CyI Colloquium Series 2016 / 17
A significant part of The Cyprus Institute’s mission is the promotion and dissemination of scientific knowledge through public lectures, colloquiums and seminars. In this framework the Institute founded, in 2010, the Public Talks and Colloquium Series. The lectures are delivered by prominent scientists from local and international Universities and Institutes.
Unless otherwise noted, all events:
- Are open to the public
- Are presented in English
- Start at 16:00 and are scheduled for 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for questions from the audience.
- Take place at The Cyprus Institute, Athalassa Campus - Guy Ourisson Building, Seminar Room (1st floor).
| Date | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 6th October 2016 | Urban Dynamics and Multi-scale Interactions: Progress and Challenges | Dr M. Neophytou Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental ngineering, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus |
| 17th October 2016 | History and Future Trends of Photovoltaics | Prof. M. A. Green Scientia Professor at UNSW, Australia, and Director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics |
| 3rd November 2016 | Digital Technologies at the Service of Cultural Heritage | Prof. A. Georgopoulos Laboratory of Photogrammetry, School of Rural & Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens |
| 11th November 2016 |
This event is co-organised with the Italian Embassy |
Prof. P. Mauriello Director, Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage (ITABC-CNR), Italy |
| 15th November 2016 | The Xeste 3 Building at Akrotiri, Thera. Towards An Interpretation of its Iconographic Programme | Dr A. Vlachopoulos Ass. Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Ioannina University |
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8th December 2016 * Starts 18:30 |
Excavating Keros - The Oldest Maritime Sanctuary in the World | Lord Prof. C. Renfrew Emeritus Professor McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University Cambridge |
| 12th January 2017 | The Genomics History of Aboriginal Australia | Dr Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas ERC Assistant Prof., Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern |
| 13th February 2017 | Trace Elements and the Late Bronze Age Glass Industry | Prof. Thilo Rehren Professor of Archaeological Materials and Technology, UCL Institute of Archaeology , London |
| 16th February 2017 | Excavating Bronze Age Kirrha: Achievements and Perspectives of an Ongoing Project | Dr Raphael Orgeolet Member of the French School of Athens, Assistant Professor in Mediterranean Bronze Age Archaeology, Aix-Marseille Université |
| 6th March 2017 | Worldwide Distributed Computing for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) | Dr. Ian Bird Project Leader of Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG), Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN |
| 16th March 2017 | Heterogeneous Catalysis for Clean Energy and Green Environment | Prof. Angelos Efstathiou Director, Heterogeneous Catalysis Lab, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cyprus |
| 21st March 2017 | Science and Europe 60 Years After the Treaties of Rome (Enrico Fermi Lecture Series) |
Prof. Massimo Inguscio President of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) |
| 23rd March 2017 | Biomedical Informatics: a Critical Component Towards Precision Medicine | Prof. Georgios Spyrou Bioinformatics ERA Chair and Head of the Bioinformatics Group, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics |
| 6th April 2017 | Cyprus in Context: Researching and Re-assessing the Cambridge Cypriot Collections | Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou Cyprus Curator-Assistant Keeper, Dept. of Antiquities, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
| 4th May 2017 | Intelligent Fault Diagnosis in Big Data Environments | Prof. Marios Polycarpou Director, KIOS Research Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus |
| 11th May 2017 | Advances in Concentrating Solar Thermal Research and Technology | Prof. Manuel J. Blanco ERA Chair in Solar Thermal Technologies for the Eastern Mediterranean, Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute. |
| 18th May 2017 | Predicting Peace: The Social Cohesion and Reconciliation Index (SCORE) as a Tool for Conflict Transformation | Dr Andreas Lordos Research Director, Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development and Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative |
| 25th May 2017 | Soil Microstratigraphy: Understanding How Archaeological Sites Are Built | Dr Panagiotis Karkanas Director, Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| 15th June 2017 | Non-stadard Educational Structures: The School of Architecture for All (SARCHA) Experiments with Complexity | Dr Maria Theodorou Senior Lecturer, School of Art, Architecture & Design, Leeds Beckett University |
| 22nd June 2017 | The Commercialisation of Research Results Uncovered | Dr Anastasia Constantinou Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre (ENTICE), The Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) |
| 29 June 2017 | Maintenance Scheduling: From Optimal Control to Mixed-Integer Decision Making | Dr Vassilis S. Vassiliadis Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge Riham Al Ismaili PhD student |
Download the CyI Colloquium Series 2017 Schedule (PDF)
Dates and guests are subject to change, so please check back to this page for any subsequent updates to the colloquium schedule.
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