20/12/2020: Designing Smart Cities: A Human-Centered Approach
The financial and business magazine “Insider” hosts an article about my opinion on Human-Centered Smart Cities. The article focuses on an innovative vision, known and new methodologies, and tools which intend to create Human-Centered Smart Cities, starting from a small neighborhood and scaling up to an entire city.
“Insider” magazine is published alongside Forbes and distributed in Sunday’s Phileleftheros newspaper.
18/12/2020: Towards Industry and Society 5.0 in the Era of the Pandemic
Technology is made up of the terms ‘Techne’ and ‘Logos’ that refer to the dualism of its artistic/creative and logical/scientific aspects. And thus, the ideas of Schumpeterian creative destruction and the hope and potential for a better tomorrow for mankind are implicit in this Promethean concept. We live in an age of artificial intelligence-driven and viral disturbances threatening the mind and body. A fascinating live discussion with Prof. Elias Carayannis.
23/11/2020: The School year in the middle of COVID-19: Tools, Challenges, and Prospects
The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have impacted 94%of the world’s student population, up to 99% in low and lower-middle-income countries.
Join us for a live chat with Dr. Glykeria Reppa and discover the opportunities that the pandemic
may offer to enhance the educational experience of students.
15/11/2020: Transforming a country into a startup-nation
The financial and business magazine “Insider” hosts an article about my opinion on CS-related entrepreneurship and digital innovation. Issue 14, November 2020, includes an extensive analysis of how countries can be transformed into startup nations.
“Insider” magazine is published alongside Forbes and distributed in Sunday’s Phileleftheros newspaper.
07/10/2020: Award For Applied Research, Excellence Of Knowledge, and Contribution
The “Cyprus Education Leaders Awards” is a pioneering institution that highlights and awards educators’ remarkable work at all levels of education and is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Youth.
Neapolis University Pafos participated in the competition with the Intelligent Systems Laboratory of the University’s Computer Science Department, whose participation received the highest distinction from the institution’s evaluation committee in the Higher Education category “Investment in the field of Education in Computer Science”.
10/09/2020: Challenges and the Prospects of Employment in the field of Computer Science in Paphos
Neapolis University Pafos from BlackLemon.Tv on Vimeo.
An open online meeting and discussion with four international computer science-related companies:
- Nexxie,
- Statare,
- Roothund
- Beepxtra
01/07/2020: Artificial Intelligence: Threat or Opportunity?
Live discussion with three academic researchers from Switzerland and Cyprus. Dr. Margarita Chli from the ETH of Zurich, Dr. Savvas Chatzichristofis from the Neapolis University Paphos, and Dr. Sotiris Hatzis of TEPAK.
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17/6/2020: Face Recognition Technologies and Civilian Privacy
One can easily realize the benefits of face recognition technology. Its applications are innumerable, and many of them are already part of our daily lives. This technology came to help people, ensure their data’s security and reduce crime. However, its improper use endangers the privacy of citizens. [Read the article]
17/04/2020: The # NUPSupportAgainstCOVID19 Initiative
Presentation on Kanali 6 of the Actions of Neapolis University for Restricting the Consequences of the Covid19 Pandemic and the # NUPSupportAgainstCOVID19 Initiative
16/04/2020: Broadcasting at DisruptCyprus
Neapolis University Pafos (NUP), following its longstanding policy of continuously providing and supporting the local community with its available academic and technological resources, offered to assist and enhance the efforts of The Republic of Cyprus and Local Authorities’ efforts to decrease the pandemic’s consequences. The Rector of the Neapolis University Pafos, Professor Pantelis Sklias, Associate Professor Marios Argyridis, and Associate Professor Savvas Chatzichristofis is hosting at DisruptCyprus to discuss live the Neapolis University Initiative #NUPSupportAgainstCOVID19.
06/09/2019: Educational Robotics
Avant-garde newspaper hosts an interview and a long discussion about the current Robots and Educational Robotics trends. [Read More]