KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence

Save the Date: COCOON Project Final Demo

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, together with the COCOON Project Consortium, invites you to the COCOON Project Final Demo! 🔌⚡

The event will showcase the final results of COCOON — Cooperative Cyber Protection for Modern Power Grids — a project dedicated to strengthening the cybersecurity of modern power networks.

🗓️ Wednesday, 9 September 2026 🕘 09:00 – 13:00
📍 University of Cyprus, Engineering School Building 10, Amphitheatre B102 "Elias Kyriakides"

RSVP by 1 September 2026: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/3eWqCTiS77

🚀 Career Opportunity: Project Specialist

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου | University Of Cyprus is looking for a Project Specialist. The successful candidate will provide business development, project coordination, and strategic development services for research and innovation projects at the Center, including DiGiNN2, the European Digital Innovation Hub of Cyprus.

and work across academia, industry, and public authorities on high-profile projects with real impact.

📅 Deadline: 28/08/2026
🔗 Info: https://tinyurl.com/2wmvfzxy

We are excited to announce our collaboration with the Famagusta District Local Government Organization (EOAA - Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Αμμοχώστου) for more efficient and sustainable water resource management.

The project will focus on hydraulic modeling, data analysis, and the development of monitoring systems to optimize the district's water network.

Warmest congratulations to our PhD student Muhammad Shahid Siddiqui for successfully defending his thesis!

Shahid's thesis addresses the challenge of automatically designing optimal neural network architectures for a given machine learning task.

His work develops Neural Architecture Search (NAS) frameworks that go beyond standard benchmarks, demonstrating strong generalization and transferability to unseen datasets and real-world applications.

Well done!

UCY Faculty of Engineering ECE Department, University of Cyprus

KIOS's participation in the 48th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2026) in Toronto, Canada — alongside 2,500 attendees from over 80 countries — reflects exactly the kind of impact KIOS strives for: using intelligent systems and data-driven engineering to improve health outcomes for all.

KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence was represented by Dr. Kosmia Loizidou Venekti, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Zacharias Komodromos, Data Analyst, and Prof. Panayiotis Kolios.

Kosmia presented research showing how Temporal Subtraction combined with Machine Learning can significantly improve the prediction of breast cancer subtype, invasiveness, and tumor grade from sequential mammograms — a promising step toward more accurate, personalized breast cancer diagnostics.

Zacharias presented work exploring whether incorporating data from multiple European regions can improve national COVID-19 forecasting performance, highlighting the value of cross-border data collaboration in public health.

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence was present at the 26th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) 2026 in Prague!

Dr. Giannis Savva, Research Associate, presented a multi-period planning framework for optical networks, using multi-step traffic predictions and adjusted margins to efficiently provision connections while maintaining the required quality-of-service levels, in collaboration with Prof. George Ellinas and Dr. Tania Panayiotou, Research Associate.

Dr. Christos Laoudias, Research Lecturer, reviewed the role of blockchain in mitigating Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) attacks, developed within the framework of the AutoTRUST EU-funded project, by introducing a four-dimensional taxonomy that maps attack types to V2X workflows, blockchain roles, and deployment modes, in joint work with Dr. Leonidas Katelaris, Ph.D, Research Associate, and Prof. Christos Panayiotou.

The latest issue of KIOS eNews is out! Here's what's inside:
🌊 250 scientists from 30 countries came together in Cyprus to discuss the future of smart water systems at a major scientific conference.
🤝 KIOS CoE signed an MoU with the Nicosia District Local Government Organization to advance research and innovation in water management.
🛡️ KIOS CoE joined the European CITADEL Range project, strengthening cyber defence training across Europe.
🚓 DiGiPOL launched — a major step towards digital policing.

Plus the latest research and innovation project outcomes from across our portfolio.

Read More:

www.kios.ucy.ac.cy