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Building on the initial success of the SciFY initiative, the pilot phase of “People with Disabilities as AI Pioneers” has now been completed. Implemented in collaboration with the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT) at NCSR Demokritos MagCIL team of Dr Theodoros Giannakopoulos, the IIT BioHIT team of Dr Anastasia Krithara – in the framework of The post People with Disabilities Become AI Pioneers through SciFY Initiative | Pilot phase appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

The past year marked a particularly important period for the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications (IIT) at NCSR Demokritos (NCSRD), characterised by sustained progress across research, innovation, education, training, outreach and institutional leadership. Developments at European, national and organisational level collectively reinforced the Institute’s strategic role within the research ecosystem of NCSRD and beyond. Strategic The post IIT 2025: A year in review appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

In the context of invited talks organised by SKEL | The AI Lab and the BioHIT | Biomedical and Health Informatics Team the Institute invited Dr Rena Logothetis, Senior Research Fellow at the Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A²I²), to deliver a talk titled Translational Research at the Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute on Thursday 5 October 2023, at The post [VIDEO] Invited Talk: Translational Research at the Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute | SKEL the AI Lab appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

From 10 to 14 July 2023, the Summer School of the National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) “Demokritos” took place for the 58th consecutive year. The students of science and technology orientation had the opportunity to: attend lectures by researchers from all the Institutes of NCSRD and by distinguished scientists from foreign universities visit the The post IIT researchers participated in the 58th Summer School of NCSR Demokritos appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

BioHIT | Biomedical and Health Informatics Team of SKEL | The AI Lab will host invited speaker Dr Gregory Papagregoriou, lead scientist and a senior group leader at the biobank.cy Center of Excellence in Biobanking and Biomedical Research at the University of Cyprus (UCY), to deliver a talk titled The curious case of ADTKD-MUC1: Molecular, The post Talk: The curious case of ADTKD-MUC1: Molecular, genetic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of a rare kidney disease with high frequency in Cyprus | BioHIT – SKEL appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

BioHIT | Biomedical and Health Informatics Team of SKEL | The AI Lab hosted invited speaker Dr. Irene Papatheodorou, leader of the Gene Expression team at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute to deliver a talk titled EMBL-EBI’s Expression Atlas: An open science resource for gene and protein expression at the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications (IIT), The post [VIDEO] Talk: EMBL-EBI’s Expression Atlas: An open science resource for gene and protein expression | BioHIT – SKEL | The AI Lab appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was adopted in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and is celebrated on 11 February every year to promote the full and equal access and participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. On this day, the Institute if Informatics & Telecommunications The post IIT celebrates its female Scientists on International Day of Women & Girls in Science appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

BioHIT of  SKEL | The AI Lab of Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, presented the tool CRISPRedict in various events. On 19 July 2022 BioHIT participated in the 28th Summer School “Dynamical Systems and Complexity” in Chania, Crete Greece which focuses on integrability, non-linear systems, chaotic dynamics, fractal geometry, complex networks and complex systems, as The post Activities of BioHIT’s tool CRISPRedict | SKEL The AI Lab appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

The BioHIT group of SKEL | The AI Lab organises an online talk on Monday 6 June at 13:00 titled Improving CRISPR experimental design through measuring predictive uncertainty. Talk login details: Time: Jun 6, 2022, 13:00 EET (Athens) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84692552167 Meeting ID: 846 9255 2167 Short description Since the emergence of CRISPR gene editing as a field, The post BioHIT eTalk | Improving CRISPR experimental design through measuring predictive uncertainty appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.

The BioHIT group of SKEL | The AI Lab organised an online talk on Tuesday 2 November at 16.00 with invited speaker Dr Vasileios Stathias, entitled Leveraging big data & AI for the transformation of cancer research and drug discovery. Short description The recent advances in sequencing and high-throughput technologies have enabled the generation of The post [VIDEO] BioHIT eTalk | Leveraging big data & AI for the transformation of cancer research and drug discovery | Dr Vasileios Stathias appeared first on Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών.