August 2023
Success in “Strategic Research Infrastructure” calls
ENGINEER team members have secured a “Strategic Research Infrastructure proposal”. The evaluation result for the proposal submitted under the SMALL-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURES call of the Research and Innovation Foundation was announced earlier today. The “Research and Innovation Knowledge Centre for Engineering in Heritage” proposal, in short CONNECTING, is built around the vision of the “Strategic Infrastructures” research call towards the creation of a knowledge centre equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and platforms, like vertical take-off and...
Dr Agapiou, recipient of the prestigious ISDE Young Scientist Award
After careful consideration by the Awards Committee, Dr. Agapiou has been selected to receive the prestigious ISDE (International Society of Digital Earth) Young Scientist Award 2023 by the International Society for Digital Earth - Young Scientist Innovation Network. The Award recognizes a significant achievement and dedicated service by an individual in the field of Digital Earth and outstanding accomplishments of young individuals (< 45 years old).
Satellite-based Services for Disaster Risk Management
ENGINEER project was presented by the coordinator of the project Dr Athos Agapiou at the Cyprus National Workshop "Satellite-based Services for Disaster Risk Management" organized at Hilton Hotel in Nicosia organised by Eurisy, Department of Electronic Communications and EUSPA. The presentation was entitled “Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage, Examples from Cyprus”. https://youtu.be/DyPWIgjJSKQ?t=7305July 2023
ENGINEER @ the online “Webinar on the seismic response of underground structures”, part of the Underground4value – COST Action CA18110
The ENGINEER project was earlier today presented at the online “Webinar on the seismic response of underground structures” by Ass. Prof. Nicholas Kyriakides. The event was organized by the Underground4value programme (COST Action, CA18110). An overall presentation of the CA18110 Underground4value project was presented by Giuseppe Pace, Chair of CA18110. Invited talks were also given by the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), Portugal, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece and the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal.
ENGINEER @ Workshop on “Data Science and Applications” of the European University of Technology – EUt+
Within the frame of the next EUt+ week, the workshop on "Data Science and Applications" is organized. This workshop is a good opportunity to foster further the collaboration within the EUt+ Data Science Lab. Argyro Argyrou presented the overall methodology and approach of her work under the work entitled “A new role of low-altitude sensors for supporting archaeological research”.
ENGINEER @ 13th International Symposium on Digital Earth Earth intelligence to understand and protect our Living Planet
A joint work from the CUT team (Athos Agapiou, Vasiliki Lysandrou, Phaedon Kyriakidis, Stelios Hadjipetrou, Nicholas Kyrakides and Renos Votsis) was earlier today presented at the 13th International Symposium on Digital Earth Earth intelligence to understand and protect our Living Planet. The work was entitled as “European Ground Motion Service for built heritage: a case study from Cyprus”.
Evaluation Study on Excellent Science in the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation
ENGINEER project was part of the “Evaluation Study on Excellent Science in the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation". The study commissioned by Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) seeks to assess the relevance, effectiveness, coherence, efficiency and EU value-added of the Horizon Europe programmes. The findings from this study will feed into the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe (due by the end of 2024). This assignment is conducted by PPMI in cooperation withJune 2023
Meeting with EPIBOOST team for Dissemination and Exploitation
Earlier today a fruitful meeting has been taken place with the sister Twinning Project EPIBOOST. The focus of this meeting was to further discuss common practices used for ‘Disseminations and Exploitation’ actions adopted by Twinning projects funded under the Horizon Europe.
