autonomous UAV-based counter-drone system. Honorary Mention in the 2022 IEEE ComSoc Student Competition &#8220;Communications Technology Changing the World&#8221; for Nicolas Souli, PhD Candidate, Rafael Makrigiorgis, Software Engineer I, Research Assist. Prof. Panayiotis Kolios, and Prof. Georgios Ellinas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aiders_platform_demo.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>AIDERS AI multi-robotic platform.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pandora_seal_short.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Preview of PandoraSeal toolbox facilitating modelling, forecasting and what-if analysis of COVID19 spreading rate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EUDCC.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>The Cyprus EUDCC issuing process employing the MoH backend developed by KIOS to provide negative test results and recovery COVID19 certificates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CovTracerEN.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>The Cyprus national contact tracing application for Covid19 employing the MoH backend developed by KIOS to manage potential\/confirmed Covid19 cases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kios-Drones.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Review of our autonomous systems solutions for the safety &amp; security sector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ICARUS_video_demo.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Our Autonomous Drone-based Power Line Infrastructure Inspection System in action.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RoadTrafficMonitoring.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Road traffic monitoring research and available datasets can be downloaded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/harpydata\/\">harpy<\/a> site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FlashlightUseOnUAV.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Flashlight use in operating UAVs during night time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PayloadDeliveryUsingUAV.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Payload deliveries using UAVs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/UASSARLimassol.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Search and rescue exercise in Limassol with joint UAS\/ K9 operations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SWIFTAG.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>Introducing UAS autonomous path planning features through the SWIFTAG ground control app.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/pkolios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3dprinting.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/td>\n<td>3D printed casing for UAS embedded board.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h3>&#8220;UAS in emergency management&#8221; 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