NEWSLETTER // 13 // Getting to Summer 2024 |
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Construction phase started for two major Athena facilitiesThe Athena Research Center proudly announces the signing of two major reconstruction programs as part of its comprehensive construction initiative. These projects include the reconstruction of Athena's headquarters in Maroussi and the construction of new building facilities in Patras. |
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| Visit of Deputy Minister of Development Maximos Senetakis to the facilities of Athena in Xanthi |
Deputy Minister of Development Maximos Senetakis visited Athena's Xanthi facilities on May 17, 2024. Athena's President, Professor Yiannis Emiris, and Director Vasilis Katsouros welcomed and toured him around the facilities... |
| | ISI: 25 Years of Innovation and Excellence |
The participation of the Industrial Systems Institute (ISI) of the Athena Research Center at the 12th Regional Growth Conference (RGC), held from May 30 to June 1, 2024, at the Conference Center of the University of Patras, garnered significant interest... |
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| AviSense AI has been named a winner of the Prototype Track in the EUSPA Cassini Challenges
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AviSense AI, a spin-off of the Institute of Industrial Systems (ISI) at the Athena Research Center, has achieved a remarkable victory at the EUSPA Cassini Challenges. AviSense AI innovative solution, SpaceCAR/ AviSense AI, was named the winner of the Prototype Track... |
| | Athena a founding signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information |
The Athena Research Center is proud to be one of the founding signatories of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, a new initiative aimed at catalyzing a transformative shift in the research information landscape... |
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| Participation of Athena in the 10th Athens Science Festival |
Athena participated in the Athens Science Festival, celebrating ten successful years of science and technology. From April 16 to 21, 2024, the festival brought science and technology to the Technopolis of the City of Athens, offering fun, innovative, and interactive experiences for visitors of all ages... |
| | Participation in the 1st Automation & Robotics Exhibition in Greece |
The Athena Research Center joined the inaugural Automation & Robotics Exhibition in Greece at Metropolitan Expo from April 12-14, 2024. The event united the Greek and international robotics community, showcasing advanced automation systems, robotics technologies, and the latest AI, IoT, AR/VR, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Computing developments... |
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| Athena Research Center among the top "Widening" Countries' Organizations in Horizon Europe contribution secured |
Greece leads in securing Horizon Europe funding among the 15 "Widening" EU countries. Six of the top ten positions in these countries belong to Greek organizations, highlighting Greece's prominent role in European research and innovation... |
| | The Medical Informatics Platform (MIP) Wins Best Demo Award at EDBT 2024
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The Medical Informatics Platform (MIP) won the Best Demo Award at EDBT 2024 in Paestum, Italy. This prestigious award highlights the innovative work of the Athena Research Center and the Information Management Systems Institute team... |
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| Athena Research Center participates in the DIGITAL MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network on Digital Finance |
Athena Research Center's IMSI is part of the MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network on Digital Finance (DIGITAL), which aims to train young researchers in the interdisciplinary field of Digital Finance, surpassing traditional Finance PhD education... |
| | Webinar: Words Can Break Bones: Necessities and Clarifications |
Co-organized by the EIFKD of ELGO-DIMITRA and the EIFKD Network, the seminar led by Dr. Angeliki Fotopoulou highlighted the inclusion of all social groups in language. It aimed to prevent marginalization and promote gender equality... |
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| Results of the Workshop "Bridging the Landscape of Digital Archaeological Data in Greece" |
The workshop "Bridging the Landscape of Digital Archaeological Data in Greece," held on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at the Impact Hub Athens, was highly successful. The event drew a large audience and saw significant engagement during presentations by distinguished speakers... |
| | Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Athena and the Hellenic Open University |
MoU was signed between the Hellenic Open University and the Athena Research Center on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the HOU offices in Athens to empower their commitment to jointly develop scientific, research, and other initiatives.. |
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| Georgia Koutrika speaks at Utopia Zone |
Georgia Koutrika, Research Director at the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications of the Athena Research Center, speaks to journalist Electra Zargani about artificial intelligence (AI) on the occasion of her participation in the Athens Science Festival 2024... |
| | Introducing the Global Climate Hub: Insights from Professor Koundouri in Nature Sustainability |
Professor Koundouri, Chair of SDSN Global Climate Hub, featured in Nature Sustainability. Gain insights into how the Global Climate Hub (GCH) aims to assist countries in achieving sustainability amid interconnected and complex challenges... |
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| | | SecOPERA: Secure OPen source softwarE and hardwaRe Adaptable framework |
SecOPERA aims to provide a one-stop hub for complex OSS/OSH solutions delivering to a connected device designer, implementer and operator as well as any open-source software/hardware developer, the means to analyse, assess, secure/harden and share open-source solutions as those are integrated in an overall complex product developed for a networked connected environment. The SecOPERA hub offers to the open-source community a framework supporting the open-source DevSecOps lifecycle and generates secure open-source solutions along with appropriate, verifiable security guarantees... |
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| | | Advancing FronTier Research In the Arts
and hUManities |
ATRIUM will leverage and strengthen the complementarities between leading European infrastructures - DARIAH, ARIADNE, CLARIN, and OPERAS. This collaboration will vastly improve access to a rich portfolio of state-of-the-art services for researchers across countries, languages, domains, and media. Building on the shared understanding and interoperability principles from the SSHOC cluster project, ATRIUM aims to cater to a wide range of stakeholders in the Arts and Humanities, offering services that transcend discipline-specific boundaries... |
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| | | Anestis Koutsoudis, Research Director
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Anestis Koutsoudis serves as the Research Director at Athena Research Center and Head of the Clepsydra digitization lab. He has led numerous national and EU-funded projects. His work spans 3D graphics, VR, IT applications in cultural heritage, and more. He is an active reviewer, committee member, and mentor, contributing significantly to academia and industry. |
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| | | Digital Storytelling: From Digital Curation to Digital Narration |
Flagship Initiative of HFRI "The Emerging Landscape of Digital Work in the Humanities within the Framework of European Infrastructures DARIAH and CLARIN". Series of Online Courses "From Digital Curation to Digital Storytelling"... |
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| | | Explore the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Αephoria |
Professor Koundouri introduces AE4RIA, providing an overview of our commitment to facilitate a science-driven and human-centric transformation towards the joint implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of UN Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the European Green Deal, underscoring our dedication to sustainable development... |
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| | | Explore the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Αephoria |
You can see all the brief statements of the key speakers at the Greek SpaceTech Forum 2024 at the link or some selected ones here: Dimitris Papastergiou, Minister of Digital Governance, Konstantinos Karantzalos, Secretary General of Telecom & Post, Jorge-A. Sanchez-P., Chairman si-Cluster, Thanasis Potsis, President HASI, Betty Charalambopoulou, CEO Geosystems Hellas, Christos Giordamlis, CEO Prisma Electronics... |
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| Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School is back for the NLP Enthusiasts |
Athens, Greece, 19th to 25th September 2024The Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School (AthNLP) is set to take place from September 19th to 25th, 2024, at the prestigious NCSR “Demokritos” campus in Athens, Greece. AthNLP 2024 will feature an extensive range of NLP topics with a strong emphasis on machine learning (ML) methods. |
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| ACM Summer School on Data Science 2024 |
8-12 July 2024The 5th ACM Europe Summer School in Data Science will take place in Athens in July 8th-12th, 2024. Young Computer Science researchers from all over the world will have the opportunity to attend summer courses in the topics of Data Science, Data Management, Deep Learning, and Big Data Processing. |
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| Upcoming Events of the ARCHIMEDES Unit |
Various Dates – June 2024The ARCHIMEDES Unit of the Athena Research Center continues its dynamic mission to promote knowledge and disseminate research achievements. In this context, it is organizing a series of significant lectures in the coming months featuring top scientists from around the world. |
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| Space Networking Event at Innohub |
17 July 2024
Save the date for the 2024 Networking Meeting of ESA BIC Greece on 17 July 2024. During the day, offices will be available to conduct B2B meetings and ESA BIC Greece Startups will be given the opportunity to present their company in a 5-minute session to the wide space ecosystem in Greece. For more information contact o.voutyras@corallia.org. |
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