Author Archives: Sofia Tsourinaki

NTUA Ranked as Greece’s Leading University for the Third Consecutive Year

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) has secured first place in the ranking of Greek universities for 2025, according to the annual report of the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE), reaffirming its sustained leadership in the national academic and research environment for the third consecutive year. This distinction reflects NTUA’s overall performance across…

TURING

Trustworthy Unified Robust Intelligent Generative Systems The need to implement complex physics systems is critical across various scientific and engineering domains. However, traditional numerical models for simulating these systems are computationally expensive, requiring significant time, resources, and cost. Recent advancements in AI present a promising alternative, with AI models demonstrating the ability to capture the…

Castilla y León Hydrogen Valley (CyLH2Valley)

An Integrated Ecosystem for a Clean Hydrogen Economy The Castilla y León Hydrogen Valley (CyLH2Valley) is a pioneering strategic initiative funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program and the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, designed to transform the Castilla y León region into a premier European hub for renewable energy innovation. By integrating the entire hydrogen value…

Le’ Colaz

Le Colaz pioneers an innovative approach to sustainable construction through a modular, intelligent, and circular building ecosystem. Featuring a snap-fit design and advanced materials, the project enables the creation of adaptable and reusable building components, façades, interior walls, and flooring, integrated with IoT sensors and Digital Passports (DP) for full traceability. These components are orchestrated…

ICCS’ Spin-Off, PhosPrint, Secures €500,000 in Seed Funding

PhosPrint, a Greek deep-tech startup pioneering in vivo laser bioprinting for regenerative medicine, has secured €500,000 in seed funding led by Corallia Ventures TT, with the participation of angel investor Dr. Lars Rasmussen. The investment will support the first-in-human clinical trial of PhosPrint’s InvivoLPrint-U, the world’s first bioprinter capable of reconstructing bladder tissue directly inside the patient’s body during surgery. Transforming…

EnergyGuard TEF: From smart grids to building digital twins in Latvia

The Decision Support Systems Laboratory (DSS Lab, ICCS) is proud to coordinate the EnergyGuard project, a Horizon Europe Testing and Experimentation Facility (TEF) that brings trustworthy AI to the energy sector. EnergyGuard provides large-scale infrastructures and sandbox environments where startups, SMEs, and industry players can test, validate, and certify AI solutions under realistic conditions. The…

EnergyGuard TEF: DSS Lab Coordinates Europe’s First Integrated AI Testbed for Energy

The Decision Support Systems Laboratory (DSS Lab, ICCS) is proud to coordinate EnergyGuard, a Horizon Europe Testing & Experimentation Facility (TEF) designed to advance trustworthy artificial intelligence across the European energy value chain. EnergyGuard brings together five large-scale laboratories and Meluxina (Europe’s greenest high-performance computer) into a unified service. The result is a one-stop platform…

EnergyGuard

EnergyGuard aims to develop, kickstart and sustain an open, green and robust Testing Experimentation Facility operating under real-world conditions to empower innovators in bringing trustworthy AI products to the energy market in a cost-effective manner. The project will integrate five significant European large-scale testing and experimentation facilities that cover the full energy value chain, supported…

AMUSENS

Adaptable multi-pixel gas sensor platform for a wide range of appliance and consumer markets Gas sensors are crucial in the personal and industrial monitoring to analyze personal exposure to air pollutants or to critical gases, to control product quality such as in the food industry, in health care by analyzing gases from human body and…

CAMBER

Connected and Adaptive Maintenance for Safer Urban and Secondary Roads The Connected and Adaptive Maintenance for Safer Urban and Secondary Roads project (‘CAMBER’) aims to develop and demonstrate improved safety monitoring across urban and secondary rural road networks through realtime data feedback into road maintenance systems and proven low-cost interventions. Performance metrics based on new-generation…