Projects KIOS

PROTECtion DOME for public spaces against rogue drones

The PROTECDOME project aims to develop a Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS) system that go beyond existing commercial products, including detection, tracking and identification that will be integrated with situational awareness tools for improving real-time monitoring, and will enable protection solutions against rogue drones in public space. As the number of unauthorized operations of Unmanned Aircraft […]

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AutoTRUST: Novel autonomous AI solutions to support safe, resilient and smart mobility

The AutoTRUST (Autonomous self-adaptive services for TRansformational personalized inclUsivenesS and resilience in mobility) project aims to develop and demonstrate a novel AI-leveraged self-adaptive framework of advanced vehicle technologies and solutions which optimize usability, perception, and experience on-board, and when boarding/off-boarding, in terms of security, privacy, well-being, health and assistance. Effective transportation systems are essential to

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EvoRoads: Evolutionary Solutions for Realising a Holistic Safe System Approach for All Road Users

EvoRoads project aims to accelerate the attainment of the EU’s “Vision Zero” goal through a holistic framework of innovative models, tools and services that enable data-driven evolution of safety assessment frameworks, facilitate dynamic monitoring of cyber-physical infrastructures, and promote the proactive warning for safety risks in complex environments. According to the European Commission, around 20,400 people

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COCOON: Cooperative Cyber Protection for Modern Power Grids

The EU-funded Horizon Innovation Action (IA) project COCOON aims to deliver a practical cyber-physical systems solution for converged Electrical Power and Energy Systems (EPES) by bridging secure networked systems. The convergence of Information Technology (IT) with Operational Technology (OP) environments for digitizing mission-critical stability and flexibility of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (EPES) operations as well

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SELAS-VIEW: An integrated solution for monitoring of progression of metastasis in lung cancer

The SELAS-VIEW project aims to develop a credible, feasible, internationally competitive, and highly innovative personalized and multifunctional platform for minimally invasive, long-term, continuous monitoring of progression of metastasis in lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths globally. Cancer metastasis is a major socioeconomic challenge. According to worldwide cancer statistics, 18 million people were diagnosed

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URANUS: Real-Time Urban Mobility Management via Intelligent UAV-based Sensing

URANUS proposes real-time, dynamic, and intelligent sensing of vehicular and pedestrian traffic via Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and the use of the collected information for urban mobility management. In this context, a holistic framework for real-time urban mobility monitoring and control, as well as UAV operational planning, is proposed. The solutions and tools to be

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THISEAS: A defence research project to enhance the operational capabilities of the Cyprus National Guard

The defence research project “THISEAS” aims at developing an electronic situational awareness and decision support system to improve the Cyprus National Guard’s operational capabilities. The THISEAS project has been selected through a highly competitive process, within the framework of the “ATHENA” Action, a research and innovation program funded by the Cyprus Ministry of Defence, which

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SESAME project: Development of Safe and Secure Multi-Robot Systems

The SESAME EU project aims to develop a new generation of Multi-Robot Systems (MRS), utilizing AI/ML among other approaches, to design dependable and secure multi-robot systems for key European sectors including Healthcare, Manufacturing, Agri-food, and Infrastructure Inspection. Currently, MRS play a significant role in missions ranging from precision agriculture and fast delivery of medical samples

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Smart5Grid Project: Demonstration of 5G solutions for SMART energy GRIDs of the future

The Smart5Grid research project aims at developing 5G solutions for building innovative and high performance smart grids able to feature online monitoring data and enable efficient, fast, and secure operation. Up-to-now, the main discussion for 5G has been to support the next wave of smart grid features and efficiency at the behind-the-meter level, by integrating

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GLADIATOR: Novel Technologies for cancer monitoring and therapy

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus is coordinating a large innovating project entitled “GLADIATOR”. This project aims to develop a vanguard and comprehensive theranostic (therapeutic+diagnostic) solution for brain malignancies by using life sciences, bio–nanotechnology, engineering and information communication technologies (ICT). Currently, highly complex malignancies such as brain tumors,

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ReCharged: Resilience for Sustainable Critical and Interdependent Infrastructure Systems enhanced by emerging Digital Technologies

ReCharged is a transformative MSCA-funded project that aims to develop a practical visualisation platform for optimisation and streamlining of climate resilience and whole-life carbon emission assessments for interdependent Transport, Energy, Systems, Lifelines, and Assets (iTESLA). To achieve this, ReCharged harnesses the power of digital technologies and data to quantify the functionality and recovery of iTESLA

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INVERGE: An intelligent INVERter at the grid edGE for future power systems

The overall objective of the INVERGE project is to establish a new research framework for a novel inverter-centric approach to enable the sustainable evolution of power systems and enhance the efficiency, power quality, and utilization of future power grids. Decarbonization of the energy sector is a key driver towards a sustainable development. For this reason,

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R²D²: Reliability, Resilience and Defense technology for the EU griD

R²D² is an Innovation Action project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme, that aims to improve the resilience and reliability of current Electrical Power and Energy Systems (EPES) in Europe, against a growing number of threats and vulnerabilities, such as faults, intermittent generation, operational errors, extreme weather events, etc. This will be achieved through the

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intoDBP: Innovative tools to improve water quality management for safe human use

intoDBP is an EU-funded project that will develop, test, scale-up, validate, and benchmark innovative tools and strategies to improve water quality management for safe human use and a healthy environment. It focuses on catchment protection and forecasting, transformative drinking water treatment, and real-time monitoring to combat the effects of climate and global change. In particular,

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