Dr Angelos Amditis, I-SENSE’s director and ERTICO’s Chairman visited China, Shuzou to open the 29th ITS World Congress (16- 20 October), one of the world’s most prominent conferences in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems. As the Chairman of ERTICO, he presented developments in European research and policy in the field, participated in plenary sessions as…
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The NIGHTINGALE project, funded by the European Union, conducts a mass casualty incident drill in Novara from 18 to 20 October 2023. The exercise aims to put innovative technologies developed by NIGHTINGALE partners to the test in controlled but realistic conditions of mass casualty incidents, including such situations as terrorist attacks, building collapse, and transportation incidents. The…
As last year, IMU director, Prof. Mentzas, is again among the top 2% of highly cited scientists in the world according to the new list by Stanford University and Elsevier. The ranking of the 2% of the most influential researchers in the world in all scientific disciplines was prepared retrieving data from the SCOPUS database and…
It was Monday the 21st of June 1993 when Hercules Avramopoulos received Digital Photonic Technology Research Equipment, as a generous donation from AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA. With this equipment the Photonics Communications Research Laboratory was established in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering – NTUA. PCRL officially opened in September 1995, but the idea of its creation goes even…
The second pilot tests of the PILOTING project were carried out between 26 September 2023 and 06 October 2023 in two different tunnels located in Egnatia motorway in Metsovo, Greece. ISenseGroup was on hand to assist with the two robotic systems, CART & TT-DRONE, as well as with the data analysis and the generation of the first results regarding…
The 1st Hi-Drive Summer School co-organised by the ISENSE Group of ICCS and the EU-funded project Hi-Drive successfully took place on September 06 -07 in Porto Heli. Despite the unforeseen delays caused by extreme weather conditions, our team has successfully organised the 1st Summer School of the flagship European Project Hi-Drive, focusing on ‘Driving towards the…
Τhe following two links show video-demos broadcasted recently by ERT (ERTnews & ERTFLIX), as part of its education reportage, for two robotics systems at the NTUA ECE Labs IRAL and CVSP, developed in collaboration with other teams for: 1) Assistive Robotics (i-Walk: Intelligent Robotic Walker for mobility and cognitive assistance of elderly and motor-impaired people), and 2) Social Robotics (BabyRobot:…
ICCS’s researchers participated once again in the European Researcher’s Night, an annual event that takes place across Europe and aims to celebrate the world of science and research while promoting the importance of science and innovation in society. This event typically occurs on the last Friday of September and brings together researchers, scientists, and the…
The research achievements of ICCS’s research teams were showcased at the 87th TIF (Thessaloniki International Fair) for the first time. Our researchers took part in the 87th TIF and showcased their research activities to more than 130.000 visitors that reached the exhibition during 9- 17 September 2023, discussed with politicians and representatives of the country’s…
The BIOSIM Laboratory organized a data competition from August 21 to October 15, as part of the BHI 2023 conference, titled the Sensor Informatics Challenge. This unique challenge aimed to explore the potential use of sound samples as acoustic biomarkers for COVID-19 diagnosis, using the ‘smarty4covid’ dataset collected by our team. Five teams from various…