The Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies (https://hellenic-ias.org/) is proud to organize the 1st Photonics Hellenic sympOSium (PHOS),  aiming to bring together distinguished Photonics leaders from the Hellenic diaspora and Greece. PHOS will take place on October, 7-8 at the Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion Crete Greece.

The event will serve two purposes. First, we will have technical presentations on photonics from Greek presenters only this first year hoping to establish a recurring photonics even in Greece with international participation. Second, we will dedicate time so that the organization of the photonics focus group (establish a photonics society in Greece, elect a founding  board, Soukoulis prize, etc).

To register for the PHOS symposium please fill in the on-line form via the link: https://forms.iesl.forth.gr/index.php/1st-photonics-hellenic-symposium-registration/

We are delighted to announce the upcoming Sustainability Symposium of HIAS in Greece taking place on July 4th at the Eugenides Foundation in Athens.

This symposium will address environmental challenges, including extreme events, transportation and industry decarbonization, and will propose sustainable solutions specific to Greece.

Join us to exchange ideas and learn more about creating a sustainable future for Greece and its region!

– REGISTRATION TO THE SYMPOSIUM IS FREE OF CHARGE –

Information and registration: https://hellenic-ias.org/symposium2024/

Today, there is hardly any scientific field or part of our society that has not been touched by AI. From self driving cars and drone assisted agriculture to processing of law cases and better medical diagnoses, AI is opening up new horizons for humanity.

There is a global competition for leading the AI revolution and the countries, companies, and universities that win – in computing, data, and minds – will be positioned to win a much larger game. This competition will be won by those who recognize the core competencies required to excel and the critical challenges that emerge as byproducts of these capabilities.

The Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies is proud to organize this course that brings together distinguished AI leaders from the Hellenic diaspora and Greece to teach this summer course in AI.

This course aims to review the foundations of AI and highlight recent advances (foundational models, Generative AI, LLMs). Lectures are aimed for participants who have some basic knowledge of AI.

– REGISTRATION TO THE COURSE IS FREE OF CHARGE –

Information and registration: https://hellenic-ias.org/aicourse2024/

The Nicholas and Robert Askounes Ashford Educational Scholarship of the Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies (HIAS)

This Grant program will promote scientific and academic mentoring for young scientists in Greece by pairing grantees with leading U.S. academics and researchers, and by providing financial assistance for them to train in an academic institution of the U.S.A. through a visit of approximately 3 months.

More infomation and application submission details are here

HIAS organizes a number of events in the week of 3-7 of July 2023, including a three-day course in AI,  an advanced workshop in AI, as well as its 2nd Annual Symposium.

More info and registration links are here.

Each event requires a separate registration.

By Kostas Daniilidis, University of Pennsylvania, USA | Leonidas Guibas, Stanford University, USA | Lydia Kavraki, Rice University, USA | Petros Koumoutsakos, Harvard University, USA | Kostas Kyriakopoulos, NTU Athens, Greece | John Lygeros, ETH Zurich, Switzerland | George J. Pappas, University of Pennsylvania, USA, [email protected]  | Michael Triantafyllou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | Panagiotis Tsiotras, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

The first HIAS report is now out!

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Interview in “Kathimerini” newspaper on climate change by HIAS member Athanassios Nenes.

You can read the full interview here (in greek).

Our vision is that Robotics in the AI era will be an essential technology of the future for the safety and security of the Hellenic nation, its environment and its citizens, for modernizing its economy towards Industry 4.0, and for inspiring and educating the next generation workforce for the challenges of the 21st century.

“Kathimerini” newspaper posted an article about HIAS, featuring an interview with two of its founding members, Dr. Koumoutsakos and Dr. Kaxiras.

Here you can read the article (in greek).