Presentation Presenter Georgia Zeta Kapitsaki Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Cyprus gkapicsucyaccy University of Cyprus University of Cyprus ID: 1034061
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1. University of CyprusUCY Partner Presentation Presenter: Georgia (Zeta) KapitsakiAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Computer ScienceUniversity of Cyprusgkapi@cs.ucy.ac.cy
2. University of Cyprus
3. University of Cyprus - Library
4. University of CyprusAims to establish itself as a Pioneer Research Institution achieving International Scientific Recognition in European Higher Education, offering Competitive Programmes and to become a Centre of Excellence in the wider Euro - Mediterranean Region.Main objectives:The promotion of scholarship and education through teaching and research, and The enhancement of the cultural, social and economic development of Cyprus.55th best "New" University in the World
5. University of CyprusEstablished in 1989, first undergraduate and postgraduate students accepted respectively in 1992 and 1998Over 6200 students in 20 years (first year 486)10 000 students by 2020Despite being a fairly new University, it is recognized as a centre of excellence in the Mediterranean regionResearch is promoted and funded in all departments at both local and international levelCurrently more than 300 research projects funded by EUSuccessful proposals under FP5, FP6, FP7, INCO, COST, INTERREG, MEDA, etc.
6. Department of Computer ScienceAmong the first departments to assume operation. 20(+) academic staff, 500(+) undergraduate and 100(+) graduate studentsThe Department offers a Bachelor degree in Computer Science as well as five Master degrees and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science
7. Computer Science Department - MissionProvide high-quality education in all areas of Computer Science, in undergraduate and postgraduate levelUndertake word-class, high-impact research in Computer SciencePromote the effective application of Information Technology within local industry and economy, and contribute to the development of the national IT industry
8. Computer Science Department - Mission“The aim of the Department of Computer Science is to prepare graduates who will be capable of rising to positions of responsibility as Information Technology professionals or in academia, and who will actively promote the development and application of new ideas and technologies.
9. Computer Science Department - HistoryEstablished in 1989 one of the first departments in UCYAccepted first undergraduate students in 1992Started its M.Sc. in Advanced Information Technologies program in 2000Moved into its current premises in 2003
10. Department of Computer Science13 active Research Laboratories in areas such as Software Engineering and Internet Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Architecture, Data Management, and Theoretical Computer ScienceSince 2000, participated in numerous projects funded by various frameworks of the European Union:H2020, FP-IST, EUMEDIS, INCO-DC, SOCRATES, LEONARDO DA VINCI, INTERREG, MED, etc.Over the last 6 years, involved in more than 130 research projects funded from both the European Union and the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation with total funding of over 13 million Euros
11. Computer Science Department – StudentsCurrently 410 undergraduate students80 master students34 PhD studentsEach year:90 undergraduate students30-35 master students
12. Τμήμα ΠληροφορικήςComputer Science OutreachLogipaignionOpen DayACM Cyprus
13. 13Τμήμα ΠληροφορικήςComputer Science Funded ResearchOver 150 projects over the last 10 yearsTotal budget exceeding 18 MEuros
14. Software Engineering and Internet Technologies laboratoryWebsite: www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/seit/Main Research Area - Software Engineering: Cloud ComputingService Oriented ArchitecturesContext-Aware Middleware PlatformsSmart and Mobile Computing for the development of pervasive, self-adaptive applications and Smart IoT servicesThe SEIT Lab
15. Second area - Internet Technologies: Technology Enhanced LearningICT-enabled Environments, platforms and tools for implementing Health monitoring and support servicesSmart and Personalised services for EldersAssistive Technologies for people with disabilitiesE-BusinessE-GovernmentDeveloping environments for elders’ social inclusion, active ageing and independent livingCreativity ToolsRecommender SystemsCrowd SourcingThe SEIT Lab
16. Research InterestsService Oriented ComputingMiddleware PlatformsContext-aware systemsMobile Computing Component-Based SystemsSoftware Architectures and Architecture Description LanguagesSOA, Pervasive Computing and Recommender SystemsE-Learning Assistive Technology and E-HealthE-GovernmentPrivacy Enhancing TechnologiesThe SEIT Lab
17. SEIT Lab – EU Projects OverviewSEIT was actively involved in the 5th, 6th, 7th Framework and HORIZON 2020, where it participated in multiple EU projects and attracted more than €6M in fundingFP7FP6FP5HORIZON 2020
18. SEIT Lab – EU Projects OverviewSEIT has also been involved in national projects and other EU funded initiatives, notably AAL (Ambient Assisted Living), ESIS (European Survey in Information Society), but also the Leonardo Da Vinci framework on Vocational TrainingOther EU funded initiatives
19. PeopleGeorge A. Papadopoulos – PhD Professor, Lab directorGeorgia M. Kapitsaki – PhD Assistant ProfessorAchilleas Achilleos – PhD Lecturer, ResearcherAlexandros Yeratziotis – PhD Lecturer, ResearcherChristos Mettouris – PhD, Researcher, DeveloperEvangelia Vanezi – MSc (PhD Candidate), Researcher, DeveloperAlexia Dini Kounoudes – MSc (PhD Candidate), Researcher, Developer
20. Recent AwardsDigital Championship 2015-2016 - 3rd Award Student Entrepreneurship - To Marios Komodromos (MSc Student at SEIT) for his project DangerAwareness - Awards Ceremony and Award Ceremony Photo.SEIT lab has received the best paper award in the 14th International Conference on Software Reuse (ICSR 2015) for the paper "Open Source License Violation Check for SPDX Files"!SEIT lab Connected Vitality Network (CVN) EU project was selected as 1 of the 9 success stories for AAL projects across all calls. The 3-year project funded by AAL (AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING) turned out to be a highly inspirational process which led to the successful development of YoooM and YooM-tablet devices and platforms - See more at: AAL Success Stories.
21. Conference OrganizationThe 27th ACM Conference On User Modelling, Adaptation And Personalization – UMAP 2019The 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing – SAC 2019The 26th Annual eTourism Conference – ENTER 2019The 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science – CloudCom 2018The 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence – AmI 2018The 24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems – ISMIS 2018The 21st International Conference on Discovery Science – DS 2018The 14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications – WiMob 2018The 15th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems – EMCIS 2018The 6th International Conference on Enterprise Systems – ES 2018The 16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning - mLearn 2017The 9th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence Technologies and Applications - ICCCI 2017The 21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems - ADBIS 2017The 5th European Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems - ECBS 2017The 8th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications - IISA 2017The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Intelligent User Interfaces Community - ACM IUI 2017The 16TH IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology - ISSPIT 2016The 15th International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques - SOMET 2016The Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD) and the Euromicro Conference series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) - DSD/SEAA 2016THE 15TH International Conference on Software Reuse - ICSR 2016Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing - PDP 2016And many more…
22. Thank you! www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/seit