Projects KIOS

Water scarcity is an increasingly frequent and widespread phenomenon in the European Union and affects at least 10% of the European population. Around 10-40% of Europe’s available water is being wasted because of leakages in the supply system or lack of water-saving technologies. In Cyprus, 20-30% of water is lost due to leakages, which corresponds […]

The CovTracer – Exposure Notification (CovTracer-EN) project aims at developing the contact tracing mobile app for Cyprus, thus supporting the efforts of the Epidemiological Surveillance and Control Unit of the Cyprus Ministry of Health to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the Cypriot community. The CovTracer-EN project is part of a wider European effort, which

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (CoE) is participating in an important EU research and innovation project entitled “3DMicroGrid”. The main objective of this project is to capitalize on the availability of local and large renewable energy resources and adapt them for solutions to sustainability in terms of electric power demand and supply.

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (CoE) has recently joined forces with Cyprus Civil Defence (CCD), in the framework of the project entitled “LEAPFROG” (Leading Activities for Enrolment of RPAS Units in the Voluntary Pool). The project has received funding from the European Union’s 2018 Call for proposals for buffer capacities for addressing

Around 15-25% of the drinking water in Europe flowing through the water networks is lost and is not priced due to leaks and damages. This entails a huge financial cost to water distribution organizations. This phenomenon has a particular impact on islands of the Mediterranean, such as Cyprus and Crete, due to water scarcity and

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (CoE) at the University of Cyprus is coordinating a new EU funded project, SWIFTERS. The project aims to assist civil and maritime operations to effectively use (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) UAV swarms for the prevention and response to emergency situations. The project is funded by the European Union

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus is coordinating a new ERC Proof-of-Concept project, entitled Domognostics, which aims at reducing energy losses in buildings using intelligent building automation diagnostics. The ERC Proof-of-Concept Grants are available to existing ERC Grantees to help them capitalize on the value of their excellent

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence of the University of Cyprus coordinates the ENHANCE research project. ENHANCE aims to pave the way for a seamless and massive deployment of solar energy into the power system by developing innovative residential photovoltaic systems (PVs). Currently, the high penetration of residential photovoltaic systems is possible to

A smart micro-grid is a small-scale power-grid system consisting of a number of distributed energy sources, loads and storage units, which is responsible to ensure power sufficiency in a small area. The effectiveness of a smart micro-grid depends on the proper implementation of a communication and networking system which monitors, controls and manages the grid’s

The deterioration of drinking water quality due to a microbiological or chemical contamination can have a dramatic impact on everyday life, as well as the local economy. For example, an accidental microbiological contamination in 2007 of the Nokia water supply in Finland affected 10,000 consumers, leaving them without access to clean water for three months.

CY-CISE aims at the development of a Cypriot information sharing environment towards an integrated platform for national maritime surveillance awareness, complying with the overall European CISE vision. CY CISE leverages the work of the Hellenic CISE project to  develop (i) One National Situational Picture Manager (NSPM) for Cyprus that will collect and aggregate maritime information

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are considered by the European Commission as a promising technology for both environmental and infrastructure monitoring with broad applicability to a plethora of governmental applications[1]. One such highly-relevant application domain is that of monitoring disaster-prone regions for the purpose of prevention and risk reduction. In this domain, traditional surveillance infrastructure and

As in next-generation optical networks the signal will remain in the optical domain for portion of the path or even for the entire path, making them more vulnerable to physical layer attacks, security issues in these networks are of paramount importance. An attack can be defined as an intentional action against the ideal and secure

The KIOS Research Center has recently joined forces with two leading SMEs, RIO Systems of Israel and SignalGeneriX of Cyprus, in the framework of the project entitled “Full-Duplex Radio for LTE Communication Systems (FUPLEX)”. The project is part of the “Bilateral Cooperation” programs funded by the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus and the Ministry of Industry,

Photovoltaics (PV) have the potential to become a major source of renewable energy and clean electricity in the future and can provide a significant share of European electricity demand. However, there are several challenges that need to be addressed prior to the widespread adoption and utilization of PV technologies. For example, the electricity generation cost

The KIOS Research Center is participating in an important EU research and innovation project to develop technology that can help medical services to be better prepared and able to respond to emergency situations appropriately and efficiently. Large-scale disaster situations and incidents such as the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the Fukushima tsunami, and even the very