Prof. Constantine Dovrolis, Director of CaSToRC, Appointed Member of the National Committee on Artificial Intelligence (AI Taskforce) Featured
The Cyprus Institute warmly congratulates Prof. Constantine Dovrolis, Director of CaSToRC, for his appointment as a member of the National Specialized Committee on Artificial Intelligence (AI Taskforce).
His membership was announced during the January 22, 2025, meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Republic, which approved the establishment of a National Specialized Committee on Artificial Intelligence (AI Taskforce), following a recommendation by Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Nikodimos Damianou. The National AI Taskforce will have an advisory nature, with the main objective of developing, integrating and implementing AI in Cyprus, with the aim of strengthening the economy, ensuring competitiveness and improving the quality of life of citizens.
The National AI Taskforce will be chaired by the Chief Scientist for Research, Innovation and Technology and the 10 members of the Committee are appointed by the Council of Ministers for a five-year term.
Prof. Dovrolis is an expert in AI and Machine Learning (ML), which are major research thrusts at CaSToRC, with a focus on the development of innovative algorithms to tackle core problems in critical interdisciplinary applications such as health and medical imaging, climate change, earth observation, and smart farming.
Professor Dovrolis’ participation in the Committee is an acknowledgement of his unique expertise in the field and his work and contributions to innovation and practical uses of AI for a positive impact on our country’s economy, society, competitiveness, productivity and security.
Short Bio
Dr. Constantine Dovrolis is Director of the Center for Computational Science and Technology (CaSToRC) and a Professor at The Cyprus Institute (CyI) as of 1/1/2023. He is a graduate of the Technical University of Crete (Engr.Dipl. 1995), University of Rochester (M.S. 1996), and University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D. 2000). His research is highly inter-disciplinary, combining Network Theory, Data Mining and Machine Learning. Together with his collaborators and students, they have published in a wide range of scientific disciplines, including climate science, biology, and neuroscience. More recently, his group has been focusing on neuro-inspired architectures for AI based on what is currently known about the structure and function of brain networks.
According to Google Scholar, his publications have received about 16,000 citations with an h-index of 57. His research has been sponsored by US agencies such as NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and by companies such as Google, Microsoft and Cisco. He has coordinated several large and multidisciplinary research projects during his 20 years tenure at Georgia Tech (USA). At The Cyprus Institute, he has formed a machine learning group at CaSToRC of about 15 researchers, engineers and PhD students, and he is currently managing about €3M of European and national funding in the broader area of AI research and applications.
